{"data":{"id":"us-il/820-ilcs-157-5","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"820 ILCS 157/5","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this Act:\n\"Child\" means an employee's son or daughter who is a biological, adopted, or foster child, a stepchild, a legal ward, or a child of a person standing in loco parentis.\n\"Department\" means the Department of Labor.\n\"Employee\" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 2 of the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act and also includes any employee of the State of Illinois.\n\"Employer\" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 2 of the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act and also includes the State of Illinois.\n\"Neonatal intensive care unit\" or \"NICU\" means a special care unit that provides medical treatment to premature and critically ill infants.","path":["CHAPTER 820 EMPLOYMENT","Family Neonatal Intensive Care Leave Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=4623\u0026ChapterID=68\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:49Z","sha256":"a1af09e0cc04b9bf3ee92af9f84f83336961967a94d0fae9ff53c1598b96dab0","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/820-ilcs-157-1","next":"us-il/820-ilcs-157-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}