Bill Text: IL HB4798 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
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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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 3 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 2213) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 3. (a) No person, group of persons or corporation may | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | operate or conduct any facility for child care, as defined in | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | this Act, without a license or permit issued by the Department | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | or without being approved by the Department as meeting the | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | standards established for such licensing, with the exception | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | of facilities for whom standards are established by the | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | Department of Corrections under Section 3-15-2 of the Unified | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | Code of Corrections and with the exception of facilities | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | defined in Section 2.10 of this Act, and with the exception of | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | programs or facilities licensed by the Department of Human | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Services under the Substance Use Disorder Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | (b) No part day child care facility as described in | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Section 2.10 may operate without written notification to the | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Department or without complying with Section 7.1. Notification | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | shall include a notarized statement by the facility that the | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | facility complies with state or local health standards and | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | state fire safety standards, and shall be filed with the |
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