Bill Text: IL SB1703 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
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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]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB1703-Introduced.html
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]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB1703-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning public health.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 11.4 as follows:
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6 | (210 ILCS 85/11.4)
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7 | Sec. 11.4. Disposition of fetus. A hospital having custody | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | of a fetus
following a spontaneous fetal demise occurring after | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | a gestation period of less
than 20 completed weeks must notify | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | the mother
of her right to arrange for
the burial or cremation | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | of the fetus.
Notification may also include other options such | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | as, but not limited to, a
ceremony, a certificate, or common | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | burial or cremation of fetal tissue. If, within 24 hours
after | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | being notified
under this Section, the mother elects in writing | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | to arrange for the burial or
cremation of the fetus, the | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | disposition of the fetus shall be subject to the
same laws and | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | rules that apply in the case of a fetal death that occurs in | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | this
State after a gestation period of 20 completed weeks or | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | more. The
Department of Public Health shall develop forms to be | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | used for notifications
and elections under this Section
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21 | hospitals shall provide the forms to
the mother.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 92-348, eff. 1-1-02.)
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1 | Section 10. The Crematory Regulation Act is amended by | ||||||
2 | changing Section 35 as follows:
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3 | (410 ILCS 18/35)
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4 | Sec. 35. Cremation procedures.
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5 | (a) Human remains shall not be cremated within 24
hours | ||||||
6 | after the time of death, as indicated on the Medical
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7 | Examiner's/Coroner's Certificate of Death. In any death, the | ||||||
8 | human remains
shall not be cremated by the crematory authority | ||||||
9 | until a cremation permit has
been received from the coroner or | ||||||
10 | medical examiner of the county in which the
death occurred and | ||||||
11 | the crematory authority has received a cremation
authorization | ||||||
12 | form, executed by an authorizing agent, in accordance with the
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13 | provisions of Section 15 of this Act. In no instance, however, | ||||||
14 | shall the lapse
of time between the death and the cremation be | ||||||
15 | less than 24 hours, unless (i)
it is known the deceased has an | ||||||
16 | infectious or dangerous disease and that the
time requirement | ||||||
17 | is waived in writing by the medical examiner or coroner where
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18 | the death occurred or (ii) because of a religious requirement.
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19 | (b) Except as set forth in subsection (a) of this Section,
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20 | a crematory authority shall have the right to schedule the | ||||||
21 | actual cremation
to be performed at its own convenience, at any | ||||||
22 | time after the human remains
have been delivered to the | ||||||
23 | crematory authority, unless the crematory
authority has | ||||||
24 | received specific instructions to the contrary on the
cremation | ||||||
25 | authorization form.
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1 | (c) No crematory authority shall cremate human remains when | ||||||
2 | it has actual
knowledge that human remains contain a pacemaker | ||||||
3 | or any other material or
implant that may be potentially | ||||||
4 | hazardous to the person performing the
cremation.
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5 | (d) No crematory authority shall refuse to accept human | ||||||
6 | remains for
cremation because such human remains are not | ||||||
7 | embalmed.
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8 | (e) Whenever a crematory authority is unable or | ||||||
9 | unauthorized to cremate
human remains immediately upon taking | ||||||
10 | custody of the remains, the crematory
authority shall place the | ||||||
11 | human remains in a holding facility in accordance
with the | ||||||
12 | crematory authority's rules and regulations.
The crematory | ||||||
13 | authority must notify the authorizing agent of the reasons for
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14 | delay in
cremation if a properly authorized cremation is not | ||||||
15 | performed within any time
period expressly
contemplated in the | ||||||
16 | authorization.
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17 | (f) A crematory authority shall not accept a casket or
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18 | alternative container from which there is any evidence of the | ||||||
19 | leakage of
body fluids.
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20 | (g) The casket or the alternative container shall be | ||||||
21 | cremated with
the human remains or destroyed, unless the | ||||||
22 | crematory authority has notified the
authorizing agent to the | ||||||
23 | contrary on the cremation authorization form and
obtained the | ||||||
24 | written consent of the authorizing agent.
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25 | (h) The simultaneous cremation of the human remains of more | ||||||
26 | than one person
within the same cremation chamber, without the |
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1 | prior written consent of the
authorizing agent, is prohibited | ||||||
2 | except for common cremation pursuant to Section 11.4 of the | ||||||
3 | Hospital Licensing Act . Nothing in this subsection, however, | ||||||
4 | shall
prevent the simultaneous cremation within the same | ||||||
5 | cremation chamber of body
parts delivered to the crematory | ||||||
6 | authority from multiple sources, or the use of
cremation | ||||||
7 | equipment that contains more than one cremation chamber.
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8 | (i) No unauthorized person shall be permitted in the | ||||||
9 | holding facility or
cremation room while any human remains are | ||||||
10 | being held there awaiting
cremation, being cremated, or being | ||||||
11 | removed from the cremation chamber.
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12 | (j) A crematory authority shall not remove any dental gold, | ||||||
13 | body parts,
organs, or any item of value prior to or subsequent | ||||||
14 | to a cremation without
previously having received specific | ||||||
15 | written authorization from the
authorizing agent and written | ||||||
16 | instructions for the delivery of these items
to the authorizing | ||||||
17 | agent. Under no circumstances shall a crematory authority
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18 | profit from making or assisting in any removal of valuables.
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19 | (k) Upon the completion of each cremation, and insofar as | ||||||
20 | is practicable,
all of the recoverable residue of the cremation | ||||||
21 | process shall be removed from
the cremation chamber.
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22 | (l) If all of the recovered cremated remains will
not fit | ||||||
23 | within the receptacle that has been selected, the remainder of | ||||||
24 | the
cremated remains shall be returned to the authorizing agent | ||||||
25 | or the agent's
designee in a separate container. The crematory | ||||||
26 | authority shall not return
to an authorizing agent or the |
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1 | agent's designee more or less cremated
remains than were | ||||||
2 | removed from the cremation chamber.
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3 | (m) A crematory authority shall not knowingly represent to | ||||||
4 | an
authorizing agent or the agent's designee that a temporary | ||||||
5 | container or
urn contains the cremated remains of a specific | ||||||
6 | decedent when it does not.
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7 | (n) Cremated remains shall be shipped only by a method that | ||||||
8 | has an internal
tracing system available and that provides a | ||||||
9 | receipt signed by the person
accepting delivery.
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10 | (o) A crematory authority shall maintain an identification | ||||||
11 | system that shall
ensure that it shall be able to identify the | ||||||
12 | human remains in its possession
throughout all phases of the | ||||||
13 | cremation process.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 92-675, eff. 7-1-03.)
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