HB2358 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB096 09800 DRJ 19963 b

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2358

Introduced 2/19/2009, by Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2310/2310-185	was 20 ILCS 2310/55.51
305 ILCS 5/9A-11.5

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes technical changes in Sections concerning criminal history record information and investigation of child care providers.

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 Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 2310-185 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-185) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.51)

Sec. 2310-185. Criminal history record information. Whenever the the Department is authorized or required by law to consider some aspect of criminal history record information for the purpose of carrying out its statutory powers and responsibilities, then, upon request and payment of fees in conformance with the requirements of Section 2605-400 of the Department of State Police Law (20 ILCS 2605/2605-400), the Department of State Police is authorized to furnish, pursuant to positive identification, the information contained in State files that is necessary to fulfill the request.

(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

Section 10. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by changing Section 9A-11.5 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/9A-11.5)

Sec. 9A-11.5. Investigate child care providers. Any child care provider receiving funds from the the child care assistance program under this Code who is not required to be licensed under the Child Care Act of 1969 shall, as a condition of eligibility to participate in the child care assistance program under this Code, authorize in writing on a form prescribed by the Department of Children and Family Services, periodic investigations of the Central Register, as defined in the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, to ascertain if the child care provider has been determined to be a perpetrator in an indicated report of child abuse or neglect.

The Department of Children and Family Services shall conduct an investigation of the Central Register at the request of the Department. The Department shall request the Department of Children and Family Services to conduct periodic investigations of the Central Register. The Department shall by rule determine when payment to an unlicensed child care provider may be withheld if there is an indicated finding against the provider in the Central Register.

(Source: P.A. 92-825, eff. 8-21-02.)