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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2580 Introduced 1/18/2012, by Sen. William Delgado SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Removes the requirement that the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services must make the comprehensive list of unsafe children's products available to those facilities that do not have Internet access. Effective immediately.
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| | SB2580 | | LRB097 14502 CEL 59357 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 5.2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (225 ILCS 10/5.2)
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| 7 | | Sec. 5.2. Unsafe children's products.
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| 8 | | (a) A child care facility may not use or have on the |
| 9 | | premises, on or after
July 1, 2000, an unsafe children's |
| 10 | | product as described in Section 15 of the
Children's Product |
| 11 | | Safety Act. This subsection (a) does not apply to an
antique or |
| 12 | | collectible children's product if it is not used by, or |
| 13 | | accessible
to, any child in the child care facility.
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| 14 | | (b) The Department of Children and Family Services shall |
| 15 | | notify child
care facilities, on an ongoing basis, including |
| 16 | | during the license application facility examination and during |
| 17 | | annual license monitoring visits, of the provisions of this |
| 18 | | Section and the
Children's Product Safety Act and of the |
| 19 | | comprehensive list of unsafe children's products as provided |
| 20 | | and maintained by the Department of Public Health available on |
| 21 | | the Internet, as determined
in accordance with that Act, in |
| 22 | | plain, non-technical language that will enable
each child care |
| 23 | | facility to effectively inspect children's products and
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