IL SB3398

Requires registration of stillbirths occurring after at least 20 completed weeks of gestation within 7 days with the local registrar in the district where the birth occurred, lowering the threshold from 26 weeks.

Establishes procedures for stillbirth certificate preparation by institutions (hospitals), requiring collection of parental information, signatures, and physician verification of date and medical information within 24 hours.

Sets priority order for certificate preparation outside institutions: attending physician first, then any other person present at birth, then parents or person in charge of premises.

Requires the certificate preparer to inform the woman who delivered the stillborn child of her right to decline the certificate, with any declination made in writing on a State Registrar form.

Removes the requirement that stillbirth certificates be marked "delayed" if not registered within one year after delivery.