Ill. House Democrats: Gill Passes Update to Funeral Home Rules, Encourages Stronger Chain of Custody Requirements
May 25, 2024
May 25, 2024
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, May 25 -- The Illinois House Democrats issued the following news:
Responding to a report of a funeral home mishandling remains, state Rep. Mary Gill, D-Chicago, led passage of a plan to institute new safeguards and stricter chain of custody and identification requirements for funeral homes and crematoriums.
"This proposal comes in the wake of a heartbreaking situation in downstate Carlinville, where it appears a funeral home mishandled remain . . .
Responding to a report of a funeral home mishandling remains, state Rep. Mary Gill, D-Chicago, led passage of a plan to institute new safeguards and stricter chain of custody and identification requirements for funeral homes and crematoriums.
"This proposal comes in the wake of a heartbreaking situation in downstate Carlinville, where it appears a funeral home mishandled remain . . .