IL HB2781

Requires the authorized person to make burial or cremation decisions and communicate them to relevant parties within 7 days after a death

Requires funeral directors to indicate the cemetery name on the death certificate within 7 days before burial

Shifts responsibility for creating the death registration file in the electronic reporting system from funeral directors to administrators of nursing homes, hospitals, or hospice facilities where the death occurred

Authorizes electronic signatures on death certificates for funeral directors

Amends Sections 11 and 18 of the Illinois Vital Records Act (410 ILCS 535)