HB1842 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1842

Introduced 2/14/2005, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - William Delgado

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 505/5c

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning direct child welfare service employee licenses.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

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

Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended by changing Section 5c as follows:

(20 ILCS 505/5c)

Sec. 5c. Direct child welfare service employee license. By January 1, 2000, the the Department, in consultation with private child welfare agencies, shall develop and implement a direct child welfare service employee license. By January 1, 2001 all child protective investigators and supervisors and child welfare specialists and supervisors employed by the Department or its contractors shall be required to demonstrate sufficient knowledge and skills to obtain and maintain the license. The Direct Child Welfare Service Employee License Board of the Department shall have the authority to revoke or suspend the license of anyone who after a hearing is found to be guilty of misfeasance. The Department shall promulgate such rules as necessary to implement this Section.

On or before January 1, 2000, and every year thereafter, the Department shall submit an annual report to the General Assembly on the implementation of this Section.

(Source: P.A. 92-471, eff. 8-22-01.)