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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2378
Introduced 2/3/2004, by Carol Ronen SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Makes changes regarding the Department of Children and Family Service's obligation to inform child care facilities of unsafe children's products. Requires the Department to make the comprehensive list of unsafe children's products available to those facilities that do not have Internet access. Requires child care facilities to maintain any written information provided in a file accessible to both facility staff and parents of children attending the facility and to post in prominent locations regularly visited by parents written notification of the existence of the comprehensive list of unsafe children's products available on the Internet. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2378 |
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LRB093 18145 AMC 43838 b |
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| AN ACT concerning child care.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by |
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| changing Section 5.2 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 10/5.2)
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| Sec. 5.2. Unsafe children's products.
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| (a) A child care facility may not use or have on the |
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| premises, on or after
July 1, 2000, an unsafe children's |
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| product as described in Section 15 of the
Children's Product |
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| Safety Act. This subsection (a) does not apply to an
antique or |
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| collectible children's product if it is not used by, or |
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| accessible
to, any child in the child care facility.
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| (b) The Department of Children and Family Services shall |
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| notify child
care facilities, on an ongoing basis, including |
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| during the license application facility examination and during |
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| annual license monitoring visits, of the provisions of this |
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| Section and the
Children's Product Safety Act and of the |
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| comprehensive list of unsafe children's products available on |
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| the Internet, as determined
in accordance with that Act, in |
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| plain, non-technical language that will enable
each child care |
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| facility to effectively inspect children's products and
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| identify unsafe children's products. The Department of |
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| Children and Family Services must make the comprehensive list |
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| available to those facilities that do not have Internet access. |
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| Child care facilities must maintain all written information |
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| provided pursuant to this subsection in a file accessible to |
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| both facility staff and parents of children attending the |
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| facility. Child care facilities must post in prominent |
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| locations regularly visited by parents written notification of |
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| the existence of the comprehensive list of unsafe children's |
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| products available on the Internet. The Department of Children |