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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5375
Introduced 02/06/04, by Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Makes a technical change in a
Section concerning direct child welfare service employee licenses.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5375 |
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LRB093 17052 DRJ 42716 b |
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| AN ACT concerning children and family services.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended |
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| by changing
Section 5c as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 505/5c)
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| Sec. 5c. Direct child welfare service employee license. By |
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| January 1,
2000, the Department, in consultation with private |
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| child welfare agencies,
shall develop and implement a direct |
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| child welfare service employee license.
By January 1, 2001 all |
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| child protective investigators and supervisors and child
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| welfare specialists and supervisors employed by the Department |
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| or its
contractors shall be required to demonstrate sufficient |
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| knowledge and skills to
obtain and maintain this
the license. |
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| The Direct Child Welfare
Service Employee License Board of the |
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| Department shall have
the authority to
revoke or suspend the |
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| license of anyone who after a hearing is found to be
guilty of |
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| misfeasance. The Department shall promulgate such rules as |
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| necessary
to implement this Section.
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| On or before January 1, 2000, and every year thereafter, |
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| the Department shall
submit an annual report to the General |
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| Assembly on the implementation of this
Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-471, eff. 8-22-01.)
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