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91_SB0949

 
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 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  must  shall  be  required  to
15    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.)

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