(20 ILCS 1335/30)
    Sec. 30. 2-1-1 services. Only a service provider approved by the lead entity may provide 2-1-1 telephone services. The lead entity shall approve 2-1-1 service providers, after considering all of the following:
        (1) the ability of the proposed 2-1-1 service provider to meet the national 2-1-1
    
standards recommended by the Alliance of Information and Referral Systems;
        (2) the financial stability and health of the proposed 2-1-1 service provider;
        (3) the community support for the proposed 2-1-1 service provider;
        (4) the relationships with other information and referral services; and
        (5) any other criteria as the lead entity deems appropriate.
(Source: P.A. 96-599, eff. 1-1-10.)