101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3378

 

Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Laura Fine

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act
30 ILCS 105/5.930 new

    Creates the Toxic-Free Kids Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to establish, maintain, post on its website, review, revise, and update a list of high priority chemicals of concern for children's health when used in children's products. Provides that a manufacturer of a children's product that contains a chemical included on the list in an amount at or above a de minimis level shall provide notice to the Department. Allows the Department to enter into reciprocal data sharing agreements with other states. Provides that if manufacturers of children's products substitute a chemical on the list for another chemical, the manufacturer must submit a hazard assessment to the Department that explains how the children's product is inherently less hazardous than before the substitution was made. Provides waivers and exemptions from the Act's requirements. Except for notice violations, establishes a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for a first violation or $10,000 for a subsequent violation. For notice violations, establishes a civil penalty of $2,500 for a first violation and $5,000 for a subsequent violation. Contains other provisions. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the High Priority Chemicals of Concern for Children's Health Fund as a special fund in the State treasury.


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1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Toxic-Free Kids Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
7    "Chemical" means:
8        (1) a substance with a distinct molecular composition
9    and the breakdown products of the substance that form
10    through decomposition, degradation, or metabolism; or
11        (2) a group of structurally related substances and the
12    breakdown products of the substances that form through
13    decomposition, degradation, or metabolism.
14    "Children's cosmetics" means products that are intended to
15be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into,
16or otherwise applied to the human body or any part thereof for
17cleansing, moisturizing, beautifying, promoting
18attractiveness, or altering the appearance.
19    "Children's cosmetics" does not mean soap, dietary
20supplements, or food or drugs approved by the United States
21Food and Drug Administration.
22    "Children's product" means any of the following products,
23or any component part of the following products, that are made

 

 

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1for, marketed for use by, or marketed to children under 12
2years of age:
3        (1) a product designed or intended by the manufacturer
4    to facilitate sucking, teething, sleep, relaxation,
5    feeding, or drinking;
6        (2) children's clothing and footwear;
7        (3) car seats;
8        (4) children's cosmetics;
9        (5) children's jewelry; or
10        (6) toys.
11    "Children's product" does not mean:
12        (1) athletic shoes with cleats or spikes;
13        (2) batteries;
14        (3) BB guns, pellet guns, or air rifles;
15        (4) bicycles or tricycles;
16        (5) chemistry sets;
17        (6) consumer electronic products, including, but not
18    limited to, personal computers, audio and video equipment,
19    calculators, wireless telephones and game consoles,
20    handheld devices that incorporate a video screen and are
21    used to access interactive software, and the associated
22    peripherals of those consumer electronic products;
23        (7) interactive software intended for leisure and
24    entertainment, such as computer games, and their storage
25    media, such as compact discs;
26        (8) model rockets;

 

 

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1        (9) pocketknives and multitools;
2        (10) roller skates;
3        (11) scooters;
4        (12) sets of darts with metallic points;
5        (13) slings and catapults;
6        (14) snow sporting equipment, including skis, poles,
7    boots, snowboards, sleds, or bindings;
8        (15) sporting equipment and accessories, including,
9    but not limited to, bats, balls, gloves, sticks, pucks,
10    pads, helmets and other protective equipment, weight
11    training and exercise aids, protective eyewear, backpacks,
12    tents, rain gear, sport bags and luggage, and golf
13    equipment;
14        (16) video toys that can be connected to a video screen
15    and are operated at a nominal voltage exceeding 24 volts;
16    or
17        (17) food or beverages or food or beverage packaging
18    regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration
19    or the United States Department of Agriculture.
20    "Contaminant" means trace amounts of chemicals that are
21incidental to manufacturing and that serve no intended function
22in the product component, including, but not limited to:
23        (1) unintended by-products of chemical reactions
24    during the manufacture of the product component;
25        (2) trace impurities in feedstock;
26        (3) incompletely reacted chemical mixtures; and

 

 

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1        (4) degradation products.
2    "De minimis level" means:
3        (1) for a chemical that is an intentionally added
4    chemical, the practical quantification limit; or
5        (2) for a chemical that is a contaminant, a
6    concentration of 100 parts per million.
7    "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
8    "Fund" means the High Priority Chemicals of Concern for
9Children's Health Fund.
10    "Importer" means the owner of a children's product.
11    "Intentionally added chemical" means a chemical in a
12product that serves an intended function in the product
13component.
14    "Manufacturer" means any person that produces a children's
15product or an importer or domestic distributor of a children's
16product.
17    "Mouthable" means, in describing a children's product or
18any part of a children's product, that the product or part may
19be brought into the mouth and placed in the mouth so that the
20product or part can be sucked or chewed. If a children's
21product or part of a children's product in one dimension is
22smaller than 5 centimeters, the product or part can be placed
23in the mouth. "Mouthable" does not mean, in describing a
24children's product or any part of a children's product, that
25the product or part may only be licked, but not placed in the
26mouth.

