95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5729

 

Introduced , by Rep. Monique D. Davis

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 10/3   from Ch. 23, par. 2213
225 ILCS 10/5.7 new

    Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Requires every day care center, part day child care facility, day care home, and group day care home to annually conduct a minimum of 2 day care evacuation drills to address and prepare children enrolled in the day care facility and day care staff for fire incidents. Provides that the drills shall be conducted in a manner prescribed by the Department of Children and Family services and that the days on which the drills are planned and subsequently carried out must be reported to the Department in a timely manner, as determined by the Department.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by
5 changing Section 3 and by adding Section 5.7 as follows:
 
6     (225 ILCS 10/3)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2213)
7     Sec. 3. (a) No person, group of persons or corporation may
8 operate or conduct any facility for child care, as defined in
9 this Act, without a license or permit issued by the Department
10 or without being approved by the Department as meeting the
11 standards established for such licensing, with the exception of
12 facilities for whom standards are established by the Department
13 of Corrections under Section 3-15-2 of the Unified Code of
14 Corrections and with the exception of facilities defined in
15 Section 2.10 of this Act, and with the exception of programs or
16 facilities licensed by the Department of Human Services under
17 the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act.
18     (b) No part day child care facility as described in Section
19 2.10 may operate without written notification to the Department
20 or without complying with Sections 5.7 and Section 7.1.
21 Notification shall include a notarized statement by the
22 facility that the facility complies with state or local health
23 standards and state fire safety standards, and shall be filed

 

 

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1 with the department every 2 years.
2     (c) The Director of the Department shall establish policies
3 and coordinate activities relating to child care licensing,
4 licensing of day care homes and day care centers.
5     (d) Any facility or agency which is exempt from licensing
6 may apply for licensing if licensing is required for some
7 government benefit.
8 (Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
 
9     (225 ILCS 10/5.7 new)
10     Sec. 5.7. Fire drills required for day care facilities.
11     (a) In this Section, "day care evacuation drill" means a
12 pre-planned exercise conducted by a day care facility set forth
13 in subsection (b) of this Section that addresses and prepares
14 both children enrolled in the day care facility and day care
15 staff for situations that occur when conditions outside of the
16 day care facility are safer than inside the day care facility.
17     (b) Every day care center, part day child care facility,
18 day care home, and group day care home must, on an annual
19 basis, conduct a minimum of 2 day care evacuation drills to
20 address and prepare children and staff for fire incidents.
21 These drills shall be conducted in a manner prescribed by the
22 Department. The days on which the drills are planned and
23 subsequently carried out must be reported to the Department in
24 a timely manner, as determined by the Department.