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SB0335 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0335

 

Introduced 2/7/2007, by Sen. Donne E. Trotter - Iris Y. Martinez

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
325 ILCS 2/22 new

    Amends the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act. Provides that every hospital, fire station, emergency medical facility, and police station that is required to accept a relinquished newborn infant in accordance with the Act must post a sign in a conspicuous place on the exterior of the building housing the facility informing persons that a newborn infant may be relinquished at the facility in accordance with the Act. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to prescribe specifications for the signs and for their placement that will ensure statewide uniformity. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB0335 LRB095 10778 DRJ 31020 b

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 5. The Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act is
5 amended by adding Section 22 as follows:
 
6     (325 ILCS 2/22 new)
7     Sec. 22. Signs. Every hospital, fire station, emergency
8 medical facility, and police station that is required to accept
9 a relinquished newborn infant in accordance with this Act must
10 post a sign in a conspicuous place on the exterior of the
11 building housing the facility informing persons that a newborn
12 infant may be relinquished at the facility in accordance with
13 this Act. The Department shall prescribe specifications for the
14 signs and for their placement that will ensure statewide
15 uniformity.
 
16     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17 becoming law.