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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB4350 Introduced 1/16/2024, by Rep. Jed Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | | Creates the Child Abuse Notice Act. Requires certain businesses and establishments, including, but not limited to, day care centers, elementary and secondary schools, bus stations, and general acute care hospital emergency rooms, to post in a conspicuous place a notice developed by the Department of Children and Family Services that is aimed toward children under 18 and provides information on what constitutes physical and sexual abuse and how to report such abuse. Requires the notice to be at least 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size, written in a 16-point font, unless the notice is provided by electronic means. Requires the Department, in consultation with an accredited Children's Advocacy Center, to develop a model notice no later than 6 months after the effective date of the Act. Requires the Department to make the model notice available for download on the Department's Internet website and provide the notice upon request to eligible business, schools, and other establishments. Provides that the notice shall be printed in English, Spanish, and in one other language that is the most widely spoken language in the county where the establishment is located and for which translation is mandated by the federal Voting Rights Act, as applicable. Imposes certain penalties on those businesses and other establishments that are subject to the Act that fail to comply with the Act's requirements. Exempts school districts and personnel from the penalty provision. |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning children. |
2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
3 | | represented in the General Assembly: |
4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Child |
5 | | Abuse Notice Act. |
6 | | Section 5. Posted notice required. |
7 | | (a) Each of the following businesses and other |
8 | | establishments shall, upon the availability of the model |
9 | | notice described in Section 10, post a notice that complies |
10 | | with the requirements of this Act in a conspicuous place in all |
11 | | restrooms open to the public, or in another conspicuous |
12 | | location in clear view of the public and employees where |
13 | | similar notices are customarily posted: |
14 | | (1) Day care centers. |
15 | | (2) Entertainment facilities or sporting facilities |
16 | | providing services or opportunities to those under the age |
17 | | of 18. |
18 | | (3) Schools, both public and private, that contain |
19 | | students under the age of 18. |
20 | | (4) Primary airports, as defined in Section 47102(16) |
21 | | of Title 49 of the United States Code. |
22 | | (5) Intercity passenger rail or light rail stations. |
23 | | (6) Bus stations. |