98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB0960

 

Introduced 1/25/2013, by Rep. Anthony DeLuca

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
410 ILCS 535/20.5

    Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that after each fetal death that occurs in this State after a gestation period of at least 20 (instead of 26) completed weeks, the person who files a required fetal death certificate in connection with that death shall, only upon request by the woman who delivered the stillborn fetus, also prepare a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth (instead of a certificate of stillbirth). Provides that in the case of a fetal death that occurred in this State after a gestation period of at least 20 (instead of 26) completed weeks and before the effective date of the amendatory Act, a parent of the stillborn child may request that the person who filed a required fetal death certificate in connection with that death shall also prepare a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth (instead of a certificate of stillbirth). Changes other references from certificate of stillbirth to certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 birth resulting in stillbirth.
8    (a) The State Registrar shall prescribe and distribute a
9form for a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. The
10certificate shall be in the same format as a certificate of
11live birth prepared under Section 12 and shall be filed in the
12same manner as a certificate 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 birth resulting in stillbirth. The
19person shall prepare the certificate on the form prescribed and
20furnished by the State Registrar and in accordance with the
21rules adopted by the 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 birth resulting in stillbirth shall leave blank
2any references to the 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 20 26 completed
11weeks and before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
12the 98th 93rd General Assembly, a parent of the stillborn child
13may request that the person who filed a fetal death certificate
14in connection with that death as required under Section 20
15shall also prepare a certificate of birth resulting in
16stillbirth with respect to the fetus. If a parent of a
17stillborn makes such a request under this subsection (e), the
18person who filed a fetal death certificate shall prepare the
19certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth and file it with
20the designated registrar within 30 days after the request by
21the parent.
22(Source: P.A. 93-578, eff. 8-21-03.)