093_HB3003

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to public aid.

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

 4        Section  5.  The  Illinois  Public Aid Code is amended by
 5    adding Section 9A-11.10 as follows:

 6        (305 ILCS 5/9A-11.10 new)
 7        Sec. 9A-11.10.  Child care during non-traditional working
 8    hours.
 9        (a)  In this  Section,  "non-traditional  working  hours"
10    means  any  time other than the period from 7:00 a.m. through
11    6:00 p.m.
12        (b)  The Department of  Human  Services  shall  select  2
13    providers  of  child  care  services  to  offer such services
14    during non-traditional working hours. Each provider  must  be
15    located  in an area of the State with a high concentration of
16    persons  whose  employment  requires  them  to  work   during
17    non-traditional  working  hours. One provider must be located
18    in the Chicago metropolitan  area,  and  the  other  must  be
19    located  a  county  other  than  Cook,  Lake,  McHenry, Kane,
20    DuPage, or Will. The Department shall pay  a  cash  bonus  to
21    each  provider  in  addition  to the rates otherwise paid for
22    child care services under Section 9A-11. The  Department  may
23    also  offer  other  incentives to each provider to secure the
24    provision  of  child  care  services  during  non-traditional
25    working hours.
26        (c)  The  Department  of  Human   Services   shall   also
27    investigate  other  methods of encouraging providers of child
28    care services to offer such services  during  non-traditional
29    working  hours.  These  methods must include, but need not be
30    limited to, the following:
31             (1)  Providing  special  mentoring,  training,   and
 
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 1        technical assistance to prospective and current providers
 2        of  child  care  services who are willing to provide such
 3        services during non-traditional working hours.
 4             (2)  Offering small grants or loans, or both, as  an
 5        incentive  to  become  a  licensed provider of child care
 6        services   and   to   provide   such   services    during
 7        non-traditional working hours.
 8             (3)  Training   public   aid  recipients  to  become
 9        licensed caregivers.
10             (4)  Encouraging  the  formation  of   networks   of
11        family-home and child-care-center providers of child care
12        services  located  in communities where there are a large
13        number of persons whose employment requires them to  work
14        during non-traditional working hours.

15        Section  99.  Effective  date. This Act takes effect upon
16    becoming law.