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90_SB1030

      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.

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