103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2610

 

Introduced 2/15/2023, by Rep. Jed Davis

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 10/4.6

    Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that child care facilities, within the facilities' discretion, may accept a sincerely held religious exemption to a specific vaccination from an employee if the employee presents to the employer a signed statement of objection, detailing the grounds for the sincerely held objection. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

HB2610LRB103 29190 AMQ 55577 b

1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by
5changing Section 4.6 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 10/4.6)
7    Sec. 4.6. Vaccination requirements for employees. No
8person may be employed by a child care facility that cares for
9children ages 6 and under unless that person shows proof of
10having received: (i) one dose of the Tdap (tetanus,
11diphtheria, and pertussis) vaccine; and (ii) 2 doses of the
12measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine or shows proof of
13immunity to MMR. Child care facilities, within the facilities'
14discretion, may accept a sincerely held religious exemption to
15a specific vaccination from an employee if the employee
16presents to the employer a signed statement of objection,
17detailing the grounds for the sincerely held objection.
18(Source: P.A. 99-267, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.