LANG-FOWLER-FORBY-HOWARD-KENNER, SOTO, FLOWERS, CROTTY AND YARBROUGH. 20 ILCS 505/5.15 Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall include, in its annual report to the General Assembly regarding child care issues, an assessment of working condition improvements required to attract capable caregivers and a determination by the Department of the adequacy of day care facility pay and benefit packages in assuring quality care. Provides that the Department shall include in its day care planning activities priorities a plan to create more child care slots and improve quality and accessibility of child care, the provision of grants to encourage the creation and expansion of child care centers in high need communities, the creation of more child care options for off-hour workers and working women with sick children, encouragement to companies to provide child care, strategies for subsidizing students pursuing degrees in the child care field, and support service programs that assist teen parents to continue and complete their education. FISCAL NOTE (Department of Human Services) HB 66 will have a fiscal impact on the Department; however, specific levels cannot be calculated with the available in- formation. Since the report criteria would be expanded, additional costs could be incurred when contracting with consultants. DEC-08-2000 H PREFILED WITH CLERK JAN-10-2001 H FIRST READING JAN-10-2001 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES JAN-30-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FOWLER JAN-30-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FORBY JAN-30-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HOWARD JAN-30-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR KENNER JAN-30-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SOTO JAN-31-2001 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE CHLDRN YOUTH JAN-31-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FLOWERS FEB-06-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR RYAN FEB-06-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR CROTTY FEB-14-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR YARBROUGH FEB-22-2001 H DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 009-000-000 HCHY FEB-22-2001 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE FEB-27-2001 H FISCAL NOTE FILED FEB-27-2001 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE FEB-27-2001 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE APR-06-2001 H RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(A) RULES HRUL JAN-07-2003 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary