Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Internet Dating, Internet Child Care, Internet Senior Care, and Internet Home Care Safety Act. (Source: P.A. 97-1056, eff. 8-24-12; 98-458, eff. 8-16-13.)
Illinois · statute · 815 ILCS 518 · 9 active provisions
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Internet Dating, Internet Child Care, Internet Senior Care, and Internet Home Care Safety Act. (Source: P.A. 97-1056, eff. 8-24-12; 98-458, eff. 8-16-13.)
Findings, declarations. The Legislature finds and declares that residents of this State need to be informed of the potential risks of participating in Internet dating services, Internet child care services, Internet senior care services, and Internet home care services. There is a public safety need to disclose whether…
Definitions. As used in this Act: "Criminal background screening" means a name search for a person's criminal convictions initiated by an Internet dating service provider, an Internet child care service provider, an Internet senior care service provider, or an Internet home care provider and conducted by: (1) searching…
Exceptions. This Act does not apply to: (1) an individual who is considered an "employee" as defined in the Health Care Worker Background Check Act; or (2) an individual or service provider who is considered a "health care employer" as defined in the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. (Source: P.A. 98-458, eff. 8…
Requirements for Internet dating services, Internet child care services, Internet senior care services, and Internet home care services. (a) An Internet dating service, Internet child care service, Internet senior care service, or Internet home care service offering services to Illinois members shall provide a safety a…
Unlawful practices for Internet dating services, Internet child care services, Internet senior care services, and Internet home care services. It is an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act for an Internet dating service, Internet child care service, Internet senior care servic…
No violation to serve as intermediary. An Internet service provider or website hosting service does not violate this Act as a result of serving as an intermediary for the transmission of electronic messages between members of an Internet dating service, Internet child care service, Internet senior care service, or Inte…
(Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 97-1056, eff. 8-24-12; text omitted.)
Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 97-1056, eff. 8-24-12.)