Bill Text: IL HB2856 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Early Intervention Services System Act. Requires the Department of Human Services, or an entity designated by the Department, to develop and maintain an updated list of all of the State-approved public or private early intervention service providers in each local service area. Provides that the list shall be available on the Department or designated entity's website to allow free access to the list by eligible children and their families. Further provides that the list shall not include any information which would lead to preferential selection of any provider or group of providers over other providers, and that providers may not be included on the list of approved providers if, within the preceding 5 years, the provider has been a service coordinator of a local regional intake entity in a local service area. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2856 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB2856-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Early Intervention Services System Act. Requires the Department of Human Services, or an entity designated by the Department, to develop and maintain an updated list of all of the State-approved public or private early intervention service providers in each local service area. Provides that the list shall be available on the Department or designated entity's website to allow free access to the list by eligible children and their families. Further provides that the list shall not include any information which would lead to preferential selection of any provider or group of providers over other providers, and that providers may not be included on the list of approved providers if, within the preceding 5 years, the provider has been a service coordinator of a local regional intake entity in a local service area. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2856 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB2856-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning children.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Early Intervention Services System Act is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
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6 | (325 ILCS 20/10) (from Ch. 23, par. 4160)
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7 | Sec. 10. Standards. The Council and the lead agency, with | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | assistance
from parents and providers, shall develop and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | promulgate policies and
procedures relating to the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | establishment and implementation of program and
personnel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | standards to ensure that services provided are consistent with
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12 | any State-approved or recognized certification, licensing, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | registration, or
other comparable requirements which apply to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | the area of early intervention
program service standards. Only | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | State-approved public or private early
intervention service | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | providers shall be eligible to receive State and
federal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | funding for early intervention services. All early childhood
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18 | intervention staff shall hold the highest entry requirement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | necessary for that
position.
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20 | The lead agency, or an entity designated by the lead | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | agency, shall develop and maintain an updated list of all of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | the State-approved public or private early intervention | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | service providers in each local service area. This list shall |
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1 | be available on the lead agency or designated entity's website | ||||||
2 | and shall also be available in any other manner as determined | ||||||
3 | by the lead agency or designated entity to allow free access to | ||||||
4 | the list by eligible children and their families. The list | ||||||
5 | shall not include any information which would lead to | ||||||
6 | preferential selection of any provider or group of providers | ||||||
7 | over other providers. Providers may not be included on the list | ||||||
8 | of approved providers if, within the preceding 5 years, the | ||||||
9 | provider has been a service coordinator of a local regional | ||||||
10 | intake entity in a local service area. | ||||||
11 | To be a State-approved early intervention service | ||||||
12 | provider, an individual
(i) shall
not have served or completed, | ||||||
13 | within the preceding 5 years, a sentence for
conviction of any | ||||||
14 | felony that the Department establishes by rule and (ii) shall
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15 | not have been indicated as a perpetrator of child abuse or | ||||||
16 | neglect, within the
preceding 5 years, in an investigation by | ||||||
17 | Illinois (pursuant to the Abused and
Neglected Child Reporting | ||||||
18 | Act) or another state. The Department is authorized
to receive | ||||||
19 | criminal background checks for such providers and persons | ||||||
20 | applying
to be such a provider and to receive child abuse and | ||||||
21 | neglect reports regarding
indicated perpetrators who are | ||||||
22 | applying to provide or currently authorized to
provide early | ||||||
23 | intervention services in Illinois. Beginning January 1, 2004,
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24 | every provider of State-approved early intervention services | ||||||
25 | and every
applicant to provide
such services must authorize, in | ||||||
26 | writing and in the form required by the
Department, a criminal |
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1 | background check and check of child abuse and neglect
reports | ||||||
2 | regarding the provider or applicant as a condition of | ||||||
3 | authorization to
provide early intervention services. The | ||||||
4 | Department shall use the results of
the checks only to | ||||||
5 | determine State approval of the early intervention service
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6 | provider and shall not re-release the information except as | ||||||
7 | necessary to
accomplish that purpose.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 93-147, eff. 1-1-04.)
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9 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
10 | becoming law.
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