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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2610 Introduced 2/15/2023, by Rep. Jed Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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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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| | HB2610 | | LRB103 29190 AMQ 55577 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 4.6 as follows:
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| 6 | | (225 ILCS 10/4.6) |
| 7 | | Sec. 4.6. Vaccination requirements for employees. No |
| 8 | | person may be employed by a child care facility that cares for |
| 9 | | children ages 6 and under unless that person shows proof of |
| 10 | | having received: (i) one dose of the Tdap (tetanus, |
| 11 | | diphtheria, and pertussis) vaccine; and (ii) 2 doses of the |
| 12 | | measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine or shows proof of |
| 13 | | immunity to MMR. Child care facilities, within the facilities' |
| 14 | | discretion, may accept a sincerely held religious exemption to |
| 15 | | a specific vaccination from an employee if the employee |
| 16 | | presents to the employer a signed statement of objection, |
| 17 | | detailing the grounds for the sincerely held objection.
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| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 99-267, eff. 1-1-16.)
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| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 20 | | becoming law.
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