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91_HB2210
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1 AN ACT concerning differential rates for accredited,
2 licensed child care centers and homes.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
6 Promoting Quality Child Care Act.
7 Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
8 "Accredited" means admitted by a nationally-recognized
9 accrediting body including but not limited to the National
10 Association for the Education of Young Children or National
11 Association for Family Child Care.
12 "Child care center" means a facility serving children in
13 a setting outside of the home. A child care center may be
14 for-profit or not-for-profit.
15 "Child care group home" means a licensed home-based
16 provider that receives State subsidies to provide child care
17 services to no more than 16 unrelated children, under age 12,
18 including the provider's children.
19 "Child care home" means a licensed home-based provider
20 that receives State subsidies to provide child care services
21 to at least 3 and not more than 12 unrelated children,
22 including the provider's children.
23 "Department" means the Illinois Department of Human
24 Services.
25 "Differential rates" means a subsidy rate 10% above the
26 maximum rate established by the Department.
27 "Licensed" means inspected and approved by the Department
28 of Children and Family Services to provide child care
29 services.
30 Section 10. Differential rates.
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1 (a) Accredited licensed child care centers, accredited
2 licensed child care homes, and accredited licensed child care
3 group homes under contract with or receiving a subsidy from
4 the Department shall be paid a subsidy rate 10% higher than
5 the maximum rate established by the Department.
6 (b) The Department may require that additional income
7 earned by accredited programs under this provision be spent
8 to maintain and achieve quality improvements, as defined by
9 the Department.
10 Section 20. Funding.
11 (a) The Department shall establish a public-private
12 partnership to increase the number of accredited programs
13 serving families receiving child care subsidies.
14 (b) The partnership shall spend up to $1.5 million per
15 year for 5 years, to be matched by other funders.
16 (c) The partnership may fund (1) grants to licensed
17 child care centers and licensed child care group homes to
18 support program improvement plans necessary for achieving or
19 maintaining accreditation, (2) fees for accreditation payable
20 to national accrediting bodies, and (3) consultants to help
21 programs gaining or maintaining accreditation.
22 Section 25. Eligibility. In order to be eligible for
23 funding under this public-private partnership, at least 25%
24 of the children served by the program must be receiving child
25 care subsidies from the Department or the Department of
26 Children and Family Services.
27 Section 30. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
28 July 1, 2000.