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92_HB2089

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to child care.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Child  Care  Act  of 1969 is amended by
 5    adding Section 4.5 as follows:

 6        (225 ILCS 10/4.5 new)
 7        Sec. 4.5. Employee drug testing; report.
 8        (a)  A  child  care  facility  shall  test  each  of  its
 9    employees for illegal drugs at the time  their  licenses  are
10    issued or renewed.  The cost of an employee's drug test under
11    this  Section  shall  be paid by the child care facility that
12    employs  him  or  her.   The  administration  of  drug  tests
13    required under this Section is  a  condition  of  child  care
14    facility license issuance or renewal under this Act.
15        (b)  In   addition  to  the  drug  tests  required  under
16    subsection  (a),  the  Department  shall  institute  a  pilot
17    program whereby it shall  conduct  random,  unannounced  drug
18    tests  of  a representative sample of persons subject to drug
19    tests under subsection (a).
20        (c)  The  Illinois  Department  of  Children  and  Family
21    Services shall report the results of testing  required  under
22    this Section to the General Assembly by March 1, 2003.

23        Section  99.  Effective  date.   This  Act  takes  effect
24    January 1, 2002.

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