Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

Filed: 3/11/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 104

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 104 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by
5changing Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 8.1 and by adding Section
63.2 as follows:
 
7    (225 ILCS 10/3.2 new)
8    Sec. 3.2. Licensing fees; fines; DCFS Children's Services
9Fund.
10    (a) The Department shall charge a fee for application for
11or renewal of a license on every day care center, day care
12home, or group day care home. These fees shall be paid to the
13Department upon the application for or renewal of a license.
14The Department shall adopt rules pursuant to the Illinois
15Administrative Procedure Act pertaining to rate setting for
16licensing fees. Any fee for licensure application or renewal

 

 

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1for a day care home or group day care home, as defined in this
2Act, shall not exceed $100 and any fee for a day care center,
3as defined in this Act, shall not exceed $500.
4    (b) The Department may assess a fine on any day care center
5for a violation of this Act. The Department shall adopt rules
6pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
7pertaining to and setting the fines established under this Act.
8No fine shall exceed $500 per violation.
9    (c) All fees and fines collected by the Department under
10this Act shall be deposited into the DCFS Children's Services
11Fund and must be used to enhance services by the Department
12pursuant to this Act.
 
13    (225 ILCS 10/4)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2214)
14    Sec. 4. License requirement; application; notice.
15    (a) Any person, group of persons, or corporation who or
16which receives children or arranges for care or placement of
17one or more children unrelated to the operator must apply for a
18license to operate one of the types of facilities defined in
19Sections 2.05 through 2.19 and in Section 2.22 of this Act. Any
20relative who receives a child or children for placement by the
21Department on a full-time basis may apply for a license to
22operate a foster family home as defined in Section 2.17 of this
23Act.
24    (a-5) Any agency, person, group of persons, association,
25organization, corporation, institution, center, or group

 

 

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1providing adoption services must be licensed by the Department
2as a child welfare agency as defined in Section 2.08 of this
3Act. "Providing adoption services" as used in this Act,
4includes facilitating or engaging in adoption services.
5    (b) Application for a license to operate a child care
6facility must be made to the Department in the manner and on
7forms prescribed by it. An application to operate a foster
8family home shall include, at a minimum: a completed written
9form; written authorization by the applicant and all adult
10members of the applicant's household to conduct a criminal
11background investigation; medical evidence in the form of a
12medical report, on forms prescribed by the Department, that the
13applicant and all members of the household are free from
14communicable diseases or physical and mental conditions that
15affect their ability to provide care for the child or children;
16the names and addresses of at least 3 persons not related to
17the applicant who can attest to the applicant's moral
18character; and fingerprints submitted by the applicant and all
19adult members of the applicant's household.
20    (b-5) Application for a license to operate a day care
21center, day care home, or group day care home shall include a
22non-refundable application fee. The Department shall adopt
23rules and policies pursuant to the Illinois Administrative
24Procedure Act to set a fee schedule.
25    (c) The Department shall notify the public when a child
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1the Department undergoes a change in (i) the range of care or
2services offered at the facility, (ii) the age or type of
3children served, or (iii) the area within the facility used by
4children. The Department shall notify the public of the change
5in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or
6municipality in which the applicant's facility is or is
7proposed to be located.
8    (d) If, upon examination of the facility and investigation
9of persons responsible for care of children, the Department is
10satisfied that the facility and responsible persons reasonably
11meet standards prescribed for the type of facility for which
12application is made, and has paid the applicable application
13fee, then the Department it shall issue a license in proper
14form, designating on that license the type of child care
15facility and, except for a child welfare agency, the number of
16children to be served at any one time.
17    (e) The Department shall not issue or renew the license of
18any child welfare agency providing adoption services, unless
19the agency (i) is officially recognized by the United States
20Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt organization
21described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
221986 (or any successor provision of federal tax law) and (ii)
23is in compliance with all of the standards necessary to
24maintain its status as an organization described in Section
25501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or any
26successor provision of federal tax law). The Department shall

 

 

