Bill Amendment: IL HB4242 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: CHILD CARE-FOSTER YOUTH W/KIDS
Status: 2022-05-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0926 [HB4242 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB4242-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: CHILD CARE-FOSTER YOUTH W/KIDS
Status: 2022-05-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0926 [HB4242 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB4242-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4242
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4242 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 5a as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 505/5a) (from Ch. 23, par. 5005a)
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7 | Sec. 5a.
Reimbursable services for which the Department of | ||||||
8 | Children and
Family Services shall pay 100% of the reasonable | ||||||
9 | cost pursuant to a written
contract negotiated between the | ||||||
10 | Department and the agency furnishing the
services (which shall | ||||||
11 | include but not be limited to the determination of
reasonable | ||||||
12 | cost, the services being purchased and the duration of the
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13 | agreement) include, but are not limited to:
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14 | SERVICE ACTIVITIES
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15 | Adjunctive Therapy;
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1 | Child Care Service, including day care;
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2 | Clinical Therapy;
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3 | Custodial Service;
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4 | Field Work Students;
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5 | Food Service;
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6 | Normal Education;
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7 | In-Service Training;
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8 | Intake or Evaluation, or both;
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9 | Medical Services;
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10 | Recreation;
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11 | Social Work or Counselling, or both;
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12 | Supportive Staff;
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13 | Volunteers.
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14 | OBJECT EXPENSES
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15 | Professional Fees and Contract Service Payments;
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16 | Supplies;
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17 | Telephone and Telegram;
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18 | Occupancy;
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19 | Local Transportation;
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20 | Equipment and Other Fixed Assets, including amortization
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21 | of same;
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22 | Miscellaneous.
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23 | ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
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24 | Program Administration;
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1 | Supervision and Consultation;
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2 | Inspection and Monitoring for purposes of issuing
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3 | licenses;
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4 | Determination of Children who are eligible
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5 | for federal or other reimbursement;
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6 | Postage and Shipping;
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7 | Outside Printing, Artwork, etc.;
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8 | Subscriptions and Reference Publications;
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9 | Management and General Expense.
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10 | Reimbursement of administrative costs other than inspection | ||||||
11 | and monitoring
for purposes of issuing licenses may not exceed | ||||||
12 | 20% of the costs
for other services.
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13 | The Department may offer services to any child or family | ||||||
14 | with respect to whom a report of suspected child abuse or | ||||||
15 | neglect has been called in to the hotline after completion of a | ||||||
16 | family assessment as provided under subsection (a-5) of | ||||||
17 | Section 7.4 of the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act | ||||||
18 | and the Department has determined that services are needed to | ||||||
19 | address the safety of the child and other family members and | ||||||
20 | the risk of subsequent maltreatment. Acceptance of such | ||||||
21 | services shall be voluntary. | ||||||
22 | All Object Expenses, Service Activities and Administrative
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23 | Costs are allowable.
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24 | If a survey instrument is used in the rate setting | ||||||
25 | process:
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26 | (a) with respect to any day care centers, it shall be |
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1 | limited to those
agencies which receive reimbursement from | ||||||
2 | the State;
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3 | (b) the cost survey instrument shall be promulgated by | ||||||
4 | rule;
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5 | (c) any requirements of the respondents shall be | ||||||
6 | promulgated by rule;
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7 | (d) all screens, limits or other tests of | ||||||
8 | reasonableness, allowability
and reimbursability shall be | ||||||
9 | promulgated by rule;
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10 | (e) adjustments may be made by the Department to rates | ||||||
11 | when it determines
that reported wage and salary levels | ||||||
12 | are insufficient to attract capable
caregivers in | ||||||
13 | sufficient numbers.
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14 | The Department of Children and Family Services may pay | ||||||
15 | 100% of the
reasonable costs of research and valuation
focused | ||||||
16 | exclusively on services to youth in care. Such research | ||||||
17 | projects must be approved, in advance, by
the Director of the | ||||||
18 | Department.
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19 | In addition to reimbursements otherwise provided for in | ||||||
20 | this Section,
the Department of Human Services shall, in | ||||||
21 | accordance with annual written
agreements, make
advance | ||||||
22 | quarterly disbursements to local public agencies for child day | ||||||
23 | care
services with funds appropriated from the Local Effort | ||||||
24 | Day Care Fund.
