97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2580

 

Introduced 1/18/2012, by Sen. William Delgado

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 10/5.2

    Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Removes the requirement that the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services must make the comprehensive list of unsafe children's products available to those facilities that do not have Internet access. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by
5changing 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
9premises, on or after July 1, 2000, an unsafe children's
10product as described in Section 15 of the Children's Product
11Safety Act. This subsection (a) does not apply to an antique or
12collectible children's product if it is not used by, or
13accessible to, any child in the child care facility.
14    (b) The Department of Children and Family Services shall
15notify child care facilities, on an ongoing basis, including
16during the license application facility examination and during
17annual license monitoring visits, of the provisions of this
18Section and the Children's Product Safety Act and of the
19comprehensive list of unsafe children's products as provided
20and maintained by the Department of Public Health available on
21the Internet, as determined in accordance with that Act, in
22plain, non-technical language that will enable each child care
23facility to effectively inspect children's products and

 

 

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1identify unsafe children's products. The Department of
2Children and Family Services must make the comprehensive list
3available to those facilities that do not have Internet access.
4Child care facilities must maintain all written information
5provided pursuant to this subsection in a file accessible to
6both facility staff and parents of children attending the
7facility. Child care facilities must post in prominent
8locations regularly visited by parents written notification of
9the existence of the comprehensive list of unsafe children's
10products available on the Internet. The Department of Children
11and Family Services shall adopt rules to carry out this
12Section.
13(Source: P.A. 93-805, eff. 7-24-04.)
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15becoming law.