102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3053

 

Introduced 1/5/2022, by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 10/4.5

    Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that any employee of the Department who is responsible for licensing group day care homes that provide services exclusively to children with developmental disabilities shall be required to take a minimum of 15 hours of training annually from the Bureau of Accreditation, Licensure and Certification of the Department of Human Services on licensure requirements of group homes for the developmentally disabled licensed by the Department of Human Services. Provides that any supervisor of staff at the Department who are responsible for licensing group day care homes that provide services exclusively to children with developmental disabilities shall be required to take a minimum of 15 hours of training annually from the Bureau of Accreditation, Licensure and Certification of the Department of Children and Family Services on licensure requirements of group homes for the developmentally disabled licensed by the Department of Human Services. Provides that training shall be established by the Bureau of Accreditation, Licensure and Certification and, at a minimum, must include shadowing surveys conducted in the field by the Bureau of Accreditation, Licensure and Certification.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by
5changing Section 4.5 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 10/4.5)
7    Sec. 4.5. Children with disabilities; training.
8    (a) An owner or operator of a licensed day care home or
9group day care home or the onsite executive director of a
10licensed day care center must successfully complete a basic
11training course in providing care to children with
12disabilities. The basic training course will also be made
13available on a voluntary basis to those providers who are
14exempt from the licensure requirements of this Act.
15    (b) The Department of Children and Family Services shall
16promulgate rules establishing the requirements for basic
17training in providing care to children with disabilities.
18    (c) Any employee of the Department who is responsible for
19licensing group day care homes that provide services
20exclusively to children with developmental disabilities shall
21be required to take a minimum of 15 hours of training annually
22from the Bureau of Accreditation, Licensure and Certification
23of the Department of Human Services on licensure requirements

 

 

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1of group homes for the developmentally disabled licensed by
2the Department of Human Services. Any supervisor of staff at
3the Department who are responsible for licensing group day
4care homes that provide services exclusively to children with
5developmental disabilities shall be required to take a minimum
6of 15 hours of training annually from the Bureau of
7Accreditation, Licensure and Certification of the Department
8of Children and Family Services on licensure requirements of
9group homes for the developmentally disabled licensed by the
10Department of Human Services. This training shall be
11established by the Bureau of Accreditation, Licensure and
12Certification and, at a minimum, must include shadowing
13surveys conducted in the field by the Bureau of Accreditation,
14Licensure and Certification.
15(Source: P.A. 92-164, eff. 1-1-02.)