Bill Text: IL HB4798 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that a child care facility licensed under the Act may allow programs to staff classrooms with early childhood assistant qualified staff for up to 3 hours of the program day if it is documented in the facility's written staffing plan.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4798 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4798-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4798 Introduced , by Rep. Joyce Mason SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 10/3 from Ch. 23, par. 2213
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that a child care facility licensed under the Act may allow programs to staff classrooms with early childhood assistant qualified staff for up to 3 hours of the program day if it is documented in the facility's written staffing plan.
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A BILL FOR
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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

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