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SB378 Engrossed                      LRB093 03306 MKM 03323 b

 1        AN ACT concerning child welfare services.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The  Department  of  Human  Services  Act  is
 5    amended by adding Section 10-26 as follows:

 6        (20 ILCS 1305/10-26 new)
 7        Sec. 10-26.  Child care provider training.
 8        (a)  The  Department of Human Services, through the Child
 9    Care Resource  and  Referral  Program,  must  expand  current
10    education  and training for child care providers to include a
11    program that will educate child care providers concerning:
12             (1)  the importance of healthy brain development  in
13        the first 3 years of a child's life;
14             (2)  the   identification   of   risk   factors  and
15        behaviors  that  indicate  that  a  child  needs  special
16        education or mental health services; and
17             (3)  how  to  provide   parents   with   appropriate
18        information  regarding  support  or intervention services
19        available  for  suspected  special  needs  or   for   the
20        behaviors identified in subsection (2).
21        (b)  Training  available from the Child Care Resource and
22    Referral Program shall include the topics in subsection  (a).
23    Participation  in  the  training  is voluntary and child care
24    providers are subject to a fee for attending the program.
25        (c)  The Department of Human Services may adopt any rules
26    necessary to implement this Section.

27        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
28    becoming law.