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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 4.2 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 10/4.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 2214.2)
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7 | Sec. 4.2. (a) No applicant may receive a license from the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Department and
no person may be employed by a licensed child | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | care facility who refuses to
authorize an investigation as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | required by Section 4.1.
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11 | (b) In addition to the other provisions of this Section, no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | applicant
may
receive a license from the Department and no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | person
may be employed by a child care facility licensed by the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Department who has
been declared a sexually dangerous person | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | under "An Act in relation to
sexually dangerous persons, and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | providing for their commitment, detention
and supervision", | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | approved July 6, 1938, as amended, or convicted of
committing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | or attempting to commit any of the following offenses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | stipulated
under the Criminal Code of 1961:
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20 | (1) murder;
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21 | (1.1) solicitation of murder;
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22 | (1.2) solicitation of murder for hire;
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23 | (1.3) intentional homicide of an unborn child;
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1 | (1.4) voluntary manslaughter of an unborn child;
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2 | (1.5) involuntary manslaughter;
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3 | (1.6) reckless homicide;
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4 | (1.7) concealment of a homicidal death;
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5 | (1.8) involuntary manslaughter of an unborn child;
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6 | (1.9) reckless homicide of an unborn child;
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7 | (1.10) drug-induced homicide;
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8 | (2) a sex offense under Article 11, except offenses | ||||||
9 | described in
Sections 11-7, 11-8, 11-12, and 11-13;
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10 | (3) kidnapping;
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11 | (3.1) aggravated unlawful restraint;
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12 | (3.2) forcible detention;
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13 | (3.3) harboring a runaway;
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14 | (3.4) aiding and abetting child abduction;
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15 | (4) aggravated kidnapping;
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16 | (5) child abduction;
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17 | (6) aggravated battery of a child;
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18 | (7) criminal sexual assault;
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19 | (8) aggravated criminal sexual assault;
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20 | (8.1) predatory criminal sexual assault of a child;
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21 | (9) criminal sexual abuse;
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22 | (10) aggravated sexual abuse;
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23 | (11) heinous battery;
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24 | (12) aggravated battery with a firearm;
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25 | (13) tampering with food, drugs, or cosmetics;
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26 | (14) drug induced infliction of great bodily harm;
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1 | (15) hate crime;
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2 | (16) stalking;
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3 | (17) aggravated stalking;
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4 | (18) threatening public officials;
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5 | (19) home invasion;
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6 | (20) vehicular invasion;
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7 | (21) criminal transmission of HIV;
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8 | (22) criminal abuse or neglect of an elderly or | ||||||
9 | disabled person;
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10 | (23) child abandonment;
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11 | (24) endangering the life or health of a child;
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12 | (25) ritual mutilation;
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13 | (26) ritualized abuse of a child;
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14 | (27) an offense in any other jurisdiction the elements | ||||||
15 | of
which are similar and
bear a substantial relationship to | ||||||
16 | any of the foregoing offenses.
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17 | (b-1) In addition to the other provisions of this Section, | ||||||
18 | beginning
January 1, 2004, no new applicant and, on the date of
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19 | licensure renewal, no current licensee may operate or receive a | ||||||
20 | license from
the
Department to operate, no person may be | ||||||
21 | employed by, and no adult person may
reside in a child care | ||||||
22 | facility licensed by the Department who has been
convicted of | ||||||
23 | committing or attempting to commit any of the following | ||||||
24 | offenses
or an offense in any other jurisdiction the elements | ||||||
25 | of which are similar and
bear a substantial relationship to any | ||||||
26 | of the following offenses:
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1 | (I) BODILY HARM
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2 | (1) Felony aggravated assault.
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3 | (2) Vehicular endangerment.
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4 | (3) Felony domestic battery.
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5 | (4) Aggravated battery.
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6 | (5) Heinous battery.
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7 | (6) Aggravated battery with a firearm.
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8 | (7) Aggravated battery of an unborn child.
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9 | (8) Aggravated battery of a senior citizen.
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10 | (9) Intimidation.
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11 | (10) Compelling organization membership of persons.
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12 | (11) Abuse and gross neglect of a long term care | ||||||
13 | facility resident.
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14 | (12) Felony violation of an order of protection.
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15 | (II) OFFENSES AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND DECENCY
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16 | (1) Felony unlawful use of weapons.
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17 | (2) Aggravated discharge of a firearm.
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18 | (3) Reckless discharge of a firearm.
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19 | (4) Unlawful use of metal piercing bullets.
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20 | (5) Unlawful sale or delivery of firearms on the | ||||||
21 | premises of any
school.
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22 | (6) Disarming a police officer.
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1 | (7) Obstructing justice.
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2 | (8) Concealing or aiding a fugitive.
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3 | (9) Armed violence.
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4 | (10) Felony contributing to the criminal delinquency | ||||||
5 | of a juvenile.
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6 | (III) DRUG OFFENSES
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7 | (1) Possession of more than 30 grams of cannabis.
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8 | (2) Manufacture of more than 10 grams of cannabis.
