SB3344 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3344

Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Rachelle Crowe

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

410 ILCS 535/17.1 new

Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall issue a certificate of birth with the identity of the attending physician redacted upon request by: the person named on the certificate of birth, if the person is 18 years of age or older; a parent of the person named on the certificate of birth; the legal representative of the person named on the certificate of birth; or an attorney at law authorized in writing by the person named on the certificate of birth. Effective 120 days after becoming law.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning health.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by adding Section 17.1 as follows:

(410 ILCS 535/17.1 new)

Sec. 17.1. Redacted certificate of birth. The Department shall issue a certificate of birth with the identity of the attending physician redacted upon request by:

(1) the person named on the certificate of birth, if the person is 18 years of age or older;

(2) a parent of the person named on the certificate of birth;

(3) the legal representative of the person named on the certificate of birth; or

(4) an attorney at law authorized in writing by the person named on the certificate of birth.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect 120 days after becoming law.