Rep. Dan Swanson

Filed: 3/10/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2856

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2856 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing
5Section 11 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 535/11)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-11)
7    Sec. 11. Information required on forms.
8    (a) The form of certificates, reports, and other returns
9required by this Act or by regulations adopted under this Act
10shall include as a minimum the items recommended by the
11federal agency responsible for national vital statistics,
12subject to approval of and modification by the Department. All
13forms shall be prescribed and furnished by the State Registrar
14of Vital Records.
15    (b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act
16of 1983, all forms used to collect information under this Act

 

 

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1which request information concerning the race or ethnicity of
2an individual by providing spaces for the designation of that
3individual as "white" or "black", or the semantic equivalent
4thereof, shall provide an additional space for a designation
5as "Hispanic".
6    (c) Effective November 1, 1990, the social security
7numbers of the mother and father shall be collected at the time
8of the birth of the child. These numbers shall not be recorded
9on the certificate of live birth. The numbers may be used only
10for those purposes allowed by Federal law.
11    (d) The social security number of a person who has died
12shall be entered on the death certificate; however, failure to
13enter the social security number of the person who has died on
14the death certificate does not invalidate the death
15certificate.
16    (e) If the place of disposition of a dead human body or
17cremated remains is in a cemetery, the burial permit shall
18include the place of disposition. The place of disposition
19shall include the lot, block, section, and plot or niche, and
20depth, if applicable, where the dead human body or cremated
21remains are located. This subsection does not apply to
22cremated remains scattered in a cemetery.
23    (f) The death certificate for an individual with a history
24of military service may include or may be amended to include
25the deceased individual's veteran status, the branch of the
26military that the deceased individual he or she served in, and

 

 

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1the period of time that he or she served in the military, and
2whether a military service-related injury contributed to the
3cause of death.
4(Source: P.A. 100-310, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
61, 2025.".