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1grant a grace period of 24 months from the effective date of
2this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly for existing
3child welfare agencies providing adoption services to obtain
4501(c)(3) status. The Department shall permit an existing child
5welfare agency that converts from its current structure in
6order to be recognized as a 501(c)(3) organization as required
7by this Section to either retain its current license or
8transfer its current license to a newly formed entity, if the
9creation of a new entity is required in order to comply with
10this Section, provided that the child welfare agency
11demonstrates that it continues to meet all other licensing
12requirements and that the principal officers and directors and
13programs of the converted child welfare agency or newly
14organized child welfare agency are substantially the same as
15the original. The Department shall have the sole discretion to
16grant a one year extension to any agency unable to obtain
17501(c)(3) status within the timeframe specified in this
18subsection (e), provided that such agency has filed an
19application for 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue
20Service within the 2-year timeframe specified in this
21subsection (e).
22(Source: P.A. 94-586, eff. 8-15-05.)
 
23    (225 ILCS 10/5)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2215)
24    Sec. 5. (a) In respect to child care institutions,
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1day care agencies, and group homes, the Department, upon
2receiving application filed in proper order, shall examine the
3facilities and persons responsible for care of children
4therein.
5    (b) In respect to foster family and day care homes,
6applications may be filed on behalf of such homes by a licensed
7child welfare agency, by a State agency authorized to place
8children in foster care or by out-of-State agencies approved by
9the Department to place children in this State. In respect to
10day care homes, applications may be filed on behalf of such
11homes by a licensed day care agency or licensed child welfare
12agency. In applying for license in behalf of a home in which
13children are placed by and remain under supervision of the
14applicant agency, such agency shall certify that the home and
15persons responsible for care of unrelated children therein, or
16the home and relatives responsible for the care of related
17children therein, were found to be in reasonable compliance
18with standards prescribed by the Department for the type of
19care indicated.
20    (c) The Department shall not allow any person to examine
21facilities under a provision of this Act who has not passed an
22examination demonstrating that such person is familiar with
23this Act and with the appropriate standards and regulations of
24the Department.
25    (d) With the exception of day care centers, day care homes,
26and group day care homes, licenses shall be issued in such form

 

 

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1and manner as prescribed by the Department and are valid for 4
2years from the date issued, unless revoked by the Department or
3voluntarily surrendered by the licensee. Licenses issued for
4day care centers, day care homes, and group day care homes
5shall be valid for 3 years from the date issued, unless revoked
6by the Department or voluntarily surrendered by the licensee.
7When a licensee has made timely and sufficient application for
8the renewal of a license or a new license, including payment of
9the required fee, with reference to any activity of a
10continuing nature, the existing license shall continue in full
11force and effect for up to 30 days until the final agency
12decision on the application has been made. The Department may
13further extend the period in which such decision must be made
14in individual cases for up to 30 days, but such extensions
15shall be only upon good cause shown. If for any reason, other
16than Department delay, the renewal process is not completed
17within 6 months of the submission of the renewal application,
18then the license expires and under no circumstances shall an
19additional extension be granted by the Department and the
20facility must submit a new application for a new license.
21    (e) The Department may issue one 6-month permit to a newly
22established facility for child care to allow that facility
23reasonable time to become eligible for a full license. If the
24facility for child care is a foster family home, or day care
25home the Department may issue one 2-month permit only.
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1care facility taking in children as a result of the temporary
2closure for more than 2 weeks of a licensed child care facility
3due to a natural disaster. An emergency permit under this
4subsection shall be issued to a facility only if the persons
5providing child care services at the facility were employees of
6the temporarily closed day care center at the time it was
7closed. No investigation of an employee of a child care
8facility receiving an emergency permit under this subsection
9shall be required if that employee has previously been
10investigated at another child care facility. No emergency
11permit issued under this subsection shall be valid for more
12than 90 days after the date of issuance.
13    (g) During the hours of operation of any licensed child
14care facility, authorized representatives of the Department
15may without notice visit the facility for the purpose of
16determining its continuing compliance with this Act or
17regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
18    (h) Day care centers, day care homes, and group day care
19homes shall be monitored at least annually by a licensing
20representative from the Department or the agency that
21recommended licensure.
22(Source: P.A. 89-21, eff. 7-1-95; 89-263, eff. 8-10-95; 89-626,
23eff. 8-9-96.)
 
