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| | HB4120 Engrossed | | LRB099 04316 HEP 24343 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 21.7 as follows:
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| 6 | | (410 ILCS 535/21.7 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 21.7. Temporary removal of a dead body. No permit for |
| 8 | | transportation signed by the local registrar is required prior |
| 9 | | to transporting a dead human body out of the State of Illinois, |
| 10 | | at the direction of a federally designated organ procurement |
| 11 | | organization, for the purpose of organ or tissue donation. The |
| 12 | | dead human body being transported for the purpose of organ or |
| 13 | | tissue donation shall be accompanied by a self-issued permit in |
| 14 | | accordance with rules adopted by the Department of Public |
| 15 | | Health. This self-issued permit shall be completed by an |
| 16 | | Illinois-licensed funeral director and embalmer or |
| 17 | | Illinois-licensed funeral director and shall serve as |
| 18 | | notification to the county medical examiner or coroner of the |
| 19 | | jurisdiction or county in which the death occurred that the |
| 20 | | dead human body is being transported out of Illinois for a |
| 21 | | period not to exceed 36 hours. This Section applies only to |
| 22 | | instances in which the dead human body is to be returned to |
| 23 | | Illinois prior to disposition. This Section does not affect any |