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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 653
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 653 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by
5 changing Section 4 as follows:
6 (225 ILCS 10/4) (from Ch. 23, par. 2214)
7 Sec. 4. License requirement; application; notice.
8 (a) Any person, group of persons or corporation who or
9 which receives children or arranges for care or placement of
10 one or more children unrelated to the operator must apply for
11 a license to operate one of the types of facilities defined
12 in Sections 2.05 through 2.19 of this Act. Any relative who
13 receives a child or children for placement by the Department
14 on a full-time basis may apply for a license to operate a
15 foster family home as defined in Section 2.17 of this Act.
16 (b) Application for a license to operate a child care
17 facility must be made to the Department in the manner and on
18 forms prescribed by it. An application to operate a foster
19 family home shall include, at a minimum: a completed written
20 form; written authorization by the applicant and all adult
21 members of the applicant's household to conduct a criminal
22 background investigation; medical evidence in the form of a
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1 medical report, on forms prescribed by the Department, that
2 the applicant and all members of the household are free from
3 communicable diseases or physical and mental conditions that
4 affect their ability to provide care for the child or
5 children; the names and addresses of at least 3 persons not
6 related to the applicant who can attest to the applicant's
7 moral character; and fingerprints submitted by the applicant
8 and all adult members of the applicant's household.
9 (c) The Department shall notify the public when a child
10 care institution, maternity center, or group home licensed by
11 the Department undergoes a change in (i) the range of care or
12 services offered at the facility, (ii) the age or type of
13 children served, or (iii) the area within the facility used
14 by children. The Department shall notify the public of the
15 change in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or
16 municipality in which the applicant's facility is or is
17 proposed to be located. in a newspaper of general circulation
18 in the county or municipality in which the applicant's
19 facility is or is proposed to be located.
20 (d) If, upon examination of the facility and
21 investigation of persons responsible for care of children,
22 the Department is satisfied that the facility and responsible
23 persons reasonably meet standards prescribed for the type of
24 facility for which application is made, it shall issue a
25 license in proper form, designating on that license the type
26 of child care facility and, except for a child welfare
27 agency, the number of children to be served at any one time.
28 (Source: P.A. 89-21, eff. 7-1-95.)
29 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
30 becoming law.".