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9 | (3) Cannabis trafficking.
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10 | (4) Delivery of cannabis on school grounds.
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11 | (5) Unauthorized production of more than 5 cannabis | ||||||
12 | sativa plants.
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13 | (6) Calculated criminal cannabis conspiracy.
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14 | (7) Unauthorized manufacture or delivery of controlled | ||||||
15 | substances.
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16 | (8) Controlled substance trafficking.
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17 | (9) Manufacture, distribution, or advertisement of | ||||||
18 | look-alike
substances.
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19 | (10) Calculated criminal drug conspiracy.
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20 | (11) Street gang criminal drug conspiracy.
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21 | (12) Permitting unlawful use of a building.
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22 | (13) Delivery of controlled, counterfeit, or | ||||||
23 | look-alike substances to
persons under age 18, or at truck | ||||||
24 | stops, rest stops, or safety rest areas, or
on school |
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1 | property.
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2 | (14) Using, engaging, or employing persons under 18 to | ||||||
3 | deliver
controlled, counterfeit, or look-alike substances.
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4 | (15) Delivery of controlled substances.
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5 | (16) Sale or delivery of drug paraphernalia.
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6 | (17) Felony possession, sale, or exchange of | ||||||
7 | instruments adapted
for use of a controlled substance, | ||||||
8 | methamphetamine, or cannabis by subcutaneous injection.
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9 | (18) Felony possession of a controlled substance.
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10 | (19) Any violation of the Methamphetamine Control and | ||||||
11 | Community Protection Act.
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12 | (b-2) For child care facilities other than foster family | ||||||
13 | homes,
the Department may issue a new child care facility | ||||||
14 | license to or renew the
existing child care facility license of | ||||||
15 | an applicant, a person employed by a
child care facility, or an | ||||||
16 | applicant who has an adult residing in a home child
care | ||||||
17 | facility who was convicted of an offense described in | ||||||
18 | subsection (b-1),
provided that all of the following | ||||||
19 | requirements are met:
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20 | (1) The relevant criminal offense occurred more than 5 | ||||||
21 | years prior to the
date of application or renewal, except | ||||||
22 | for drug offenses. The relevant drug
offense must have | ||||||
23 | occurred more than 10 years prior to the date of | ||||||
24 | application
or renewal, unless the applicant passed a drug | ||||||
25 | test, arranged and paid for by
the child care facility, no | ||||||
26 | less than 5 years after the offense.
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1 | (2) The Department must conduct a background check and | ||||||
2 | assess all
convictions and recommendations of the child | ||||||
3 | care facility to determine if
waiver shall apply in | ||||||
4 | accordance with Department administrative rules and
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5 | procedures.
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6 | (3) The applicant meets all other requirements and | ||||||
7 | qualifications to be
licensed as the pertinent type of | ||||||
8 | child care facility under this Act and the
Department's | ||||||
9 | administrative rules.
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10 | (b-5) A child care facility licensee shall not be
liable | ||||||
11 | for the failure to hire or to retain an applicant or employee
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12 | who has
been convicted of committing or attempting to commit | ||||||
13 | one or more of the
offenses enumerated in this Section.
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14 | However, if an employee is suspended from employment based on | ||||||
15 | the
results of a criminal background check conducted under | ||||||
16 | Section 4.1 of this Act and the results
prompting the | ||||||
17 | suspension are subsequently found to be inaccurate, the | ||||||
18 | employee is entitled to recover backpay from his or her child | ||||||
19 | care facility employer
for the suspension period, provided that | ||||||
20 | the employer is the cause of the
inaccuracy. The Department is | ||||||
21 | not liable for any hiring decisions, suspensions, or | ||||||
22 | terminations. | ||||||
23 | No child care facility licensee shall be chargeable for any | ||||||
24 | benefit charges that
result from the payment of unemployment | ||||||
25 | benefits to any claimant when the
claimant's separation from | ||||||
26 | that employer occurred because the claimant's
criminal |
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1 | background included an offense enumerated in this
Section, or | ||||||
2 | the
claimant's separation from that child care facility
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3 | employer
occurred as a result of the claimant violating a | ||||||
4 | policy that the employer was
required to maintain pursuant to | ||||||
5 | the Drug Free Workplace Act. | ||||||
6 | (c) In addition to the other provisions of this Section, no
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7 | applicant may receive a license from the Department to operate | ||||||
8 | a foster family
home, and no adult person may reside in a | ||||||
9 | foster family home licensed by the
Department, who has been | ||||||
10 | convicted of committing or attempting to commit any of
the | ||||||
11 | following offenses stipulated under the Criminal Code of 1961, | ||||||
12 | the Cannabis
Control Act, the Methamphetamine Control and | ||||||
13 | Community Protection Act, and the Illinois Controlled | ||||||
14 | Substances Act:
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15 | (I) OFFENSES DIRECTED AGAINST THE PERSON
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16 | (A) KIDNAPPING AND RELATED OFFENSES
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17 | (1) Unlawful restraint.
