Full Text of HB3060 100th General Assembly
HB3060 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB3060 Introduced , by Rep. Will Guzzardi SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 410 ILCS 535/1 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-1 | 410 ILCS 535/25.3 new | |
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Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that specified fees for birth record searches or certified copies of birth records shall be waived for all requests made by a homeless person whose status is verified by specified human services, legal services, or other similar agencies or individuals. Provides that individuals who are homeless must not be charged for this verification. Provides that the State Registrar of Vital Records shall establish standards and procedures for birth record search waivers for homeless persons that shall include a record of specified information. Provides that any falsification of this official record is subject to penalty. Defines "homeless person". Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 1 and by adding Section 25.3 as follows:
| 6 | | (410 ILCS 535/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-1)
| 7 | | Sec. 1. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise | 8 | | requires:
| 9 | | (1) "Vital records" means records of births, deaths, fetal | 10 | | deaths,
marriages, dissolution of marriages, and data related | 11 | | thereto.
| 12 | | (2) "System of vital records" includes the registration, | 13 | | collection,
preservation, amendment, and certification of | 14 | | vital records, and
activities related thereto.
| 15 | | (3) "Filing" means the presentation of a certificate, | 16 | | report, or
other record provided for in this Act, of a birth, | 17 | | death, fetal death,
adoption, marriage, or dissolution of | 18 | | marriage, for registration by the Office of Vital
Records.
| 19 | | (4) "Registration" means the acceptance by the Office of | 20 | | Vital
Records and the incorporation in its official records of | 21 | | certificates,
reports, or other records provided for in this | 22 | | Act, of births, deaths,
fetal deaths, adoptions, marriages, or | 23 | | dissolution of marriages.
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| 1 | | (5) "Live birth" means the complete expulsion or extraction | 2 | | from its
mother of a product of human conception, irrespective | 3 | | of the duration of
pregnancy, which after such separation | 4 | | breathes or shows any other
evidence of life such as beating of | 5 | | the heart, pulsation of the
umbilical cord, or definite | 6 | | movement of voluntary muscles, whether or
not the umbilical | 7 | | cord has been cut or the placenta is attached.
| 8 | | (6) "Fetal death" means death prior to the complete | 9 | | expulsion or
extraction from its mother of a product of human | 10 | | conception,
irrespective of the duration of pregnancy; the | 11 | | death is indicated by the
fact that after such separation the | 12 | | fetus does not breathe or show any
other evidence of life such | 13 | | as beating of the heart, pulsation of the
umbilical cord, or | 14 | | definite movement of voluntary muscles.
| 15 | | (7) "Dead body" means a lifeless human body or parts of | 16 | | such body or
bones thereof from the state of which it may | 17 | | reasonably be concluded
that death has occurred.
| 18 | | (8) "Final disposition" means the burial, cremation, or | 19 | | other
disposition of a dead human body or fetus or parts | 20 | | thereof.
| 21 | | (9) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice | 22 | | medicine in
Illinois or any other State.
| 23 | | (10) "Institution" means any establishment, public or | 24 | | private, which
provides in-patient medical, surgical, or | 25 | | diagnostic care or treatment,
or nursing, custodial, or | 26 | | domiciliary care to 2 or more unrelated
individuals, or to |
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| 1 | | which persons are committed by law.
| 2 | | (11) "Department" means the Department of Public Health of | 3 | | the State
of Illinois.
| 4 | | (12) "Director" means the Director of the Illinois | 5 | | Department of
Public Health.
| 6 | | (13) "Homeless person" has the same meaning as defined by | 7 | | Section 103 of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance | 8 | | Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 11302). "Homeless person" includes | 9 | | homeless children and youths as defined by 42 U.S.C. 11434a(2). | 10 | | (Source: P.A. 81-230.)
| 11 | | (410 ILCS 535/25.3 new) | 12 | | Sec. 25.3. Homeless person birth record request. | 13 | | (a) For the purposes of this Section, an individual's | 14 | | status as a homeless person may be verified by a human services | 15 | | agency or individual, legal services agency or individual, or | 16 | | other similar agency or individual that has knowledge of the | 17 | | individual's housing status, including, but not limited to: | 18 | | (1) a homeless service agency receiving federal, | 19 | | State, county, or municipal funding to provide those | 20 | | services or otherwise sanctioned by a local continuum of | 21 | | care; | 22 | | (2) an attorney licensed to practice in the State; | 23 | | (3) a public school homeless liaison or school social | 24 | | worker; or | 25 | | (4) a human services provider funded by the State to |
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| 1 | | serve homeless or runaway youth, individuals with mental | 2 | | illness, or individuals with addictions. | 3 | | Individuals who are homeless must not be charged for this | 4 | | verification. | 5 | | (b) Applicable fees under Section 25 of this Act for a | 6 | | search for a birth record or a certified copy of a birth record | 7 | | shall be waived for all requests made by a homeless person | 8 | | whose status is verified under subsection (a) of this Section. | 9 | | The State Registrar of Vital Records shall establish | 10 | | standards and procedures consistent with this Section for | 11 | | waiver of such applicable fees, which shall include a record of | 12 | | the name and address of the individual and the name and address | 13 | | of the agency or individual providing verification of | 14 | | homelessness. Any falsification of this official record is | 15 | | subject to penalty.
| 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 17 | | becoming law.
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