Full Text of SB2415 99th General Assembly
SB2415eng 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 25.5 as follows:
| 6 | | (410 ILCS 535/25.5)
| 7 | | Sec. 25.5. Death Certificate Surcharge Fund. The | 8 | | additional $2 fee for
certified copies of death certificates | 9 | | and fetal death certificates must be
deposited into the Death | 10 | | Certificate Surcharge Fund, a special fund created in
the State | 11 | | treasury. Beginning 30 days after the effective date of this
| 12 | | amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly and until January | 13 | | 1, 2003 and
then beginning again on July 1, 2003 and until July | 14 | | 1, 2005, moneys
in the Fund, subject to appropriation, may be | 15 | | used by the
Department for the purpose of implementing an | 16 | | electronic reporting system for
death registrations as | 17 | | provided in Section 18.5 of this Act. Before the
effective date | 18 | | of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly,
on and
| 19 | | after January 1, 2003 and until July 1, 2003, and on and after | 20 | | July
1, 2005,
moneys in the Fund, subject to appropriations, | 21 | | may be
used as follows: (i) 25% by the Coroner Training Board | 22 | | for the purpose of training coroners, deputy coroners, forensic
| 23 | | pathologists, and police officers for death investigations and |
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| 1 | | lodging and travel expenses relating to training, (ii) 25% for
| 2 | | grants by the Department of Public Health
for distribution to
| 3 | | all local county coroners and medical examiners or officials | 4 | | charged with the
duties set forth under Division 3-3 of the | 5 | | Counties Code, who have a different
title , for equipment and | 6 | | lab facilities , (iii) 25% by the Department of Public
Health
| 7 | | for the purpose of
setting up a statewide database of death | 8 | | certificates and implementing an
electronic reporting system | 9 | | for death registrations pursuant to Section 18.5,
and (iv) 25% | 10 | | for distribution a grant by the Department of Public Health to
| 11 | | local registrars. Officials receiving distributions from the | 12 | | Department of Public Health shall submit a letter of | 13 | | verification to the Department indicating that funds received | 14 | | under this Section were used as prescribed in this Section. | 15 | | Officials receiving distributions from the Department of | 16 | | Public Health that fail to provide the letter of verification | 17 | | shall be ineligible for distributions for the following 3 | 18 | | consecutive years unless a suitable letter of verification is | 19 | | provided to the Department.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 99-408, eff. 1-1-16 .)
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 | | becoming law.
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