 

 

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1    "Practical quantification limit" means the lowest
2concentration of a chemical that can be reliably measured
3within specified limits of precision, accuracy,
4representation, completeness, and comparability during routine
5laboratory operating conditions.
6    "Product model" means the specific product name used by a
7retailer or assembler to place a product into the stream of
8commerce.
9    "Trade association" means a membership organization of
10persons engaging in the same, similar, or related line of
11commerce, organized to promote and improve business conditions
12in that line of commerce and not to engage in regular business
13activities that ordinarily are carried on for profit.
 
14    Section 10. List of high priority chemicals of concern.
15    (a) The Department shall establish and maintain a list of
16high priority chemicals of concern for children's health when
17used in children's products. The list shall include chemicals
18that are listed on the Washington State Department of Ecology's
19reporting list of Chemicals of High Concern to Children on the
20effective date of this Act.
21    (b) In establishing by rule the practical quantification
22limits for chemicals on the list of high priority chemicals,
23the Department shall consider guidance developed by the State
24of Washington and other federal, State, and nongovernmental
25organizations with the applicable expertise.

 

 

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1    (c) The Department shall post the list of high priority
2chemicals on its website. For each high priority chemical on
3the list, the Department shall post:
4        (1) information regarding the known health impacts
5    associated with exposure to the chemical; and
6        (2) data collected under Section 15 in a format that is
7    searchable and accessible to the public.
8    (d) The Department shall review and revise the list of high
9priority chemicals every 2 years. In completing the revisions
10under this subsection, the Department:
11        (1) shall consider adding or removing a chemical from
12    the list of high priority chemicals if, after the effective
13    date of this Act, the chemical is added to or removed from
14    the Washington State Department of Ecology's reporting
15    list of Chemicals of High Concern to Children or a list
16    maintained by another State agency, another state, or a
17    federal agency that the Department has identified by rule
18    as a list intended to identify high priority chemicals; and
19        (2) may remove a chemical from the list of high
20    priority chemicals if the Department determines that the
21    chemical is no longer being used in children's products.
22    (e) The Department shall update the list of high priority
23chemicals on its website within one year after the date on
24which a chemical is added to or removed from the list.
 
25    Section 15. Manufacturer notice.

 

 

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1    (a) A manufacturer of a children's product sold or offered
2for sale in this State that contains a chemical included on the
3list established and maintained under Section 10 in an amount
4at or above a de minimis level shall provide a biennial notice
5as described under subsection (b) to the Department by January
61 of each applicable notice year.
7    (b) The first biennial notice required under this Section
8shall be submitted to the Department by January 1 of the year
9following the year that the chemical contained in the
10children's product sold or offered for sale in this State is
11added to the list. Notwithstanding anything in this subsection
12to the contrary, the first biennial notices required to be
13submitted to the Department under this subsection for chemicals
14contained in children's products that are included on the list
15created under Section 10 shall be submitted to the Department
16no later than January 1, 2023.
17    (c) The notice required under this Section must contain:
18        (1) the name and Chemical Abstracts Service Registry
19    Number of the chemical contained in the children's product;
20        (2) the product category of the children's product that
21    contains the chemical;
22        (3) the product model and brand name of the children's
23    product that contains the chemical;
24        (4) a description of the function of the chemical in
25    the children's product;
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1    children's product, reported as a range rather than an
2    exact amount;
3        (6) the name and address of the manufacturer and the
4    name, address, and telephone number of a contact person for
5    the manufacturer; and
6        (7) any other information that the manufacturer deems
7    relevant to the appropriate use of the children's product.
8    (d) The Department may enter into reciprocal data sharing
9agreements with other states in which manufacturers of
10children's products are required to disclose information
11related to high priority chemicals of concern for children's
12health used in children's products. The Department must use the
13GS1 Global Product Classification system to identify and
14specify product categories subject to the data sharing
15agreements. If the Department enters or has entered into a data
16sharing agreement with another state, and a manufacturer
17reports or has reported the information required in the notice
18described under subsection (c) to that state, the manufacturer
19may request that the other state provide the Department with
20the information in lieu of the manufacturer's direct reporting
21of the information to the Department.
22    (e) A manufacturer fulfills the notice requirement under
23this Section when the Department receives the information from
24the other state and the Department determines that the
25information received satisfies the requirements for the notice
26specified under subsection (c).

