Bill Text: IL HB2610 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that child care facilities, within the facilities' discretion, may accept a sincerely held religious exemption to a specific vaccination from an employee if the employee presents to the employer a signed statement of objection, detailing the grounds for the sincerely held objection. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-16 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Miller [HB2610 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2610-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2610 Introduced , by Rep. Jed Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 10/4.6
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that child care facilities, within the facilities' discretion, may accept a sincerely held religious exemption to a specific vaccination from an employee if the employee presents to the employer a signed statement of objection, detailing the grounds for the sincerely held objection. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by
changing Section 4.6 as follows:
(225 ILCS 10/4.6)
Sec. 4.6. Vaccination requirements for employees. No
person may be employed by a child care facility that cares for
children ages 6 and under unless that person shows proof of
having received: (i) one dose of the Tdap (tetanus,
diphtheria, and pertussis) vaccine; and (ii) 2 doses of the
measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine or shows proof of
immunity to MMR. Child care facilities, within the facilities'
discretion, may accept a sincerely held religious exemption to
a specific vaccination from an employee if the employee
presents to the employer a signed statement of objection,
detailing the grounds for the sincerely held objection.
(Source: P.A. 99-267, eff. 1-1-16.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.