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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        (e)  In the case of a fetal death that occurred  in  this
 8    State after a gestation period of at least 20 completed weeks
 9    and  before  the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
10    93rd General Assembly, a parent of the  stillborn  child  may
11    request  that  the person who filed a fetal death certificate
12    in connection with that death as required  under  Section  20
13    shall  also  prepare  a  certificate  of  birth  resulting in
14    stillbirth with respect to the  fetus.   If  a  parent  of  a
15    stillborn  child  makes  such a request under this subsection
16    (e), the person who filed a  fetal  death  certificate  shall
17    prepare  the certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth and
18    file it with the designated registrar within  30  days  after
19    the request by the parent.

20        Section  99.  Effective  date. This Act takes effect upon
21    becoming law.