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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5596 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Harry Benton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that a day care home or group day care home is not required to be licensed under the Act if the day care home or group day care home: (1) serves only dependent children of military personnel; (2) is located on a military base or federal property; and (3) is certified as a child development program by a branch of the U.S. Department of Defense or the U.S. Coast Guard. Provides that the U.S. Department of Defense or the U.S. Coast Guard, or their agents, including an installation commander of a military base on which a day care home or group day care home is located, may assume responsibility for approving or determining which children may be served by the day care homes or group day care homes that are exempt from licensure. |
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| | HB5596 | | LRB103 38937 RTM 69074 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 3.7 as follows:
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| 6 | | (225 ILCS 10/3.7 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 3.7. Exemption from licensure; day care homes and |
| 8 | | group day care homes serving children of military personnel. |
| 9 | | Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, a day |
| 10 | | care home or group day care home is not required to be licensed |
| 11 | | under this Act if the day care home or group day care home: (1) |
| 12 | | serves only dependent children of military personnel; (2) is |
| 13 | | located on a military base or federal property; and (3) is |
| 14 | | certified as a child development program by a branch of the |
| 15 | | U.S. Department of Defense or the U.S. Coast Guard. The U.S. |
| 16 | | Department of Defense or the U.S. Coast Guard, or their |
| 17 | | agents, including an installation commander of a military base |
| 18 | | on which a day care home or group day care home is located, may |
| 19 | | assume responsibility for approving or determining which |
| 20 | | children may be served by the day care homes or group day care |
| 21 | | homes that are exempt from licensure under this Section. |