Bill Text: IL HR0234 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to investigate the occurrences of illegal curbstone funeral directing across Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-06 - Resolution Adopted [HR0234 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0234-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, A Funeral Director in the State of Illinois must | ||||||
3 | obtain a license from the
Department of Financial and | ||||||
4 | Professional Regulation; no person may practice funeral | ||||||
5 | directing without a license, or without having a fixed place of | ||||||
6 | practice or
being employed by or under contract with an | ||||||
7 | establishment devoted to that practice; and
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8 | WHEREAS, A Funeral Director cannot work out of a | ||||||
9 | storefront, office space inside of an office building, or any | ||||||
10 | other facility that is unlicensed as a stand-alone funeral | ||||||
11 | parlor; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Any action of a person falsely claiming to be a | ||||||
13 | licensed Funeral Director or
working out of a temporary | ||||||
14 | establishment is in violation of State law; and
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15 | WHEREAS, The license requirements for Funeral Directors | ||||||
16 | are stated in the Funeral
Directors and Embalmers Licensing | ||||||
17 | Code (225 ILCS 41/5-5 et seq.); and
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18 | WHEREAS, It has become known in recent years that the | ||||||
19 | practice of
curbstone funeral directing is taking place in | ||||||
20 | cities around the State; and
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1 | WHEREAS, The illegal practice of curbstone funeral | ||||||
2 | directing is a major concern because it
takes advantage of | ||||||
3 | people during a difficult and emotional time; therefore, be it
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4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
5 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
6 | urge the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional | ||||||
7 | Regulation to investigate the occurrences of illegal curbstone | ||||||
8 | funeral directing across the State; and be it further
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9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
10 | delivered to the Director of the Illinois Department of | ||||||
11 | Financial and Professional Regulation.
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