093_SB0378

 
                                     LRB093 03306 MKM 03323 b

 1        AN ACT concerning child welfare services.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The  Children  and  Family  Services  Act  is
 5    amended by adding Section 5f as follows:

 6        (20 ILCS 505/5f new)
 7        Sec. 5f.  Child care provider training.
 8        (a)  The Department, in consultation with the State Board
 9    of  Education,  must establish a child care provider training
10    program that will educate child care providers on:
11             (1)  The importance of healthy brain development  in
12        the first 3 years of a child's life.
13             (2)  The   identification   of   risk   factors  and
14        behaviors that indicate that a child:
15                  (A)  needs special education or  mental  health
16             treatment; or
17                  (B)  is  at  risk  of  becoming involved in the
18             criminal justice system.
19             (3)  Appropriate referrals for intervention for  the
20        behaviors   identified   under   paragraph  (2)  of  this
21        subsection.
22        (b)  The Department must establish an application process
23    for child care providers who wish to attend the  program  and
24    may  charge  child  care  providers  a  fee for attending the
25    program.
26        (c)  The Department may  adopt  any  rules  necessary  to
27    implement this Section.