Public Act 101-0338
 
SB1568 EnrolledLRB101 08973 AWJ 54066 b


  
    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and 
Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
amended  by adding Section 2310-236 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-236 new)
    Sec. 2310-236. Form of coroner's report; sudden unexpected 
infant death and sudden infant death syndrome.
    (a) The Department shall develop and require the use of a 
form by coroners in the case of a death of an infant in which 
the cause of death is sudden unexpected infant death or sudden 
infant death syndrome. The form shall contain, at minimum, the 
following information to be recorded after a preliminary 
investigation:
        (1) The date and time of death.
        (2) The county of occurrence and the county of the 
    infant's residence.
        (3) Relevant demographic details regarding the infant, 
    such as date of birth and gender.
        (4) Relevant demographic details regarding the parents 
    or caretaker of the infant.
        (5) Relevant details regarding the circumstances of 
    the death, including, but not limited to, who found the 
    infant, where, and what they did.
        (6) Relevant details concerning where the infant was 
    placed, by whom, and in what position.
        (7) Any additional relevant details concerning the 
    sleep environment that the infant was placed in and what 
    environmental factors were present, to the extent that 
    those factors are ascertainable.
        (8) Relevant details concerning health hazards present 
    in the sleep environment, to the extent that those health 
    hazards are ascertainable.
        (9) Relevant details concerning the infant's medical 
    history and previous medical issues.
        (10) Other information the Department may determine to 
    be relevant and conducive to understanding and recording 
    the circumstances of the infant's death.
    (b) The Department shall publish current information 
concerning sudden unexpected infant death and sudden infant 
death syndrome.
    (c) At least once every 5 years, the Department shall 
review the form and determine whether updates need to be made 
for effectiveness and relevancy.

 
    Section 10. The Counties Code is amended  by changing 
Section 3-3016 as follows:
 



    (55 ILCS 5/3-3016)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-3016)



    Sec. 3-3016. Sudden unexpected infant death and sudden 
infant death syndrome. Where an infant
under one year 2 years 
of age has died suddenly and unexpectedly and the
circumstances 
concerning the death are unexplained following investigation, 
an autopsy shall be
performed by a physician licensed to 
practice medicine in all of its
branches who has special 
training in pathology.  When an autopsy is
conducted under this 
Section, the parents or guardian of the child shall
receive a 
preliminary report of the autopsy within 5 days of the infant's

death.  All suspected sudden unexpected infant death and sudden 
infant death syndrome Sudden Infant Death Syndrome cases shall 
be reported
to the Statewide Sudden Unexpected Infant Death 
Syndrome Program within 72 hours.

    Death certificates shall list the cause of death as sudden 
unexpected infant death or sudden infant death syndrome Sudden 
Infant Death
Syndrome where this finding is medically justified 
pursuant to the rules
and regulations of the Department of 
Public Health. Copies of death
certificates which list the 
cause of death of infants under one year 2 years of age
as 
sudden unexpected infant death or sudden infant death syndrome 
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome shall be forwarded to the 
Department of
Public Health within 30 days of the death with a 
report which shall include
an autopsy report, epidemiological 
data required by the Department and
other pertinent data.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)