103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1829
 
Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Mike Porfirio
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
225 ILCS 10/25 new
30 ILCS 105/5.990 new

     Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department of Children and Family Services shall create and implement a 3-year pilot program to provide grants to underserved units of local government to establish licensed day care centers within local government facilities for local government employees, visitors, and eligible residents who reside in the local government's jurisdiction. Provides that the Department shall arrange for an evaluation of the pilot program to determine whether the pilot program is successfully supporting local government employees. Provides that at the end of the 3-year pilot program, the Department shall submit a report to the General Assembly with its findings from the evaluation. Provides that the report shall state whether the Department intends to continue the pilot program and the rationale for its decision. Provides that the Department may adopt rules and procedures to implement and administer the program. Creates the Local Government Facilities Day Care Fund and makes a corresponding change in the State Finance Act. 
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended  by adding 
5Section 25 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 10/25 new)
7    Sec. 25. Local government facilities day care centers 
8grant program.
9    (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall create 
10and implement a 3-year pilot program to provide grants to 
11underserved units of local government to establish licensed 
12day care centers within local government facilities for local 
13government employees, visitors, and eligible residents who 
14reside in the local government's jurisdiction.
15    (b) The Local Government Facilities Day Care Fund is 
16created as a special fund in the State treasury. The fund shall 
17consist of any money appropriated to the Department for the 
18local government facilities day care centers grant program. 
19Money in the fund shall be expended for the local government 
20facilities day care centers grant program and for no other 
21purpose. All interest earned on money in the fund shall be 
22deposited into the fund. 
23    (c) The Department shall arrange for an evaluation of the 
 
 
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1pilot program to determine whether the pilot program is 
2successfully supporting local government employees. This 
3evaluation shall support the determination of whether there is 
4a long-term cost benefit to continuing the pilot program. 
5    (d) At the end of the 3-year pilot program, the Department 
6shall submit a report to the General Assembly with its 
7findings from the evaluation. The report shall state whether 
8the Department intends to continue the pilot program and the 
9rationale for its decision. 
10    (e) The Department may adopt rules and procedures to 
11implement and administer this Section. 
  
 
12    Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 
13Section 5.990 as follows:
 
14    (30 ILCS 105/5.990 new)
15    Sec. 5.990. Local Government Facilities Day Care Fund.