HB2610 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2610

Introduced 2/15/2023, 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.

A BILL FOR

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.