Full Text of HB3060 100th General Assembly
HB3060sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Iris Y. Martinez Filed: 5/12/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3060
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3060 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 1 and by adding Section 25.3 as follows:
| 6 | | (410 ILCS 535/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-1)
| 7 | | Sec. 1. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise | 8 | | requires:
| 9 | | (1) "Vital records" means records of births, deaths, fetal | 10 | | deaths,
marriages, dissolution of marriages, and data related | 11 | | thereto.
| 12 | | (2) "System of vital records" includes the registration, | 13 | | collection,
preservation, amendment, and certification of | 14 | | vital records, and
activities related thereto.
| 15 | | (3) "Filing" means the presentation of a certificate, | 16 | | report, or
other record provided for in this Act, of a birth, |
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| 1 | | death, fetal death,
adoption, marriage, or dissolution of | 2 | | marriage, for registration by the Office of Vital
Records.
| 3 | | (4) "Registration" means the acceptance by the Office of | 4 | | Vital
Records and the incorporation in its official records of | 5 | | certificates,
reports, or other records provided for in this | 6 | | Act, of births, deaths,
fetal deaths, adoptions, marriages, or | 7 | | dissolution of marriages.
| 8 | | (5) "Live birth" means the complete expulsion or extraction | 9 | | from its
mother of a product of human conception, irrespective | 10 | | of the duration of
pregnancy, which after such separation | 11 | | breathes or shows any other
evidence of life such as beating of | 12 | | the heart, pulsation of the
umbilical cord, or definite | 13 | | movement of voluntary muscles, whether or
not the umbilical | 14 | | cord has been cut or the placenta is attached.
| 15 | | (6) "Fetal death" means death prior to the complete | 16 | | expulsion or
extraction from its mother of a product of human | 17 | | conception,
irrespective of the duration of pregnancy; the | 18 | | death is indicated by the
fact that after such separation the | 19 | | fetus does not breathe or show any
other evidence of life such | 20 | | as beating of the heart, pulsation of the
umbilical cord, or | 21 | | definite movement of voluntary muscles.
| 22 | | (7) "Dead body" means a lifeless human body or parts of | 23 | | such body or
bones thereof from the state of which it may | 24 | | reasonably be concluded
that death has occurred.
| 25 | | (8) "Final disposition" means the burial, cremation, or | 26 | | other
disposition of a dead human body or fetus or parts |
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| 1 | | thereof.
| 2 | | (9) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice | 3 | | medicine in
Illinois or any other State.
| 4 | | (10) "Institution" means any establishment, public or | 5 | | private, which
provides in-patient medical, surgical, or | 6 | | diagnostic care or treatment,
or nursing, custodial, or | 7 | | domiciliary care to 2 or more unrelated
individuals, or to | 8 | | which persons are committed by law.
| 9 | | (11) "Department" means the Department of Public Health of | 10 | | the State
of Illinois.
| 11 | | (12) "Director" means the Director of the Illinois | 12 | | Department of
Public Health.
| 13 | | (13) "Homeless person" means an individual who meets the | 14 | | definition of "homeless" under Section 103 of the federal | 15 | | McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302) or an | 16 | | individual residing in any of the living situations described | 17 | | in 42 U.S.C. 11434a(2). | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 81-230.)
| 19 | | (410 ILCS 535/25.3 new) | 20 | | Sec. 25.3. Homeless person birth record request. | 21 | | (a) For the purposes of this Section, an individual's | 22 | | status as a homeless person may be verified by a human services | 23 | | agency, legal services agency, or other similar agency that has | 24 | | knowledge of the individual's housing status, including, but | 25 | | not limited to: |
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| 1 | | (1) a homeless service agency receiving federal, | 2 | | State, county, or municipal funding to provide those | 3 | | services or otherwise sanctioned by a local continuum of | 4 | | care; | 5 | | (2) an attorney licensed to practice in the State; | 6 | | (3) a public school homeless liaison or school social | 7 | | worker; or | 8 | | (4) a human services provider funded by the State to | 9 | | serve homeless or runaway youth, individuals with mental | 10 | | illness, or individuals with addictions. | 11 | | Individuals who are homeless must not be charged for this | 12 | | verification. | 13 | | Anyone who knowingly or purposefully falsifies this | 14 | | verification is subject to a penalty of $100. | 15 | | (b) Applicable fees under Section 25 of this Act for a | 16 | | search for a birth record or a certified copy of a birth record | 17 | | shall be waived for all requests made by a homeless person | 18 | | whose status is verified under subsection (a) of this Section. | 19 | | The State Registrar of Vital Records shall establish | 20 | | standards and procedures consistent with this Section for | 21 | | waiver of such applicable fees. | 22 | | (c) A homeless person shall be provided no more than 4 | 23 | | birth records annually under this Section.
| 24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 25 | | 1, 2018.".
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