Illinois Administrative Code
Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Part 500 - ILLINOIS VITAL RECORDS CODE
Section 500.22 - Fee Waivers
Universal Citation: 77 IL Admin Code ยง 500.22
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) Department of Corrections and Department of Juvenile Justice:
1) Search Fee Waivers. The $10 search
fee shall not be required for a birth record search from a person:
A)
Upon release on parole, mandatory
supervised release, final discharge, or pardon from the Illinois
Department of Corrections if the person presents a prescribed
verification form completed by the Illinois Department of
Corrections verifying the person's date of birth and social security number;
or
B)
Placed on
aftercare release under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, upon release on parole,
mandatory supervised release, final discharge, or pardon from the
Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice if the person presents a
prescribed verification form completed by the Illinois
Department of Juvenile Justice verifying the person's date of birth and
social security number (Section 25(1) of the Act).
2) Applicants are entitled
to only one search fee waiver.
3)
If, upon search, the record
requested is found, the State Registrar shall furnish the applicant one
certification of such record, under the seal of such office (Section
25(1) of the Act).
4) Certified Copy Requests. An
additional fee for a certified copy of the record shall not be required from a
person:
A)
Upon release on
parole, mandatory supervised release, final discharge, or pardon from
the Illinois Department of Corrections if the person presents
a prescribed verification form completed by the Illinois
Department of Corrections verifying the released person's date of birth
and social security number; or
B)
Placed on aftercare release under
the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, upon release on parole, mandatory supervised
release, final discharge, or pardon from the Illinois
Department of Juvenile Justice if the person presents a prescribed
verification form completed by the Illinois Department of
Juvenile Justice verifying the person's date of birth and social security
number; however, the person is entitled to only one certified copy fee
waiver (Section 25(1) of the Act).
5) The verification form may be used in lieu
of an application.
6) An applicant
shall present valid state government-issued identification.
b) Homeless Fee Waiver:
1)
Applicable fees for a search for a
birth record or a certified copy of a birth record shall be waived for all
requests made by a homeless person whose status is verified (Section
25.3(b) of the
Act).
2)
An individual's
status as a homeless person shall be verified by a human
services agency, legal services agency, or other similar agency that has
knowledge of the individual's housing status, including, but not limited
to:
A)
A homeless service
agency receiving federal, state county, or municipal funding to provide those
services or otherwise sanctioned by a local continuum of
care;
B)
An
attorney licensed to practice in the State;
C)
A public school homeless liaison
or school social worker; or
D)
A human services provider funded
by the State to serve homeless or runaway youth, individuals with mental
illness, or individuals with addictions.
3)
A homeless person shall be
provided no more than 4 birth records annually (Section
25.3(a) of the
Act).
c) Youth in Care Fee Waiver:
1)
The applicable fees for
a search for a birth record or a certified copy of a birth record shall be
waived for all requests made by:
A)
A youth in care, as defined by Section 4(d) of the Children and Family
Services Act, whose status is verified.
B)
A person under the age of 27 who
was a youth in care, as defined in Section 4d of the Children and Family
Services Act, on or after his or her 18th birthday and whose status is
verified (Section
25.4(b) of the
Act).
2)
An
individual's youth status shall be verified by:
A)
A copy of the court order placing
the youth in the guardianship or custody of the Department of Children and
Family Services or terminating the Department of Children and Family Services'
guardianship or custody of the youth; or
B)
by a human services agency, legal
services agency or other similar agency that has knowledge of the individual's
youth in care status, including, but not limited to:
i)
A child welfare agency, including
the Department of Children and Family Services; or
ii)
The attorney or guardian ad litem
who served as the youth in care's attorney or guardian ad litem during
proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 (Section
25.4(a) of the
Act.
3) An
applicant under this Section shall be provided no more than 4 birth
records annually (Section
25.3(a) of the
Act).
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