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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 SB3053 Introduced 1/5/2022, by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that any employee of the Department who is responsible for licensing group day care homes that provide services exclusively to children with developmental disabilities shall be required to take a minimum of 15 hours of training annually from the Bureau of Accreditation, Licensure and Certification of the Department of Human Services on licensure requirements of group homes for the developmentally disabled licensed by the Department of Human Services. Provides that any supervisor of staff at the Department who are responsible for licensing group day care homes that provide services exclusively to children with developmental disabilities shall be required to take a minimum of 15 hours of training annually from the Bureau of Accreditation, Licensure and Certification of the Department of Children and Family Services on licensure requirements of group homes for the developmentally disabled licensed by the Department of Human Services. Provides that training shall be established by the Bureau of Accreditation, Licensure and Certification and, at a minimum, must include shadowing surveys conducted in the field by the Bureau of Accreditation, Licensure and Certification.
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| | SB3053 | | LRB102 22584 SPS 31726 b |
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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,
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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 4.5 as follows:
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6 | | (225 ILCS 10/4.5)
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7 | | Sec. 4.5. Children with disabilities; training.
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8 | | (a) An owner or operator of a licensed day care home or |
9 | | group day care home
or the onsite executive director of a |
10 | | licensed day care center must
successfully complete a basic |
11 | | training course in providing care to children
with |
12 | | disabilities. The basic training course will also be made |
13 | | available on a
voluntary basis to those providers who are |
14 | | exempt from the licensure
requirements of this Act.
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15 | | (b) The Department of Children and Family Services shall |
16 | | promulgate rules
establishing the requirements for basic |
17 | | training in providing care to children
with disabilities.
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18 | | (c) Any employee of the Department who is responsible for |
19 | | licensing group day care homes that provide services |
20 | | exclusively to children with developmental disabilities shall |
21 | | be required to take a minimum of 15 hours of training annually |
22 | | from the Bureau of Accreditation, Licensure and Certification |
23 | | of the Department of Human Services on licensure requirements |