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18 | (B) BODILY HARM
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19 | (2) Felony aggravated assault.
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20 | (3) Vehicular endangerment.
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21 | (4) Felony domestic battery.
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22 | (5) Aggravated battery.
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23 | (6) Heinous battery.
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1 | (7) Aggravated battery with a firearm.
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2 | (8) Aggravated battery of an unborn child.
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3 | (9) Aggravated battery of a senior citizen.
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4 | (10) Intimidation.
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5 | (11) Compelling organization membership of persons.
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6 | (12) Abuse and gross neglect of a long term care | ||||||
7 | facility resident.
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8 | (13) Felony violation of an order of protection.
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9 | (II) OFFENSES DIRECTED AGAINST PROPERTY
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10 | (14) Felony theft.
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11 | (15) Robbery.
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12 | (16) Armed robbery.
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13 | (17) Aggravated robbery.
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14 | (18) Vehicular hijacking.
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15 | (19) Aggravated vehicular hijacking.
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16 | (20) Burglary.
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17 | (21) Possession of burglary tools.
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18 | (22) Residential burglary.
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19 | (23) Criminal fortification of a residence or | ||||||
20 | building.
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21 | (24) Arson.
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22 | (25) Aggravated arson.
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23 | (26) Possession of explosive or explosive incendiary | ||||||
24 | devices.
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1 | (III) OFFENSES AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND DECENCY
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2 | (27) Felony unlawful use of weapons.
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3 | (28) Aggravated discharge of a firearm.
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4 | (29) Reckless discharge of a firearm.
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5 | (30) Unlawful use of metal piercing bullets.
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6 | (31) Unlawful sale or delivery of firearms on the | ||||||
7 | premises of any school.
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8 | (32) Disarming a police officer.
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9 | (33) Obstructing justice.
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10 | (34) Concealing or aiding a fugitive.
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11 | (35) Armed violence.
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12 | (36) Felony contributing to the criminal delinquency | ||||||
13 | of a juvenile.
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14 | (IV) DRUG OFFENSES
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15 | (37) Possession of more than 30 grams of cannabis.
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16 | (38) Manufacture of more than 10 grams of cannabis.
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17 | (39) Cannabis trafficking.
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18 | (40) Delivery of cannabis on school grounds.
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19 | (41) Unauthorized production of more than 5 cannabis | ||||||
20 | sativa plants.
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21 | (42) Calculated criminal cannabis conspiracy.
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22 | (43) Unauthorized manufacture or delivery of |
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1 | controlled substances.
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2 | (44) Controlled substance trafficking.
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3 | (45) Manufacture, distribution, or advertisement of | ||||||
4 | look-alike substances.
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5 | (46) Calculated criminal drug conspiracy.
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6 | (46.5) Streetgang criminal drug conspiracy.
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7 | (47) Permitting unlawful use of a building.
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8 | (48) Delivery of controlled, counterfeit, or | ||||||
9 | look-alike substances to
persons under age 18, or at truck | ||||||
10 | stops, rest stops, or safety rest areas, or
on school | ||||||
11 | property.
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12 | (49) Using, engaging, or employing persons under 18 to | ||||||
13 | deliver controlled,
counterfeit, or look-alike substances.
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14 | (50) Delivery of controlled substances.
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15 | (51) Sale or delivery of drug paraphernalia.
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16 | (52) Felony possession, sale, or exchange of | ||||||
17 | instruments adapted for use
of a controlled substance, | ||||||
18 | methamphetamine, or cannabis by subcutaneous injection. | ||||||
19 | (53) Any violation of the Methamphetamine Control and | ||||||
20 | Community Protection Act.
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21 | (d) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Department may | ||||||
22 | issue a new foster
family home license or may renew an existing
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23 | foster family home license of an applicant who was convicted of | ||||||
24 | an offense
described in subsection (c), provided all of the | ||||||
25 | following requirements are
met:
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26 | (1) The relevant criminal offense or offenses occurred |
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1 | more than 10 years
prior to the date of application or | ||||||
2 | renewal.
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3 | (2) The applicant had previously disclosed the | ||||||
4 | conviction or convictions
to the Department for purposes of | ||||||
5 | a background check.
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6 | (3) After the disclosure, the Department either placed | ||||||
7 | a child in the home
or the foster family home license was | ||||||
8 | issued.
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9 | (4) During the background check, the Department had | ||||||
10 | assessed and
waived the conviction in compliance with the | ||||||
11 | existing statutes and rules in
effect at the time of the | ||||||
12 | waiver.
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13 | (5) The applicant meets all other requirements and | ||||||
14 | qualifications to be
licensed as a foster family home under | ||||||
15 | this Act and the Department's
administrative
rules.
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16 | (6) The applicant has a history of providing a safe, | ||||||
17 | stable home
environment and appears able to continue to | ||||||
18 | provide a safe, stable home
environment.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 93-151, eff. 7-10-03; 94-556, eff. 9-11-05.)
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20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
21 | becoming law.
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