SB2378 Enrolled LRB093 18145 AMC 43838 b

1     AN ACT concerning child care.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by
5 changing Section 5.2 as follows:
 
6     (225 ILCS 10/5.2)
7     Sec. 5.2. Unsafe children's products.
8     (a) A child care facility may not use or have on the
9 premises, on or after July 1, 2000, an unsafe children's
10 product as described in Section 15 of the Children's Product
11 Safety Act. This subsection (a) does not apply to an antique or
12 collectible children's product if it is not used by, or
13 accessible to, any child in the child care facility.
14     (b) The Department of Children and Family Services shall
15 notify child care facilities, on an ongoing basis, including
16 during the license application facility examination and during
17 annual license monitoring visits, of the provisions of this
18 Section and the Children's Product Safety Act and of the
19 comprehensive list of unsafe children's products as provided
20 and maintained by the Department of Public Health available on
21 the Internet, as determined in accordance with that Act, in
22 plain, non-technical language that will enable each child care
23 facility to effectively inspect children's products and
24 identify unsafe children's products. The Department of
25 Children and Family Services must make the comprehensive list
26 available to those facilities that do not have Internet access.
27 Child care facilities must maintain all written information
28 provided pursuant to this subsection in a file accessible to
29 both facility staff and parents of children attending the
30 facility. Child care facilities must post in prominent
31 locations regularly visited by parents written notification of
32 the existence of the comprehensive list of unsafe children's

 

 

SB2378 Enrolled - 2 - LRB093 18145 AMC 43838 b

1 products available on the Internet. The Department of Children
2 and Family Services shall adopt rules to carry out this
3 Section.
4 (Source: P.A. 91-413, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
5     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6 becoming law.