Existing law requires the State Board of Health to provide, and the State Registrar of Vital Statistics to carry out, a system for the registration of births and deaths in this State. (NRS 440.120) Existing law requires the State Registrar, and authorizes certain other entities, to issue a certified copy of a certificate of birth to an applicant if the applicant meets certain requirements. (NRS 440.175, 440.650) Existing law prohibits: (1) the State Registrar from charging a fee for a certified copy of a record of birth to a homeless person who submits on a form prescribed by the State Registrar a statement signed under penalty of perjury that the person is homeless; and (2) another person or governmental organization from charging a fee for a certified or official copy of a certificate of birth to a homeless person who submits a signed affidavit on a form prescribed by the State Registrar stating that the person is homeless. (NRS 440.175, 440.700) Existing law prohibits the State Registrar from requiring the signed statement that a person is homeless be notarized. (NRS 440.700) Section 1 of this bill: (1) requires a homeless person who wishes to obtain a certified or official copy of a certificate of birth from a person or governmental organization, other than the State Registrar, to submit a statement signed under penalty of perjury that the person is homeless rather than a signed affidavit; and (2) prohibits such a person or governmental entity from requiring that such a signed statement be notarized. Sections 1 and 2 of this bill require the State Registrar and other entities who issue certified or official copies of birth certificates to notify an applicant for a certified or official copy of a birth certificate upon determining that required documents are missing from the application. If the applicant is homeless, sections 1 and 2 require the State Registrar or other entity to allow the applicant at least 30 days after the notice was provided to submit the missing documents. Existing law requires the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school to ensure that information relating to mental health resources appears on the back of any identification card issued to a pupil at a school within the school district or the charter school. (NRS 388.1335) Existing federal law establishes the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline program, including the establishment of a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline that may be accessed by dialing the digits 9-8-8. (42 U.S.C. §§ 290bb-36c) Existing state law requires the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to perform certain activities to support the implementation of a hotline for persons who are considering suicide or are otherwise in a behavioral health crisis that may be accessed by dialing the digits 9-8-8. (NRS 433.704) Section 2.5 of this bill requires the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school to include the number 9-8-8, or any successor number for such a hotline established pursuant to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline program, on the back of any identification card issued to a pupil at a school within the school district or the charter school. Existing law allows certain residents or seasonal residents of this State who do not hold a valid driver's license or identification card to apply for an identification card in this State. (NRS 483.810-483.890) Existing law requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish and administer the Nevada Housing Crisis Response System to provide certain types of assistance to persons who are transient, at imminent risk of homelessness or homeless. (NRS 422A.680) Section 3 of this bill requires the System to collaborate with the Department of Motor Vehicles to facilitate assistance to persons in crisis who wish to apply for such an identification card. Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to waive, not more than one time, all fees and costs for the issuance of an original or duplicate identification card to a homeless child or youth less than 25 years of age. (NRS 483.825) Section 4 of this bill removes the limitation that such fees and costs may be waived only once, thus requiring the Department to waive all fees and costs for the issuance of any identification card issued to a homeless child or youth less than 25 years of age. Existing law requires an applicant for an identification card to provide to the Department of Motor Vehicles: (1) proof of his or her full legal name and age; and (2) if he or she has been issued a social security number, proof of that social security number. (NRS 483.850, 483.860) Section 5 of this bill removes the requirement to provide proof of a social security number for any applicant who is a homeless child or youth less than 25 years of age. Section 6 of this bill authorizes an applicant who is a homeless child or youth less than 25 years of age to prove his or her legal name and age by providing: (1) a school identification card that meets certain requirements; and (2) an unofficial transcript from the respective school that contains the date of birth of the applicant.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 440.175, 440.650, 422A.680, 483.825, 483.850, 483.860
Reprint 1: 440.175, 440.650, 422A.680, 483.825, 483.850, 483.860
Reprint 2: 440.175, 440.650, 388.1335, 422A.680, 483.825, 483.850, 483.860
As Enrolled: 440.175, 440.650, 388.1335, 422A.680, 483.825, 483.850, 483.860
BDR: 440.175, 440.650, 422A.680, 483.825, 483.850, 483.860