Bill Title: Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a hospital may include the option of common cremation of fetal tissue in its mandatory notification to a mother following a spontaneous fetal demise after a gestation period of less than 20 weeks. Amends the Crematory Regulation Act to provide an exemption to cremation procedures concerning simultaneous cremation of the human remains for fetal tissue pursuant to the Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-08-11 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0338 [SB1703 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Dan Cronin [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-021	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Kirk Dillard [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-024	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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