Bill Text: IL HB4120 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that a funeral director may arrange for the transport of a dead body to a location outside of Illinois for a period not to exceed 36 hours for the purpose of organ donation, tissue harvesting, or autopsy. Provides that the funeral director is not required to obtain a permit for transportation from the Department of Public Health or local health department prior to transporting the body; rather, the funeral director shall complete and transport with the body documentation as required by the Department of Public Health. Provides that the funeral director shall provide a copy of the documentation to the medical examiner or coroner having jurisdiction over the body, and that the documentation shall serve as notice that the body is being transported outside of Illinois for a period not to exceed 36 hours. Directs the Department of Public Health to adopt rules to implement the new provisions. Provides that the new provisions apply only if the dead body is to be returned to Illinois prior to disposition.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-08-04 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0262 [HB4120 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB4120-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 099-0262 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning health.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by adding | ||||
Section 21.7 as follows:
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(410 ILCS 535/21.7 new) | ||||
Sec. 21.7. Temporary removal of a dead body. No permit for | ||||
transportation signed by the local registrar is required prior | ||||
to transporting a dead human body out of the State of Illinois, | ||||
at the direction of a federally designated organ procurement | ||||
organization, for the purpose of organ or tissue donation. The | ||||
dead human body being transported for the purpose of organ or | ||||
tissue donation shall be accompanied by a self-issued permit in | ||||
accordance with rules adopted by the Department of Public | ||||
Health. This self-issued permit shall be completed by an | ||||
Illinois-licensed funeral director and embalmer or | ||||
Illinois-licensed funeral director and shall serve as | ||||
notification to the county medical examiner or coroner of the | ||||
jurisdiction or county in which the death occurred that the | ||||
dead human body is being transported out of Illinois for a | ||||
period not to exceed 36 hours. This Section applies only to | ||||
instances in which the dead human body is to be returned to | ||||
Illinois prior to disposition. This Section does not affect any | ||||
rights or responsibilities held by county medical examiners or | ||
coroners under the Local Governmental and Governmental | ||
Employees Tort Immunity Act. The Department of Public Health | ||
shall adopt rules to implement this Section.
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