 

 

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1    (f) In lieu of the manufacturer's providing notice to the
2Department under subsection (a) or (d), the Department may
3require that the notice be submitted to the Interstate
4Chemicals Clearinghouse. The Department by rule shall specify
5procedures for the provision of such notice by manufacturers to
6the Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse.
7    (g) The Department shall grant an exemption to a
8manufacturer of children's products that applies for an
9exemption from the notice requirements of this Section if the
10application demonstrates that:
11        (1) the high priority chemical of concern for
12    children's health used in children's products is present in
13    the children's product only as a contaminant;
14        (2) the manufacturer conducts a manufacturing control
15    program for the contaminant; and
16        (3) the manufacturing control program meets minimum
17    standards for a manufacturing control program as set forth
18    by the Department by rule.
19    (h) The Department shall approve or disapprove an exemption
20application within 180 days after its submission. If the
21Department fails to act within 180 days, the exemption
22application shall be deemed approved. If the Department
23disapproves an exemption application, the manufacturer may
24submit a revised exemption application for consideration
25within 180 days after the Department's disapproval.
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1behalf of its member manufacturers under this Section.
2    (j) When a manufacturer provides notice to the Department
3under this Section, the manufacturer may submit
4recommendations to the Department regarding technical,
5financial, or logistical support deemed necessary for
6innovation and green chemistry solutions related to high
7priority chemicals of concern for children's health used in
8children's products.
 
9    Section 20. Removal or substitution of chemicals.
10    (a) On or before the date on which a manufacturer of a
11children's product submits the third biennial notice required
12under Section 15 for a chemical that is present in a children's
13product, the manufacturer must remove or make a substitution
14for the chemical and submit a hazard assessment under Section
1525, or seek a waiver under Section 30, if the chemical is
16present in a children's product that is:
17        (1) mouthable;
18        (2) a children's cosmetic; or
19        (3) made for, marketed for use by, or marketed to
20    children under 3 years of age.
21    (b) A manufacturer with 25 or fewer employees may apply for
22a 2-year extension of the date specified under subsection (a)
23of this Section to meet the requirements of this Section.
24    (c) Manufacturers are exempt from meeting the requirements
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1subsection (a) that contain high priority chemicals of concern
2for children's health used in children's products at levels
3that are at or below allowable levels for children's products
4as established by the federal Consumer Product Safety
5Improvement Act of 2008 in effect on the effective date of this
6Act.
7    (d) For purposes of this Section, any consumer product
8safety standard adopted under federal law that establishes
9allowable levels for children's products of a high priority
10chemical of concern for children's health used in children's
11products is presumed to establish the maximum allowable level
12of the chemical that may be used in children's products that
13are sold or offered for sale in this State. The Department may
14not require a manufacturer in compliance with the federal
15standard to also comply with this Section unless the Department
16establishes in the rulemaking process that a lower maximum
17allowable level for children's products of a high priority
18chemical of concern for children's health used in children's
19products than the allowable level set by the federal standard
20is necessary to protect human health and welfare.
 
21    Section 25. Hazard assessment.
22    (a) When a manufacturer of children's products sold or
23offered for sale in this State removes a high priority chemical
24of concern for children's health used in children's products
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1State that substitutes another chemical under Section 20, the
2manufacturer must submit a hazard assessment to the Department
3that explains how the children's product, and any substitute
4chemical the children's product contains, is inherently less
5hazardous than before the substitution was made.
6    (b) When a manufacturer of children's products sold or
7offered for sale in this State removes a high priority chemical
8of concern for children's health used in children's products
9from a children's product as described in subsection (a) and
10does not substitute another chemical, the manufacturer must
11submit notice to the Department that the manufacturer is no
12longer using the chemical or a substitute chemical.
13    (c) The Department shall establish by rule the methodology
14that a manufacturer must use and the standards that a
15children's product must meet in order to comply with the hazard
16assessment requirements described in subsection (a).
17    (d) The Department shall approve or disapprove a hazard
18assessment within 180 days after its submission. If the
19Department fails to act within 180 days, the hazard assessment
20shall be deemed approved, and the manufacturer may continue to
21sell or offer for sale in this State the children's product for
22which the manufacturer submitted a hazard assessment. If the
23Department disapproves a hazard assessment, the manufacturer
24may submit a revised hazard assessment for consideration within
25180 days after the Department's disapproval.
 

