100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB0869

 

Introduced 2/7/2017, by Sen. Sue Rezin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/9A-11.5

    Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions requiring child care providers to authorize in writing a State and Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint-based criminal history record check as a condition of eligibility to participate in the child care assistance program, removes a provision exempting a child care provider who is a relative of the child from the criminal history record check requirement. Effective January 1, 2018.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning public aid.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5changing Section 9A-11.5 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/9A-11.5)
7    Sec. 9A-11.5. Investigate child care providers.
8    (a) Any child care provider receiving funds from the child
9care assistance program under this Code who is not required to
10be licensed under the Child Care Act of 1969 shall, as a
11condition of eligibility to participate in the child care
12assistance program under this Code, authorize in writing on a
13form prescribed by the Department of Children and Family
14Services, periodic investigations of the Central Register, as
15defined in the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, to
16ascertain if the child care provider has been determined to be
17a perpetrator in an indicated report of child abuse or neglect.
18The Department of Children and Family Services shall conduct an
19investigation of the Central Register at the request of the
20Department.
21    (b) Any child care provider, other than a relative of the
22child, receiving funds from the child care assistance program
23under this Code who is not required to be licensed under the

 

 

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1Child Care Act of 1969 shall, as a condition of eligibility to
2participate in the child care assistance program under this
3Code, authorize in writing a State and Federal Bureau of
4Investigation fingerprint-based criminal history record check
5to determine if the child care provider has ever been convicted
6of a crime with respect to which the conviction has not been
7overturned and the criminal records have not been sealed or
8expunged. Upon this authorization, the Department shall
9request and receive information and assistance from any federal
10or State governmental agency as part of the authorized criminal
11history record check. The Department of State Police shall
12provide information concerning any conviction that has not been
13overturned and with respect to which the criminal records have
14not been sealed or expunged, whether the conviction occurred
15before or on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
16of the 96th General Assembly, of a child care provider upon the
17request of the Department when the request is made in the form
18and manner required by the Department of State Police. The
19Department of State Police shall charge a fee not to exceed the
20cost of processing the criminal history record check. The fee
21is to be deposited into the State Police Services Fund. Any
22information concerning convictions that have not been
23overturned and with respect to which the criminal records have
24not been sealed or expunged obtained by the Department is
25confidential and may not be transmitted (i) outside the
26Department except as required in this Section or (ii) to anyone

 

 

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1within the Department except as needed for the purposes of
2determining participation in the child care assistance
3program. A copy of the criminal history record check obtained
4from the Department of State Police shall be provided to the
5unlicensed child care provider.
6    (c) The Department shall by rule set standards for
7determining when to disqualify an unlicensed child care
8provider for payment because (i) there is an indicated finding
9against the provider based on the results of the Central
10Register search or (ii) there is a disqualifying criminal
11charge pending against the provider or the provider has a
12disqualifying criminal conviction that has not been overturned
13and with respect to which the criminal records have not been
14expunged or sealed based on the results of the
15fingerprint-based Department of State Police and Federal
16Bureau of Investigation criminal history record check. In
17determining whether to disqualify an unlicensed child care
18provider for payment under this subsection, the Department
19shall consider the nature and gravity of any offense or
20offenses; the time that has passed since the offense or
21offenses or the completion of the criminal sentence or both;
22and the relationship of the offense or offenses to the
23responsibilities of the child care provider.
24(Source: P.A. 96-632, eff. 8-24-09.)
 
25    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
261, 2018.