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 1        AN ACT in relation to public 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  adding
 5    Section 20.5 as follows:

 6        (410 ILCS 535/20.5 new)
 7        Sec. 20.5.  Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
 8        (a)  The State Registrar shall prescribe and distribute a
 9    form  for a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. The
10    certificate shall be in the same format as a  certificate  of
11    live  birth  prepared  under Section 12 and shall be filed in
12    the same manner as a certificate of live birth.
13        (b)  After each fetal death that  occurs  in  this  State
14    after  a gestation period of at least 20 completed weeks, the
15    person who files a fetal death certificate in connection with
16    that death as required under Section 20 shall also prepare  a
17    certificate  of birth resulting in stillbirth with respect to
18    the fetus.  The person shall prepare the certificate  on  the
19    form  prescribed  and furnished by the State Registrar and in
20    accordance with the rules adopted by the State Registrar. The
21    person  shall  file  the  certificate  with  the   designated
22    registrar within 7 days after the delivery and before removal
23    of the fetus from the State, except as provided by regulation
24    in  special  problem  cases.  The  parent  or  parents of the
25    stillborn child shall be offered a copy of the certificate of
26    birth resulting in stillbirth.
27        (c)  If the stillborn child's parent or  parents  do  not
28    wish  to  provide  a name for the stillborn child, the person
29    who prepares the certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth
30    shall leave blank any references  to  the  stillborn  child's
31    name.
 
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 1        (d)  When  a  birth  resulting in stillbirth occurring in
 2    this State has not been registered within one year after  the
 3    delivery,  a  certificate  marked  "delayed" may be filed and
 4    registered in accordance  with  regulations  adopted  by  the
 5    State  Registrar.   The certificate must show on its face the
 6    date of registration.

 7        Section 99. Effective date. This Act  takes  effect  upon
 8    becoming law.