 

 

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1    Section 30. Waiver; alternatives assessment.
2    (a) The Department shall grant a waiver to a manufacturer
3of children's products that applies for a waiver in order to
4comply with Section 20 if the application includes an
5alternatives assessment demonstrating that removal of the high
6priority chemical of concern for children's health used in
7children's products is not financially or technically
8feasible.
9    (b) An alternatives assessment submitted under subsection
10(a) must be conducted in a manner consistent with the guidance
11and frameworks for such assessments in effect on the effective
12date of this Act and as established by the United States
13Environmental Protection Agency, the Interstate Chemicals
14Clearinghouse, the State of California, as part of that state's
15program for reducing toxic chemicals in consumer products, or
16other states or nongovernmental organizations with the
17applicable expertise, or as developed by the Department by
18rule. The Department may recommend or require that a
19manufacturer follow particular guidance or frameworks in order
20to meet the requirements of this Section.
21    (c) If the Department determines that an alternatives
22assessment is incomplete, the Department may obtain the
23assessment from another party. The manufacturer that submitted
24the incomplete assessment must pay for the assessment performed
25by the other party.
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1application within 180 days after its submission. If the
2Department fails to act within 180 days, the waiver application
3shall be deemed approved, and the manufacturer may continue to
4sell or offer for sale in this State the children's product for
5which the manufacturer submitted a waiver application. If the
6Department disapproves a waiver application, the manufacturer
7may submit a revised waiver application for consideration
8within 180 days after the Department's disapproval.
 
9    Section 35. Exemptions. Manufacturers of children's
10products with annual worldwide gross sales of less than $5
11million, as reported on the most recent tax return filed by the
12manufacturer before the notice required under subsection (a) of
13Section 15, are exempt from the requirements of Sections 15,
1420, 25, and 30.
 
15    Section 40. Testing; fees.
16    (a) The Department may conduct testing of children's
17products sold or offered for sale in this State in order to
18determine compliance with Sections 15, 20, and 25 of this Act.
19    (b) The Department may establish by rule a schedule of fees
20for manufacturers of children's products that are based on the
21costs to the Department for administering this Act. Fees
22collected by the Department under this subsection shall be
23deposited in the High Priority Chemicals of Concern for
24Children's Health Fund established under Section 55.
 

 

 

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1    Section 45. Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse. The
2Department is authorized to participate in the Interstate
3Chemicals Clearinghouse in cooperation with other states and
4government entities to assist the Department in carrying out
5this Act.
 
6    Section 50. Civil penalties.
7    (a) Except as provided under subsection (e), the Department
8may impose a civil penalty on a manufacturer of children's
9products for a violation of any provision under Section 20 or
1025.
11    (b) For purposes of assessing civil penalties under this
12Section, a violation consists of a single course of conduct
13with regard to an entire children's product line that is sold
14or offered for sale in this State.
15    (c) The Department shall adopt by rule a schedule of civil
16penalties under subsection (a). A civil penalty may not exceed
17$5,000 for the first violation or $10,000 for a second or
18subsequent violation.
19    (d) In imposing a penalty under subsection (a) or (e) of
20this Section, the Department shall consider the following
21factors:
22        (1) the past history of the manufacturer in taking all
23    feasible steps or following all feasible procedures
24    necessary or appropriate to correct any violation;

 

 

