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90_HB0653
225 ILCS 10/4 from Ch. 23, par. 2214
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969 to set forth additional
circumstances under which a license for a child care facility
must be obtained from the Department of Children and Family
Services. Requires the Department to notify the public of
applications for licensure. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Child Care Act of 1969 by changing
2 Section 4.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by
6 changing Section 4 as follows:
7 (225 ILCS 10/4) (from Ch. 23, par. 2214)
8 Sec. 4. License requirement; application; notice.
9 (a) Any person, group of persons or corporation who or
10 which receives children or arranges for care or placement of
11 one or more children unrelated to the operator must apply for
12 a license to operate one of the types of facilities defined
13 in Sections 2.05 through 2.19 of this Act. Any relative who
14 receives a child or children for placement by the Department
15 on a full-time basis may apply for a license to operate a
16 foster family home as defined in Section 2.17 of this Act.
17 (b) A person, group of persons, or corporation already
18 issued a license to operate a facility defined in one of
19 Sections 2.05 through 2.19 shall reapply for and obtain a new
20 license before proceeding to operate the facility if the
21 Department revoked, suspended, or denied renewal of the
22 license already issued to the person, group, or corporation;
23 if there is a change in (1) the address of the licensed
24 facility, (2) the ownership of the facility, (3) the
25 corporate status of the corporation, (4) the range of care or
26 services offered by the person, group, or corporation, (5)
27 the age or type of children served, or (6) the area within
28 the facility used by children; or if the population of
29 children at the facility exceeds the capacity for which the
30 facility was originally licensed.
31 (c) Application for a license to operate a child care
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1 facility must be made to the Department in the manner and on
2 forms prescribed by it. An application to operate a foster
3 family home shall include, at a minimum: a completed written
4 form; written authorization by the applicant and all adult
5 members of the applicant's household to conduct a criminal
6 background investigation; medical evidence in the form of a
7 medical report, on forms prescribed by the Department, that
8 the applicant and all members of the household are free from
9 communicable diseases or physical and mental conditions that
10 affect their ability to provide care for the child or
11 children; the names and addresses of at least 3 persons not
12 related to the applicant who can attest to the applicant's
13 moral character; and fingerprints submitted by the applicant
14 and all adult members of the applicant's household.
15 (d) Before issuing a license to an applicant under this
16 Act, the Department shall notify the public of the
17 application, including but not limited to the name of the
18 applicant and the address of the facility, in a newspaper of
19 general circulation in the county or municipality in which
20 the applicant's facility is or is proposed to be located.
21 (e) If, upon examination of the facility and
22 investigation of persons responsible for care of children,
23 the Department is satisfied that the facility and responsible
24 persons reasonably meet standards prescribed for the type of
25 facility for which application is made, it shall issue a
26 license in proper form, designating on that license the type
27 of child care facility and, except for a child welfare
28 agency, the number of children to be served at any one time.
29 (Source: P.A. 89-21, eff. 7-1-95.)
30 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
31 becoming law.