Sen. Richard J. Winkel Jr.

Filed: 3/22/2006

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4135

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4135 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended
5 by changing Section 5c as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 505/5c)
7     Sec. 5c. Direct child welfare service employee license.
8     (a) By January 1, 2000, the Department, in consultation
9 with private child welfare agencies, shall develop and
10 implement a direct child welfare service employee license. By
11 January 1, 2001 all child protective investigators and
12 supervisors and child welfare specialists and supervisors
13 employed by the Department or its contractors shall be required
14 to demonstrate sufficient knowledge and skills to obtain and
15 maintain the license. The Direct Child Welfare Service Employee
16 License Board of the Department shall have the authority to
17 revoke or suspend the license of anyone who after a hearing is
18 found to be guilty of misfeasance. The Department shall
19 promulgate such rules as necessary to implement this Section.
20     (b) If a direct child welfare service employee licensee is
21 expected to transport a child or children with a motor vehicle
22 in the course of performing his or her duties, the Department
23 must verify that the licensee meets the requirements set forth
24 in Section 5.1 of the Child Care Act of 1969. The Department

 

 

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1 must make that verification as to each such licensee every 2
2 years. Upon the Department's request, the Secretary of State
3 shall provide the Department with the information necessary to
4 enable the Department to make the verifications required under
5 this subsection. If the Department discovers that a direct
6 child welfare service employee licensee has engaged in
7 transporting a child or children with a motor vehicle without
8 having a valid driver's license, the Department shall
9 immediately revoke the individual's direct child welfare
10 service employee license.
11     (c) On or before January 1, 2000, and every year
12 thereafter, the Department shall submit an annual report to the
13 General Assembly on the implementation of this Section.
14 (Source: P.A. 92-471, eff. 8-22-01.)
 
15     Section 10. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by
16 changing Section 5.1 as follows:
 
17     (225 ILCS 10/5.1)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2215.1)
18     Sec. 5.1. (a) The Department shall ensure assure that no
19 day care center, group home or child care institution as
20 defined in this Act shall on a regular basis transport a child
21 or children with any motor vehicle unless such vehicle is
22 operated by a person who that complies with the following
23 requirements:
24         1. is 21 years of age or older;
25         2. currently holds a valid driver's license, which has
26     not been revoked or suspended for one or more traffic
27     violations during the 3 years immediately prior to the date
28     of application;
29         3. demonstrates physical fitness to operate vehicles
30     by submitting the results of a medical examination
31     conducted by a licensed physician;
32         4. has not been convicted of more than 2 offenses

 

 

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1     against traffic regulations governing the movement of
2     vehicles within a twelve month period;
3         5. has not been convicted of reckless driving or
4     driving under the influence or manslaughter or reckless
5     homicide resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle
6     within the past 3 years;
7         6. has signed and submitted a written statement
8     certifying that he has not, through the unlawful operation
9     of a motor vehicle, caused an accident which resulted in
10     the death of any person within the 5 years immediately
11     prior to the date of application.
12     However, such day care centers, group homes and child care
13 institutions may provide for transportation of a child or
14 children for special outings, functions or purposes that are
15 not scheduled on a regular basis without verification that
16 drivers for such purposes meet the requirements of this
17 Section.
18     (a-5) As a means of ensuring compliance with the
19 requirements set forth in subsection (a), the Department shall
20 implement appropriate measures to verify that every individual
21 who is employed at a group home or child care institution meets
22 those requirements.
23     For every individual employed at a group home or child care
24 institution who regularly transports children in the course of
25 performing his or her duties, the Department must make the
26 verification every 2 years. Upon the Department's request, the
27 Secretary of State shall provide the Department with the
28 information necessary to enable the Department to make the
29 verifications required under subsection (a).
30     In the case of an individual employed at a group home or
31 child care institution who becomes subject to subsection (a)
32 for the first time after the effective date of this amendatory
33 Act of the 94th General Assembly, the Department must make that
34 verification with the Secretary of State before the individual

 

 

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1 operates a motor vehicle to transport a child or children under
2 the circumstances described in subsection (a).
3     In the case of an individual employed at a group home or
4 child care institution who is subject to subsection (a) on the
5 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
6 Assembly, the Department must make that verification with the
7 Secretary of State within 30 days after that effective date.
8     If the Department discovers that an individual fails to
9 meet the requirements set forth in subsection (a), the
10 Department shall promptly notify the appropriate group home or
11 child care institution.
12     (b) Any individual who holds a valid Illinois school bus
13 driver permit issued by the Secretary of State pursuant to The
14 Illinois Vehicle Code, and who is currently employed by a
15 school district or parochial school, or by a contractor with a
16 school district or parochial school, to drive a school bus
17 transporting children to and from school, shall be deemed in
18 compliance with the requirements of subsection (a).
19     (c) The Department may, pursuant to Section 8 of this Act,
20 revoke the license of any day care center, group home or child
21 care institution that fails to meet the requirements of this
22 Section.
23     (d) A group home or child care institution that fails to
24 meet the requirements of this Section is guilty of a petty
25 offense and is subject to a fine of not more than $1,000. Each
26 day that a group home or child care institution fails to meet
27 the requirements of this Section is a separate offense.
28 (Source: P.A. 88-612, eff. 7-1-95.)".