95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB2413


 
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Jack D. Franks
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













20 ILCS 505/5c









    Amends the Children and Family Services Act.  Makes a technical change in a
Section concerning direct child welfare service employee licenses.
















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    AN ACT concerning State government.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended 
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by changing Section 5c as follows:
 



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    (20 ILCS 505/5c)



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    Sec. 5c. Direct child welfare service employee license. 
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    (a) By January 1,
2000, the
the Department, in consultation 
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with private child welfare agencies,
shall develop and 
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implement a direct child welfare service employee license.
By 
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January 1, 2001 all child protective investigators and 
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supervisors and child
welfare specialists and supervisors 
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employed by the Department or its
contractors shall be required 
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to demonstrate sufficient knowledge and skills to
obtain and 
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maintain the license.  The Direct Child Welfare
Service Employee 
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License Board of the Department shall have
the authority to

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revoke or suspend the license of anyone who after a hearing is 
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found to be
guilty of misfeasance.  The Department shall 
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promulgate such rules as necessary
to implement this Section.
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    (b) If a direct child welfare service employee licensee is 
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expected to transport a child or children with a motor vehicle 
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in the course of performing his or her duties, the Department 
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must verify that the licensee meets the requirements set forth 
 


 






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in Section 5.1 of the Child Care Act of 1969. The Department 
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must make that verification as to each such licensee every 2 
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years. Upon the Department's request, the Secretary of State 
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shall provide the Department with the information necessary to 
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enable the Department to make the verifications required under 
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this subsection. If the Department discovers that a direct 
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child welfare service employee licensee has engaged in 
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transporting a child or children with a motor vehicle without 
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having a valid driver's license, the Department shall 
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immediately revoke the individual's direct child welfare 
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service employee license.

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    (c) On or before January 1, 2000, and every year 
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thereafter, the Department shall
submit an annual report to the 
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General Assembly on the implementation of this
Section.

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(Source: P.A. 94-943, eff. 1-1-07.)