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91_SB0949 LRB9103573DHmg 1 AN ACT to amend the Children and Family Services Act by 2 changing Section 5c. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is 6 amended by changing Section 5c as follows: 7 (20 ILCS 505/5c) 8 Sec. 5c. Direct child welfare service employee license. 9 By January 1, 2000, the Department, in consultation with 10 private child welfare agencies, shall develop and implement a 11 direct child welfare service employee license. By January 1, 12 2001 all child protective investigators and supervisors and 13 child welfare specialists and supervisors employed by the 14 Department or its contractors mustshall be required to15 demonstrate sufficient knowledge and skills to obtain and 16 maintain the license. The Department shall have the 17 authority to revoke or suspend the license of anyone who 18 after a hearing is found to be guilty of misfeasance. The 19 Department shall promulgate such rules as necessary to 20 implement this Section. 21 On or before January 1, 2000, and every year thereafter, 22 the Department shall submit an annual report to the General 23 Assembly on the implementation of this Section. 24 (Source: P.A. 90-608, eff. 6-30-98.)