Bill Text: IL HB4491 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that through June 30, 2029, either a qualified child care director or a qualified early childhood teacher with a minimum of 2,880 hours of experience as an early childhood teacher at the early childhood teacher's current facility must be present for the first and last hour of the workday and at the opening or closing of the facility. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall adopt rules to implement the provisions. Provides that such rules must be filed with the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules no later than January 1, 2025. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-2)

Status: (Passed) 2024-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0821 [HB4491 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4491-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 103-0821
HB4491 Enrolled LRB103 35774 SPS 65856 b
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 3 as follows:
(225 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 2213)
Sec. 3. (a) No person, group of persons or corporation may
operate or conduct any facility for child care, as defined in
this Act, without a license or permit issued by the Department
or without being approved by the Department as meeting the
standards established for such licensing, with the exception
of facilities for whom standards are established by the
Department of Corrections under Section 3-15-2 of the Unified
Code of Corrections and with the exception of facilities
defined in Section 2.10 of this Act, and with the exception of
programs or facilities licensed by the Department of Human
Services under the Substance Use Disorder Act.
(b) No part day child care facility as described in
Section 2.10 may operate without written notification to the
Department or without complying with Section 7.1. Notification
shall include a notarized statement by the facility that the
facility complies with state or local health standards and
state fire safety standards, and shall be filed with the

department every 2 years.
(c) The Director of the Department shall establish
policies and coordinate activities relating to child care
licensing, licensing of day care homes and day care centers.
(d) Any facility or agency which is exempt from licensing
may apply for licensing if licensing is required for some
government benefit.
(e) A provider of day care described in items (a) through
(j) of Section 2.09 of this Act is exempt from licensure. The
Department shall provide written verification of exemption and
description of compliance with standards for the health,
safety, and development of the children who receive the
services upon submission by the provider of, in addition to
any other documentation required by the Department, a
notarized statement that the facility complies with: (1) the
standards of the Department of Public Health or local health
department, (2) the fire safety standards of the State Fire
Marshal, and (3) if operated in a public school building, the
health and safety standards of the State Board of Education.
(f) Through June 30, 2029, either a qualified child care
director, as described in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130, or a
qualified early childhood teacher, as described in 89 Ill.
Adm. Code 407.140, with a minimum of 2,880 hours of experience
as an early childhood teacher at the early childhood teacher's
current facility must be present for the first and last hour of
the workday and at the open or close of the facility. The

Department shall adopt rules to implement this subsection.
Such rules must be filed with the Joint Committee on
Administrative Rules no later than January 1, 2025.
(Source: P.A. 99-699, eff. 7-29-16; 100-759, eff. 1-1-19.)