24    (225 ILCS 10/6)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2216)
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1institution", "maternity center", "child welfare agency", "day
2care agency" or "day care center" must apply for renewal of its
3license held, the application to be made to the Department on
4forms prescribed by it. The Department shall charge a fee for
5the renewal of a license as required in Section 3.2 of this
6Act.
7    (b) The Department, a duly licensed child welfare agency or
8a suitable agency or person designated by the Department as its
9agent to do so, must re-examine every child care facility for
10renewal of license, including in that process the examination
11of the premises and records of the facility as the Department
12considers necessary to determine that minimum standards for
13licensing continue to be met, and random surveys of parents or
14legal guardians who are consumers of such facilities' services
15to assess the quality of care at such facilities. In the case
16of foster family homes, or day care homes under the supervision
17of or otherwise required to be licensed by the Department, or
18under supervision of a licensed child welfare agency or day
19care agency, the examination shall be made by the Department,
20or agency supervising such homes. If the Department is
21satisfied that the facility continues to maintain minimum
22standards which it prescribes and publishes, it shall renew the
23license to operate the facility.
24    (c) If a child care facility's license is revoked, or if
25the Department refuses to renew a facility's license, the
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112 months following the Department's action; provided,
2however, that the denial of a reapplication for a license
3pursuant to this subsection must be supported by evidence that
4the prior revocation renders the applicant unqualified or
5incapable of satisfying the standards and rules promulgated by
6the Department pursuant to this Act or maintaining a facility
7which adheres to such standards and rules.
8(Source: P.A. 86-554.)
 
9    (225 ILCS 10/7)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2217)
10    Sec. 7. (a) The Department must prescribe and publish
11minimum standards for licensing that apply to the various types
12of facilities for child care defined in this Act and that are
13equally applicable to like institutions under the control of
14the Department and to foster family homes used by and under the
15direct supervision of the Department. The Department shall seek
16the advice and assistance of persons representative of the
17various types of child care facilities in establishing such
18standards. The standards prescribed and published under this
19Act take effect as provided in the Illinois Administrative
20Procedure Act, and are restricted to regulations pertaining to
21the following matters and to any rules and regulations required
22or permitted by any other Section of this Act:
23        (1) The operation and conduct of the facility and
24    responsibility it assumes for child care;
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1    the applicant and other persons directly responsible for
2    the care and welfare of children served. All child day care
3    center licensees and employees who are required to report
4    child abuse or neglect under the Abused and Neglected Child
5    Reporting Act shall be required to attend training on
6    recognizing child abuse and neglect, as prescribed by
7    Department rules;
8        (3) The general financial ability and competence of the
9    applicant to provide necessary care for children and to
10    maintain prescribed standards;
11        (4) The number of individuals or staff required to
12    insure adequate supervision and care of the children
13    received. The standards shall provide that each child care
14    institution, maternity center, day care center, group
15    home, day care home, and group day care home shall have on
16    its premises during its hours of operation at least one
17    staff member certified in first aid, in the Heimlich
18    maneuver and in cardiopulmonary resuscitation by the
19    American Red Cross or other organization approved by rule
20    of the Department. Child welfare agencies shall not be
21    subject to such a staffing requirement. The Department may
22    offer, or arrange for the offering, on a periodic basis in
23    each community in this State in cooperation with the
24    American Red Cross, the American Heart Association or other
25    appropriate organization, voluntary programs to train
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1    first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation;
2        (5) The appropriateness, safety, cleanliness and
3    general adequacy of the premises, including maintenance of
4    adequate fire prevention and health standards conforming
5    to State laws and municipal codes to provide for the
6    physical comfort, care and well-being of children
7    received;
8        (6) Provisions for food, clothing, educational
9    opportunities, program, equipment and individual supplies
10    to assure the healthy physical, mental and spiritual
11    development of children served;
12        (7) Provisions to safeguard the legal rights of
13    children served;
14        (8) Maintenance of records pertaining to the
15    admission, progress, health and discharge of children,
16    including, for day care centers and day care homes, records
17    indicating each child has been immunized as required by
18    State regulations. The Department shall require proof that
19    children enrolled in a facility have been immunized against
20    Haemophilus Influenzae B (HIB);
21        (9) Filing of reports with the Department;
22        (10) Discipline of children;
23        (11) Protection and fostering of the particular
24    religious faith of the children served;
25        (12) Provisions prohibiting firearms on day care
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1        (13) Provisions prohibiting handguns on day care home
2    premises except in the possession of peace officers or
3    other adults who must possess a handgun as a condition of
4    employment and who reside on the premises of a day care
5    home;
6        (14) Provisions requiring that any firearm permitted
7    on day care home premises, except handguns in the
8    possession of peace officers, shall be kept in a
9    disassembled state, without ammunition, in locked storage,
10    inaccessible to children and that ammunition permitted on
11    day care home premises shall be kept in locked storage
12    separate from that of disassembled firearms, inaccessible
13    to children;
14        (15) Provisions requiring notification of parents or
15    guardians enrolling children at a day care home of the
16    presence in the day care home of any firearms and
17    ammunition and of the arrangements for the separate, locked
18    storage of such firearms and ammunition.
19    (a-5) The Department must prescribe and publish schedules
20for licensure application and licensing renewal fees that apply
21to the various types of day care centers, day care homes, and
22group day care homes. The fee and fine schedules prescribed and
23published under this Act take effect as provided in the
24Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
25    (a-10) The Department shall publish information on
26substantiated violations found in all day care centers, day

