102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB4029
 
Introduced 1/21/2022, by Sen. Mike Simmons
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



410 ILCS 535/20.5

     Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that preparation of a certificate of stillbirth is required after a fetal death that occurs in this State after a gestation period of at least 20 (rather than 26) completed weeks.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning health.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended  by changing 
5Section 20.5 as follows:
 



6    (410 ILCS 535/20.5)



7    Sec. 20.5. Certificate of stillbirth. 

8    (a) The State Registrar shall prescribe and distribute a 
9form for a
certificate of stillbirth. The certificate shall be 
10in the
same format as a certificate of live birth prepared 
11under Section 12 and shall
be filed in the same manner as a 
12certificate of live birth.

13    (b) After each fetal death that occurs in this State after 
14a gestation
period of at least 20 26 completed weeks, the 
15person who files a fetal death
certificate in connection with 
16that death as required under Section 20 shall,
only upon 
17request by the woman who delivered the stillborn fetus,
also 
18prepare a certificate of
stillbirth.  The person shall
prepare 
19the certificate on the form prescribed and furnished by the 
20State
Registrar and in accordance with the rules adopted by 
21the State Registrar.

22    (c) If the stillborn's parent or parents do not wish to 
23provide a name
for the stillborn, the person who prepares the 
 
 
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1certificate of
stillbirth shall leave blank any references to 
2the stillborn's
name.

3    (d) When a stillbirth occurs in this State and the 
4stillbirth has not
been registered within one year after the 
5delivery, a certificate marked
"delayed" may be filed and 
6registered in accordance with regulations adopted by
the State 
7Registrar.  The certificate must show on its face the date of

8registration.

9    (e) In the case of a fetal death that occurred in this 
10State after a
gestation period of at least 26 completed weeks 
11and before the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 
1293rd General Assembly, a parent of the stillborn
child may 
13request that the person who filed a fetal death certificate in

14connection with that death as required under Section 20 shall 
15also prepare a
certificate of stillbirth with respect to the 
16fetus.  If a
parent of a stillborn makes such a request under 
17this subsection (e), the
person who filed a fetal death 
18certificate shall prepare the certificate of
stillbirth and 
19file it with the designated registrar within
30 days after the 
20request by the parent.

21(Source: P.A. 93-578, eff. 8-21-03.)