100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB1693
 
Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Thomas Cullerton
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
410 ILCS 535/11  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-11

     Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that the death certificate for an individual with a history of military service may include or may be amended to include the deceased individual's veteran status, the branch of the military that he or she served in, and the period of time that he or she served in the military. Effective immediately.
  


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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 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 federal 
11agency responsible for
national vital statistics, subject to 
12approval of and modification by the
Department.   All forms shall 
13be prescribed and furnished by the
State Registrar of Vital 
14Records.

15    (b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act 
16of 1983,
all forms used to collect information under this Act 
17which request information
concerning the race or ethnicity of 
18an individual by providing spaces for
the designation of that 
19individual as "white" or "black", or the semantic
equivalent 
20thereof, shall provide an additional space for a designation as

21"Hispanic".

22    (c) Effective November 1, 1990, the social security numbers 
23of the
mother and father shall be collected at the time of the 
 
 
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1birth of the child.
These numbers shall not be recorded on the 
2certificate of live
birth.  The numbers may be used only for 
3those purposes allowed by Federal law.

4    (d) The social security number of a person who has died 
5shall be entered
on the
death certificate; however, failure to 
6enter the social security number of the
person who has died on 
7the
death certificate does not invalidate the death 
8certificate.

9    (e)   If the place of disposition of a dead human body or 
10cremated remains is in a cemetery, the burial permit shall 
11include the place of disposition.  The place of disposition 
12shall include the lot, block, section, and plot or niche, and 
13depth, if applicable, where the dead human body or cremated 
14remains are located.  This subsection does not apply to cremated 
15remains scattered in a cemetery. 
16    (f) The death certificate for an individual with a history 
17of military service may include or may be amended to include 
18the deceased individual's veteran status, the branch of the 
19military that he or she served in, and the period of time that 
20he or she served in the military. 
21(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10; 97-679, eff. 2-6-12.)

 
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
23becoming law.