 

 

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1care homes, and group day care homes. The Department must
2prescribe and publish schedules of fines that apply to day care
3centers for violations of this Act. The fine schedules
4prescribed and published under this Act take effect as provided
5in the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
6    (b) If, in a facility for general child care, there are
7children diagnosed as mentally ill, mentally retarded or
8physically handicapped, who are determined to be in need of
9special mental treatment or of nursing care, or both mental
10treatment and nursing care, the Department shall seek the
11advice and recommendation of the Department of Human Services,
12the Department of Public Health, or both Departments regarding
13the residential treatment and nursing care provided by the
14institution.
15    (c) The Department shall investigate any person applying to
16be licensed as a foster parent to determine whether there is
17any evidence of current drug or alcohol abuse in the
18prospective foster family. The Department shall not license a
19person as a foster parent if drug or alcohol abuse has been
20identified in the foster family or if a reasonable suspicion of
21such abuse exists, except that the Department may grant a
22foster parent license to an applicant identified with an
23alcohol or drug problem if the applicant has successfully
24participated in an alcohol or drug treatment program, self-help
25group, or other suitable activities.
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1published, as herein provided, shall offer consultation
2through employed staff or other qualified persons to assist
3applicants and licensees in meeting and maintaining minimum
4requirements for a license and to help them otherwise to
5achieve programs of excellence related to the care of children
6served. Such consultation shall include providing information
7concerning education and training in early childhood
8development to providers of day care home services. The
9Department may provide or arrange for such education and
10training for those providers who request such assistance.
11    (e) The Department shall distribute copies of licensing
12standards to all licensees and applicants for a license. Each
13licensee or holder of a permit shall distribute copies of the
14appropriate licensing standards and any other information
15required by the Department to child care facilities under its
16supervision. Each licensee or holder of a permit shall maintain
17appropriate documentation of the distribution of the
18standards. Such documentation shall be part of the records of
19the facility and subject to inspection by authorized
20representatives of the Department.
21    (f) The Department shall prepare summaries of day care
22licensing standards. Each licensee or holder of a permit for a
23day care facility shall distribute a copy of the appropriate
24summary and any other information required by the Department,
25to the legal guardian of each child cared for in that facility
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1the facility. The licensee or holder of a permit for a day care
2facility shall secure appropriate documentation of the
3distribution of the summary and brochure. Such documentation
4shall be a part of the records of the facility and subject to
5inspection by an authorized representative of the Department.
6    (g) The Department shall distribute to each licensee and
7holder of a permit copies of the licensing or permit standards
8applicable to such person's facility. Each licensee or holder
9of a permit shall make available by posting at all times in a
10common or otherwise accessible area a complete and current set
11of licensing standards in order that all employees of the
12facility may have unrestricted access to such standards. All
13employees of the facility shall have reviewed the standards and
14any subsequent changes. Each licensee or holder of a permit
15shall maintain appropriate documentation of the current review
16of licensing standards by all employees. Such records shall be
17part of the records of the facility and subject to inspection
18by authorized representatives of the Department.
19    (h) Any standards involving physical examinations,
20immunization, or medical treatment shall include appropriate
21exemptions for children whose parents object thereto on the
22grounds that they conflict with the tenets and practices of a
23recognized church or religious organization, of which the
24parent is an adherent or member, and for children who should
25not be subjected to immunization for clinical reasons.
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1Public Health, shall work to increase immunization awareness
2and participation among parents of children enrolled in day
3care centers and day care homes by publishing on the
4Department's website information about the benefits of annual
5immunization against influenza for children 6 months of age to
65 years of age. The Department shall work with day care centers
7and day care homes licensed under this Act to ensure that the
8information is annually distributed to parents in August or
9September.
10(Source: P.A. 96-391, eff. 8-13-09.)
 
