Bill Status of HB 4501   103rd General Assembly


Short Description:  CHILD CARE-BACKGROUND CHECK

House Sponsors
Rep. Joyce Mason-Dave Vella

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  1/31/2024HouseReferred to Rules Committee

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
225 ILCS 10/4.1from Ch. 23, par. 2214.1

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that a criminal background investigation for a person subject to background check shall include specified information. Provides that, notwithstanding any federal law that prohibits conditional employment prior to completed background checks, an individual hired to begin employment who has authorized the required background check may be employed by a child care facility on a conditional basis pending the outcome of the required background check. Provides that the form authorizing the background check shall be submitted to the Department of Children and Family Services. Provides that the individual shall also submit to the Department an attestation, under penalty of perjury, disclosing: (1) any abuse or neglect complaints made against the individual with the child welfare agency of a state other than Illinois in which the individual resided within the 5 years preceding the date of the attestation; and (2) any contact the individual had with a law enforcement agency in connection with the individual's suspected or alleged commission of a crime in a state other than Illinois in which the individual resided within the 5 years preceding the date of the attestation. Provides that a conditional employee shall not be left alone with children outside the visual and auditory supervision of staff until the conditional employee has cleared all required background checks. Defines "persons subject to background check".

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  1/18/2024HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Joyce Mason
  1/22/2024HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella
  1/31/2024HouseFirst Reading
  1/31/2024HouseReferred to Rules Committee

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