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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2996 Introduced 2/18/2016, by Sen. Dave Syverson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to amend the Illinois Administrative Code to improve the efficiency in oversight and licensing of group homes. Requires the rules to align with existing procedures and policies governed by the community-integrated living arrangement services requirements and to include specific subjects. Effective immediately.
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| | SB2996 | | LRB099 19175 SMS 43567 b |
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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 adding |
| 5 | | Section 4.7 as follows:
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| 6 | | (225 ILCS 10/4.7 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 4.7. Streamline licensing, oversight, and |
| 8 | | certification of children's group homes. No later than 90 days |
| 9 | | after the effective date of this Act, the Department shall |
| 10 | | adopt amendments to 89 Ill. Adm. Code 403 seeking to improve |
| 11 | | the efficiency in oversight and licensing of group homes. The |
| 12 | | amendments shall include, but are not limited to, aligning the |
| 13 | | following with existing procedures and policies governed by the |
| 14 | | community-integrated living arrangement services governed by |
| 15 | | 59 Ill. Adm. Code 115: |
| 16 | | (1) initial licensure and renewal of group home |
| 17 | | providers, not individual group homes; |
| 18 | | (2) removal of the requirement for group homes to be |
| 19 | | certified by health departments; |
| 20 | | (3) approval of support staff to work in multiple group |
| 21 | | homes under the same license, not requiring staff to be |
| 22 | | approved for each individual group home; |
| 23 | | (4) for staff working in group homes primarily serving |