Sen. Julie A. Morrison

Filed: 3/16/2015

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 13

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 13 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by adding
5Section 8.5 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 10/8.5 new)
7    Sec. 8.5. Failure to report. The Department shall address
8through rules the Department's policy regarding individual
9staff at child care facilities or child welfare agencies who
10fail to report suspected abuse or neglect of children within
11the facility, as required by the Abused and Neglected Child
12Reporting Act. When the Department learns of the facility
13staff's failure to report, it shall take immediate action
14directly with the individual staff involved. The Department
15shall also investigate whether the staff failure to report was
16a single incident or part of a larger incident involving

 

 

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1additional staff members who fail to report, or even if the
2failure to report abuse or neglect is a system-wide problem
3within the entity. The Department rules shall also include the
4use of corrective action plans and the use of supervisory teams
5to review and reiterate staff understanding of their reporting
6obligations and assure staff that the entity's administration
7requires staff to report suspected abuse and neglect. The
8Department shall establish these rules no later than January 1,
92016.
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11becoming law.".