Rep. Laura Faver Dias

Filed: 3/4/2024

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4491

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4491 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by
5changing Section 3 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 10/3)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2213)
7    Sec. 3. (a) No person, group of persons or corporation may
8operate or conduct any facility for child care, as defined in
9this Act, without a license or permit issued by the Department
10or without being approved by the Department as meeting the
11standards established for such licensing, with the exception
12of facilities for whom standards are established by the
13Department of Corrections under Section 3-15-2 of the Unified
14Code of Corrections and with the exception of facilities
15defined in Section 2.10 of this Act, and with the exception of
16programs or facilities licensed by the Department of Human

 

 

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1Services under the Substance Use Disorder Act.
2    (b) No part day child care facility as described in
3Section 2.10 may operate without written notification to the
4Department or without complying with Section 7.1. Notification
5shall include a notarized statement by the facility that the
6facility complies with state or local health standards and
7state fire safety standards, and shall be filed with the
8department every 2 years.
9    (c) The Director of the Department shall establish
10policies and coordinate activities relating to child care
11licensing, licensing of day care homes and day care centers.
12    (d) Any facility or agency which is exempt from licensing
13may apply for licensing if licensing is required for some
14government benefit.
15    (e) A provider of day care described in items (a) through
16(j) of Section 2.09 of this Act is exempt from licensure. The
17Department shall provide written verification of exemption and
18description of compliance with standards for the health,
19safety, and development of the children who receive the
20services upon submission by the provider of, in addition to
21any other documentation required by the Department, a
22notarized statement that the facility complies with: (1) the
23standards of the Department of Public Health or local health
24department, (2) the fire safety standards of the State Fire
25Marshal, and (3) if operated in a public school building, the
26health and safety standards of the State Board of Education.

 

 

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1    (f) Either a qualified child care director, as defined in
289 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130, or a qualified early childhood
3teacher, as defined in 89 Ill. Adm. 407.140, with a minimum of
42,880 hours of experience as an early childhood teacher, must
5be present for the first and last hour of the workday and at
6the open or close of the facility.
7(Source: P.A. 99-699, eff. 7-29-16; 100-759, eff. 1-1-19.)".