SB0013sam001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Julie A. Morrison

Filed: 3/16/2015

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 13

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 13 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by adding Section 8.5 as follows:

(225 ILCS 10/8.5 new)

Sec. 8.5. Failure to report. The Department shall address through rules the Department's policy regarding individual staff at child care facilities or child welfare agencies who fail to report suspected abuse or neglect of children within the facility, as required by the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. When the Department learns of the facility staff's failure to report, it shall take immediate action directly with the individual staff involved. The Department shall also investigate whether the staff failure to report was a single incident or part of a larger incident involving additional staff members who fail to report, or even if the failure to report abuse or neglect is a system-wide problem within the entity. The Department rules shall also include the use of corrective action plans and the use of supervisory teams to review and reiterate staff understanding of their reporting obligations and assure staff that the entity's administration requires staff to report suspected abuse and neglect. The Department shall establish these rules no later than January 1, 2016.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".