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| AN ACT concerning children.
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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 Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act is |
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| amended by adding Section 22 as follows:
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| (325 ILCS 2/22 new) |
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| Sec. 22. Signs. Every hospital, fire station, emergency |
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| medical facility, and police station that is required to accept |
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| a relinquished newborn infant in accordance with this Act must |
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| post a sign in a conspicuous place on the exterior of the |
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| building housing the facility informing persons that a newborn |
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| infant may be relinquished at the facility in accordance with |
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| this Act. The Department shall prescribe specifications for the |
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| signs and for their placement that will ensure statewide |
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| uniformity. |
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| This Section does not apply to a hospital, fire station, |
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| emergency medical facility, or police station that has a sign |
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| that is consistent with the requirements of this Section that |
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| is posted on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the |
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| 95th General Assembly.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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