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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 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
8requires:
9    (1) "Vital records" means records of births, deaths, fetal
10deaths, marriages, dissolution of marriages, and data related
11thereto.
12    (2) "System of vital records" includes the registration,
13collection, preservation, amendment, and certification of
14vital records, and activities related thereto.
15    (3) "Filing" means the presentation of a certificate,
16report, or other record provided for in this Act, of a birth,
17death, fetal death, adoption, marriage, or dissolution of
18marriage, for registration by the Office of Vital Records.
19    (4) "Registration" means the acceptance by the Office of
20Vital Records and the incorporation in its official records of
21certificates, reports, or other records provided for in this
22Act, of births, deaths, fetal deaths, adoptions, marriages, or
23dissolution of marriages.

 

 

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1    (5) "Live birth" means the complete expulsion or extraction
2from its mother of a product of human conception, irrespective
3of the duration of pregnancy, which after such separation
4breathes or shows any other evidence of life such as beating of
5the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite
6movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical
7cord has been cut or the placenta is attached.
8    (6) "Fetal death" means death prior to the complete
9expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of human
10conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy; the
11death is indicated by the fact that after such separation the
12fetus does not breathe or show any other evidence of life such
13as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or
14definite movement of voluntary muscles.
15    (7) "Dead body" means a lifeless human body or parts of
16such body or bones thereof from the state of which it may
17reasonably be concluded that death has occurred.
18    (8) "Final disposition" means the burial, cremation, or
19other disposition of a dead human body or fetus or parts
20thereof.
21    (9) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice
22medicine in Illinois or any other State.
23    (10) "Institution" means any establishment, public or
24private, which provides in-patient medical, surgical, or
25diagnostic care or treatment, or nursing, custodial, or
26domiciliary care to 2 or more unrelated individuals, or to

 

 

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1which persons are committed by law.
2    (11) "Department" means the Department of Public Health of
3the State of Illinois.
4    (12) "Director" means the Director of the Illinois
5Department of Public Health.
6    (13) "Homeless person" means an individual who meets the
7definition of "homeless" under Section 103 of the federal
8McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302) or an
9individual residing in any of the living situations described
10in 42 U.S.C. 11434a(2).
11(Source: P.A. 81-230.)
 
12    (410 ILCS 535/25.3 new)
13    Sec. 25.3. Homeless person birth record request.
14    (a) For the purposes of this Section, an individual's
15status as a homeless person may be verified by a human services
16agency, legal services agency, or other similar agency that has
17knowledge of the individual's housing status, including, but
18not limited to:
19        (1) a homeless service agency receiving federal,
20    State, county, or municipal funding to provide those
21    services or otherwise sanctioned by a local continuum of
22    care;
23        (2) an attorney licensed to practice in the State;
24        (3) a public school homeless liaison or school social
25    worker; or

 

 

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1        (4) a human services provider funded by the State to
2    serve homeless or runaway youth, individuals with mental
3    illness, or individuals with addictions.
4    Individuals who are homeless must not be charged for this
5verification.
6    Anyone who knowingly or purposefully falsifies this
7verification is subject to a penalty of $100.
8    (b) Applicable fees under Section 25 of this Act for a
9search for a birth record or a certified copy of a birth record
10shall be waived for all requests made by a homeless person
11whose status is verified under subsection (a) of this Section.
12    The State Registrar of Vital Records shall establish
13standards and procedures consistent with this Section for
14waiver of such applicable fees.
15    (c) A homeless person shall be provided no more than 4
16birth records annually under this Section.
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
181, 2018.