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| Public Act 100-0506 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning health.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing | ||||
Section 1 and by adding Section 25.3 as follows:
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(410 ILCS 535/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-1)
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Sec. 1. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise | ||||
requires:
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(1) "Vital records" means records of births, deaths, fetal | ||||
deaths,
marriages, dissolution of marriages, and data related | ||||
thereto.
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(2) "System of vital records" includes the registration, | ||||
collection,
preservation, amendment, and certification of | ||||
vital records, and
activities related thereto.
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(3) "Filing" means the presentation of a certificate, | ||||
report, or
other record provided for in this Act, of a birth, | ||||
death, fetal death,
adoption, marriage, or dissolution of | ||||
marriage, for registration by the Office of Vital
Records.
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(4) "Registration" means the acceptance by the Office of | ||||
Vital
Records and the incorporation in its official records of | ||||
certificates,
reports, or other records provided for in this | ||||
Act, of births, deaths,
fetal deaths, adoptions, marriages, or | ||||
dissolution of marriages.
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(5) "Live birth" means the complete expulsion or extraction | ||
from its
mother of a product of human conception, irrespective | ||
of the duration of
pregnancy, which after such separation | ||
breathes or shows any other
evidence of life such as beating of | ||
the heart, pulsation of the
umbilical cord, or definite | ||
movement of voluntary muscles, whether or
not the umbilical | ||
cord has been cut or the placenta is attached.
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(6) "Fetal death" means death prior to the complete | ||
expulsion or
extraction from its mother of a product of human | ||
conception,
irrespective of the duration of pregnancy; the | ||
death is indicated by the
fact that after such separation the | ||
fetus does not breathe or show any
other evidence of life such | ||
as beating of the heart, pulsation of the
umbilical cord, or | ||
definite movement of voluntary muscles.
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(7) "Dead body" means a lifeless human body or parts of | ||
such body or
bones thereof from the state of which it may | ||
reasonably be concluded
that death has occurred.
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(8) "Final disposition" means the burial, cremation, or | ||
other
disposition of a dead human body or fetus or parts | ||
thereof.
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(9) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice | ||
medicine in
Illinois or any other State.
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(10) "Institution" means any establishment, public or | ||
private, which
provides in-patient medical, surgical, or | ||
diagnostic care or treatment,
or nursing, custodial, or | ||
domiciliary care to 2 or more unrelated
individuals, or to | ||
which persons are committed by law.
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(11) "Department" means the Department of Public Health of | ||
the State
of Illinois.
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(12) "Director" means the Director of the Illinois | ||
Department of
Public Health.
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(13) "Homeless person" means an individual who meets the | ||
definition of "homeless" under Section 103 of the federal | ||
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302) or an | ||
individual residing in any of the living situations described | ||
in 42 U.S.C. 11434a(2). | ||
(Source: P.A. 81-230.)
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(410 ILCS 535/25.3 new) | ||
Sec. 25.3. Homeless person birth record request. | ||
(a) For the purposes of this Section, an individual's | ||
status as a homeless person may be verified by a human services | ||
agency, legal services agency, or other similar agency that has | ||
knowledge of the individual's housing status, including, but | ||
not limited to: | ||
(1) a homeless service agency receiving federal, | ||
State, county, or municipal funding to provide those | ||
services or otherwise sanctioned by a local continuum of | ||
care; | ||
(2) an attorney licensed to practice in the State; | ||
(3) a public school homeless liaison or school social | ||
worker; or | ||
(4) a human services provider funded by the State to | ||
serve homeless or runaway youth, individuals with mental | ||
illness, or individuals with addictions. | ||
Individuals who are homeless must not be charged for this | ||
verification. | ||
Anyone who knowingly or purposefully falsifies this | ||
verification is subject to a penalty of $100. | ||
(b) Applicable fees under Section 25 of this Act for a | ||
search for a birth record or a certified copy of a birth record | ||
shall be waived for all requests made by a homeless person | ||
whose status is verified under subsection (a) of this Section. | ||
The State Registrar of Vital Records shall establish | ||
standards and procedures consistent with this Section for | ||
waiver of such applicable fees. | ||
(c) A homeless person shall be provided no more than 4 | ||
birth records annually under this Section.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||
1, 2018.
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