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SB2378 Enrolled |
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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 as provided |
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| and maintained by the Department of Public Health 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 |