Sen. John M. Sullivan
Filed: 3/3/2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1527




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1527 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
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    "Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended  by changing 
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Section 18.5 as follows:
 



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    (410 ILCS 535/18.5)



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    Sec. 18.5. Electronic reporting system for death 
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registrations. The State
Registrar
may facilitate death 
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registration by implementing an electronic reporting
system.  
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The
system may be used to transfer information to individuals 
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and institutions
responsible for
completing and filing 
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certificates and related reports for deaths that occur in
the 
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State.
The system shall be capable of storing and retrieving 
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accurate
and timely
data and statistics for those persons and 
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agencies responsible for vital
records registration
and 
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administration. Upon establishment of such an electronic 
 


 






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reporting system, but not later than January 1, 2011, the 
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county clerk in the county in which a death occurred or the 
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county clerk of the county where a decedent last resided, as 
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indicated on the decedent's death certificate, shall be 
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authorized to issue certifications of death records from such 
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system, and the State Registrar shall cause the electronic 
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reporting system to provide for such capability. 

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(Source: P.A. 92-141, eff. 7-24-01.)

 

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