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      225 ILCS 10/4             from Ch. 23, par. 2214
          Amends the Child Care Act of 1969 to set forth additional
      circumstances under which a license for a child care facility
      must be obtained from the Department of Children  and  Family
      Services.  Requires  the  Department  to notify the public of
      applications for licensure. Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Child Care Act of  1969  by  changing
 2    Section 4.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Child Care Act  of  1969  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 4 as follows:
 7        (225 ILCS 10/4) (from Ch. 23, par. 2214)
 8        Sec. 4. License requirement; application; notice.
 9        (a)  Any  person,  group of persons or corporation who or
10    which receives children or arranges for care or placement  of
11    one or more children unrelated to the operator must apply for
12    a  license  to operate one of the types of facilities defined
13    in Sections 2.05 through 2.19 of this Act. Any  relative  who
14    receives  a child or children for placement by the Department
15    on a full-time basis may apply for a  license  to  operate  a
16    foster family home as defined in Section 2.17 of this Act.
17        (b)  Application  for  a  license to operate a child care
18    facility must be made to the Department in the manner and  on
19    forms  prescribed  by it.  An application to operate a foster
20    family home shall include, at a minimum: a completed  written
21    form;  written  authorization  by the applicant and all adult
22    members of the applicant's household to  conduct  a  criminal
23    background  investigation;  medical evidence in the form of a
24    medical report, on forms prescribed by the  Department,  that
25    the  applicant and all members of the household are free from
26    communicable diseases or physical and mental conditions  that
27    affect  their  ability  to  provide  care  for  the  child or
28    children; the names and addresses of at least 3  persons  not
29    related  to  the  applicant who can attest to the applicant's
30    moral character; and fingerprints submitted by the  applicant
31    and all adult members of the applicant's household.
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 1        (c)  The  Department shall notify the public when a child
 2    care institution, maternity center, or group home licensed by
 3    the Department undergoes a change in (i) the range of care or
 4    services offered at the facility, (ii) the  age  or  type  of
 5    children  served,  or (iii) the area within the facility used
 6    by children. The Department shall notify the  public  of  the
 7    change in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or
 8    municipality  in  which  the  applicant's  facility  is or is
 9    proposed to be located.
10        (d)  If,   upon   examination   of   the   facility   and
11    investigation of persons responsible for  care  of  children,
12    the Department is satisfied that the facility and responsible
13    persons  reasonably meet standards prescribed for the type of
14    facility for which application is  made,  it  shall  issue  a
15    license  in proper form, designating on that license the type
16    of child care  facility  and,  except  for  a  child  welfare
17    agency, the number of children to be served at any one time.
18    (Source: P.A. 89-21, eff. 7-1-95.)
19        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
20    becoming law.

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