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PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
Department: Medical Examiner
Other Part(ies): Illinois Department of Public Health, Springfield, Illinois
Request: Approve proposed Intergovernmental Agreement
Goods or Services: The Medical Examiner will receive $75,000 toward the upgrade of its digital case management system to allow for the electronic transfer of death certificate data to the Illinois Department of Public Health in cases of unexpected deaths and overdoses.
Agreement Number(s): N/A
Agreement Period: 5/1/2025 - 8/31/2029. Provisions included for termination by either party.
Fiscal Impact: None
Accounts: 11100.1259.10155.540138 (for receipt of funds from IDPH)
Summary: The Office of the Cook County Medical Examiner (“MEO”) is requesting the approval of an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Illinois Department of Public Health (“IDPH”) in connection with electronic reporting of death certificate information in unexpected deaths and overdoses. Using grant funds, IDPH will pay the MEO to access information related to the death registration in order to track unexpected deaths and deaths caused by overdoses. The MEO is the exclusive administrator of death certificate information in cases that fall within their jurisdiction. This will make the completion of death certificates more efficient and shorten the time that next of kin will have to wait for certified death records, as well as allow for better tracking by IDPH.
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