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1        (2) any prior violations of statutes, rules, orders, or
2    permits pertaining to high priority chemicals of concern
3    for children's health used in children's products;
4        (3) the gravity and magnitude of the violation;
5        (4) whether the violation was a sole, repeated, or
6    continuous event;
7        (5) whether the violation was a result of an
8    unavoidable accident, negligence, or an intentional act;
9        (6) the violator's cooperation, and efforts to correct
10    the violation;
11        (7) the economic and financial conditions of the
12    manufacturer incurring a penalty; and
13        (8) if a manufacturer asserts that a high priority
14    chemical of concern for children's health used in
15    children's products is present in a children's product only
16    as a contaminant, evidence that the manufacturer conducted
17    a manufacturing control program for the contaminant and
18    exercised due diligence.
19    (e) If a manufacturer violates the notice requirements
20described under Section 15 or subsection (a) of Section 25, the
21Department shall provide the manufacturer with written notice
22informing the manufacturer of the violation and stating that
23the manufacturer may avoid a civil penalty for the violation by
24providing the proper notice required under Section 15 or
25subsection (a) of Section 25 within 90 days.
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1days after receiving notice from the Department, the Department
2may impose a civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 on the
3manufacturer. For a continuing violation, each 90-day period
4that the violation continues after the preceding imposition of
5a civil penalty is a separate offense subject to a separate
6civil penalty not to exceed $5,000. The Department is not
7required to provide the manufacturer with an opportunity to
8cure the continuing violation before imposing a civil penalty
9for the continuing violation.
10    (f) If the Department has reason to believe that a
11children's product that contains a high priority chemical of
12concern for children's health used in children's products is
13being sold or offered for sale in this State in violation of
14Section 15, 20, or 25, the Department may request that the
15manufacturer provide a statement of compliance on a form
16provided by the Department. The manufacturer must submit the
17statement of compliance within 10 days after receipt of a
18request. To prove compliance with Sections 15, 20, or 25 the
19manufacturer must:
20        (1) show that the children's product does not contain
21    the high priority chemical of concern for children's health
22    used in children's products;
23        (2) show that the manufacturer has previously provided
24    the Department with notice as required under Section 15;
25        (3) provide the Department with notice as required
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1    applicable; or
2        (4) provide the Department with documentation that the
3    manufacturer has previously complied with subsection (a)
4    of Section 25.
5    (g) All civil penalties recovered under this Section shall
6be paid into the High Priority Chemicals of Concern for
7Children's Health Fund established under Section 55 of this
8Act.
 
9    Section 55. High Priority Chemicals of Concern for
10Children's Health Fund.
11    (a) The High Priority Chemicals of Concern for Children's
12Health Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury
13to be used by the Department for the administration and
14enforcement of this Act. Interest earned by the High Priority
15Chemicals of Concern for Children's Health Fund shall be
16credited to the Fund.
17    (b) The Department may accept gifts, grants, or
18contributions from any public or private source for the purpose
19of carrying out this Act.
20    (c) The Fund shall consist of:
21        (1) Moneys accepted by the Department under subsection
22    (b) of this Section.
23        (2) Payments and fees collected under this Act.
24        (3) Civil penalties imposed under Section 50.
 

 

 

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1    Section 60. Reports. The Department shall issue a report to
2the General Assembly by no later than February 15 of each
3odd-numbered year. The report shall include the following
4information:
5        (1) Any revisions made under Section 10 to the list of
6    high priority chemicals of concern for children's health
7    used in children's products.
8        (2) The number of manufacturers of children's products
9    in compliance with Section 15 and an analysis of the
10    information collected under Section 15 specifying:
11            (A) the number and types of children's products
12    sold or offered for sale in this State that contain high
13    priority chemicals of concern for children's health used in
14    children's products;
15            (B) the range of amounts of high priority chemicals
16    of concern for children's health used in children's
17    products, by product category, and the total number of and
18    most frequently disclosed high priority chemicals of
19    concern for children's health used in children's products;
20            (C) the potential for exposure to high priority
21    chemicals of concern for children's health used in
22    children's products based on the number of children's
23    products sold or offered for sale in this State that
24    contain chemicals on the list established under Section 10,
25    likely exposure routes, and the typical use patterns for
26    the children's products that contain chemicals on the list

 

 

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1    established under Section 10; and
2            (D) recommendations to limit, reduce, or prevent
3    exposure to high priority chemicals of concern for
4    children's health used in children's products based on an
5    analysis of the information collected.
6        (3) Details about the implementation of Sections 25 and
7    30 regarding hazard assessments and waivers. In cases where
8    the Department grants waivers for the continued use of high
9    priority chemicals of concern for children's health used in
10    children's products and the waiver application includes an
11    alternatives assessment, the Department may develop
12    recommendations for opportunities to provide technical
13    assistance, provide grants, promote public-private
14    partnerships, and other actions to encourage manufacturers
15    to produce children's products through green chemistry and
16    that do not contain high priority chemicals of concern for
17    children's health used in children's products.
18        (4) A summary of compliance testing results obtained
19    under Section 40.
20        (5) Any recommendations submitted to the Department by
21    manufacturers under Section 15.
22    In developing the recommendations described in this
23subsection, the Department may consult with the Department of
24Labor, the Environmental Protection Agency, or any other State
25agency.
 

 

 

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1    Section 95. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
2Section 5.930 as follows:
 
3    (30 ILCS 105/5.930 new)
4    Sec. 5.930. The High Priority Chemicals of Concern for
5Children's Health Fund.