11    (225 ILCS 10/8)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2218)
12    Sec. 8. The Department may revoke or refuse to renew the
13license of any child care facility or child welfare agency or
14refuse to issue full license to the holder of a permit should
15the licensee or holder of a permit:
16        (1) fail to maintain standards prescribed and
17    published by the Department;
18        (2) violate any of the provisions of the license
19    issued;
20        (2.3) fail to pay a license renewal fee;
21        (2.5) fail to pay a fine owed to the Department;
22        (3) furnish or make any misleading or any false
23    statement or report to the Department;
24        (4) refuse to submit to the Department any reports or
25    refuse to make available to the Department any records

 

 

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1    required by the Department in making investigation of the
2    facility for licensing purposes;
3        (5) fail or refuse to submit to an investigation by the
4    Department;
5        (6) fail or refuse to admit authorized representatives
6    of the Department at any reasonable time for the purpose of
7    investigation;
8        (7) fail to provide, maintain, equip and keep in safe
9    and sanitary condition premises established or used for
10    child care as required under standards prescribed by the
11    Department, or as otherwise required by any law, regulation
12    or ordinance applicable to the location of such facility;
13        (8) refuse to display its license or permit;
14        (9) be the subject of an indicated report under Section
15    3 of the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act or fail
16    to discharge or sever affiliation with the child care
17    facility of an employee or volunteer at the facility with
18    direct contact with children who is the subject of an
19    indicated report under Section 3 of that Act;
20        (10) fail to comply with the provisions of Section 7.1;
21        (11) fail to exercise reasonable care in the hiring,
22    training and supervision of facility personnel;
23        (12) fail to report suspected abuse or neglect of
24    children within the facility, as required by the Abused and
25    Neglected Child Reporting Act;
26        (12.5) fail to comply with subsection (c-5) of Section

 

 

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1    7.4;
2        (13) fail to comply with Section 5.1 or 5.2 of this
3    Act; or
4        (14) be identified in an investigation by the
5    Department as an addict or alcoholic, as defined in the
6    Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act, or be a
7    person whom the Department knows has abused alcohol or
8    drugs, and has not successfully participated in treatment,
9    self-help groups or other suitable activities, and the
10    Department determines that because of such abuse the
11    licensee, holder of the permit, or any other person
12    directly responsible for the care and welfare of the
13    children served, does not comply with standards relating to
14    character, suitability or other qualifications established
15    under Section 7 of this Act.
16(Source: P.A. 94-586, eff. 8-15-05; 94-1010, eff. 10-1-06.)
 
17    (225 ILCS 10/8.1)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2218.1)
18    Sec. 8.1. The Department shall revoke or refuse to renew
19the license of any child care facility or refuse to issue a
20full license to the holder of a permit should the licensee or
21holder of a permit:
22    (1) fail to correct any condition which jeopardizes the
23health, safety, morals, or welfare of children served by the
24facility;
25    (2) fail to correct any condition or occurrence relating to

 

 

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1the operation or maintenance of the facility comprising a
2violation under Section 8 of this Act; or
3    (3) fail to maintain financial resources adequate for the
4satisfactory care of children served in regard to upkeep of
5premises, and provisions for personal care, medical services,
6clothing, education and other essentials in the proper care,
7rearing and training of children; .
8    (4) fail to pay a license renewal fee; or
9    (5) fail to pay a fine owed to the Department.
10(Source: P.A. 83-1362.)
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
122013.".