093_SB1112
LRB093 10950 BDD 11528 b
1 AN ACT in relation to children and families.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is
5 amended by changing Section 22.4 as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 505/22.4) (from Ch. 23, par. 5022.4)
7 Sec. 22.4. Low-interest loans for child care facilities;
8 Department of Human Services. The Department of Human
9 Services may establish, with financing to be provided through
10 the issuance of bonds by the Illinois Health Facilities
11 Authority pursuant to the Illinois Health Facilities
12 Authority Act, as now or hereafter amended, a low-interest
13 loan program to help child care centers and family day care
14 homes accomplish the following:
15 (a) establish a child care program;
16 (b) meet federal, State and local child care
17 standards as well as any applicable health and safety
18 standards; or
19 (c) build facilities or renovate or expand existing
20 facilities.
21 TheseSuch loans shall be available only to child care
22 centers and family day care homes serving children of low
23 income families.
24 (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)