Bill Text: IL SB1799 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that upon application for licensure for a day care home and if there are no known health or safety concerns with the day care home, the Department of Children and Family Services shall issue a 6-month permit to a newly established day care home to allow that facility reasonable time to become eligible for a full license. Provides that the Department shall continue to issue 6-month permits to that day care home until (i) the application for licensure is approved or denied or (ii) the Department determines that there are health or safety concerns with the day care home.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1799 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB1799-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB1799 Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 10/5 from Ch. 23, par. 2215
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that upon application for licensure for a day care home and if there are no known health or safety concerns with the day care home, the Department of Children and Family Services shall issue a 6-month permit to a newly established day care home to allow that facility reasonable time to become eligible for a full license. Provides that the Department shall continue to issue 6-month permits to that day care home until (i) the application for licensure is approved or denied or (ii) the Department determines that there are health or safety concerns with the day care home.
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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 5 as follows:
(225 ILCS 10/5) (from Ch. 23, par. 2215)
Sec. 5. (a) In respect to child care institutions,
maternity centers, child welfare agencies, day care centers,
day care agencies and group homes, the Department, upon
receiving application filed in proper order, shall examine the
facilities and persons responsible for care of children
therein.
(b) In respect to foster family and day care homes,
applications may be filed on behalf of such homes by a licensed
child welfare agency, by a State agency authorized to place
children in foster care or by out-of-State agencies approved by
the Department to place children in this State. In respect to
day care homes, applications may be filed on behalf of such
homes by a licensed day care agency or licensed child welfare
agency. In applying for license in behalf of a home in which
children are placed by and remain under supervision of the
applicant agency, such agency shall certify that the home and
persons responsible for care of unrelated children therein, or

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the home and relatives, as defined in Section 2.17 of this Act,
responsible for the care of related children therein, were
found to be in reasonable compliance with standards prescribed
by the Department for the type of care indicated.
(c) The Department shall not allow any person to examine
facilities under a provision of this Act who has not passed an
examination demonstrating that such person is familiar with
this Act and with the appropriate standards and regulations of
the Department.
(d) With the exception of day care centers, day care homes,
and group day care homes, licenses shall be issued in such form
and manner as prescribed by the Department and are valid for 4
years from the date issued, unless revoked by the Department or
voluntarily surrendered by the licensee. Licenses issued for
day care centers, day care homes, and group day care homes
shall be valid for 3 years from the date issued, unless revoked
by the Department or voluntarily surrendered by the licensee.
When a licensee has made timely and sufficient application for
the renewal of a license or a new license with reference to any
activity of a continuing nature, the existing license shall
continue in full force and effect for up to 30 days until the
final agency decision on the application has been made. The
Department may further extend the period in which such decision
must be made in individual cases for up to 30 days, but such
extensions shall be only upon good cause shown.
(e) The Department may issue one 6-month permit to a newly

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established facility for child care to allow that facility
reasonable time to become eligible for a full license. If the
facility for child care is a foster family home, or day care
home the Department may issue one 2-month permit only.
(e-5) Upon application for licensure for a day care home
and if there are no known health or safety concerns with the
day care home, the Department shall issue a 6-month permit to a
newly established day care home to allow that facility
reasonable time to become eligible for a full license. The
Department shall continue to issue 6-month permits to that day
care home until (i) the application for licensure is approved
or denied or (ii) the Department determines that there are
health or safety concerns with the day care home.
(f) The Department may issue an emergency permit to a child
care facility taking in children as a result of the temporary
closure for more than 2 weeks of a licensed child care facility
due to a natural disaster. An emergency permit under this
subsection shall be issued to a facility only if the persons
providing child care services at the facility were employees of
the temporarily closed day care center at the time it was
closed. No investigation of an employee of a child care
facility receiving an emergency permit under this subsection
shall be required if that employee has previously been
investigated at another child care facility. No emergency
permit issued under this subsection shall be valid for more
than 90 days after the date of issuance.

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(g) During the hours of operation of any licensed child
care facility, authorized representatives of the Department
may without notice visit the facility for the purpose of
determining its continuing compliance with this Act or
regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
(h) Day care centers, day care homes, and group day care
homes shall be monitored at least annually by a licensing
representative from the Department or the agency that
recommended licensure.
(Source: P.A. 98-804, eff. 1-1-15.)