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25 | Neither the Department of Children and Family Services nor | ||||||
26 | the
Department of Human Services shall pay or approve |
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1 | reimbursement for
day care in a facility which is operating | ||||||
2 | without a valid license or permit,
except in the case of day | ||||||
3 | care homes or day care centers which are exempt from
the | ||||||
4 | licensing requirements of the "Child Care Act of 1969".
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5 | The rates paid to day care providers by the Department of | ||||||
6 | Children and Family Services shall match the rates paid to | ||||||
7 | child care providers by the Department of Human Services under | ||||||
8 | the child care assistance program, including base rates and | ||||||
9 | any relevant rate enhancements. | ||||||
10 | (Source: P.A. 100-159, eff. 8-18-17.)
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11 | Section 10. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | ||||||
12 | changing Section 9A-11 as follows:
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13 | (305 ILCS 5/9A-11) (from Ch. 23, par. 9A-11)
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14 | Sec. 9A-11. Child care.
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15 | (a) The General Assembly recognizes that families with | ||||||
16 | children need child
care in order to work. Child care is | ||||||
17 | expensive and families with low incomes,
including those who | ||||||
18 | are transitioning from welfare to work, often struggle to
pay | ||||||
19 | the costs of day care. The
General Assembly understands the | ||||||
20 | importance of helping low-income working
families become and | ||||||
21 | remain self-sufficient. The General Assembly also believes
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22 | that it is the responsibility of families to share in the costs | ||||||
23 | of child care.
It is also the preference of the General | ||||||
24 | Assembly that all working poor
families should be treated |
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1 | equally, regardless of their welfare status.
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2 | (b) To the extent resources permit, the Illinois | ||||||
3 | Department shall provide
child care services to parents or | ||||||
4 | other relatives as defined by rule who are
working or | ||||||
5 | participating in employment or Department approved
education | ||||||
6 | or training programs. At a minimum, the Illinois Department | ||||||
7 | shall
cover the following categories of families:
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8 | (1) recipients of TANF under Article IV participating | ||||||
9 | in work and training
activities as specified in the | ||||||
10 | personal plan for employment and
self-sufficiency;
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11 | (2) families transitioning from TANF to work;
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12 | (3) families at risk of becoming recipients of TANF;
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13 | (4) families with special needs as defined by rule;
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14 | (5) working families with very low incomes as defined | ||||||
15 | by rule;
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16 | (6) families that are not recipients of TANF and that | ||||||
17 | need child care assistance to participate in education and | ||||||
18 | training activities; and | ||||||
19 | (7) youth in care, as defined in Section 4d of the | ||||||
20 | Children and Family Services Act, who are parents, | ||||||
21 | regardless of income or whether they are working or | ||||||
22 | participating in Department-approved employment or | ||||||
23 | education or training programs. Any family that receives | ||||||
24 | child care assistance in accordance with this paragraph | ||||||
25 | shall receive one additional 12-month child care | ||||||
26 | eligibility period after the parenting youth in care's |
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1 | case with the Department of Children and Family Services | ||||||
2 | is closed, regardless of income or whether the parenting | ||||||
3 | youth in care is working or participating in | ||||||
4 | Department-approved employment or education or training | ||||||
5 | programs; | ||||||
6 | (8) families receiving Extended Family Support Program | ||||||
7 | services from the Department of Children and Family | ||||||
8 | Services, regardless of income or whether they are working | ||||||
9 | or participating in Department-approved employment or | ||||||
10 | education or training programs; and | ||||||
11 | (9) (7) families with children under the age of 5 who | ||||||
12 | have an open intact family services case with the | ||||||
13 | Department of Children and Family Services. Any family | ||||||
14 | that receives child care assistance in accordance with | ||||||
15 | this paragraph shall remain eligible for child care | ||||||
16 | assistance 6 months after the child's intact family | ||||||
17 | services case is closed, regardless of whether the child's | ||||||
18 | parents or other relatives as defined by rule are working | ||||||
19 | or participating in Department approved employment or | ||||||
20 | education or training programs. The Department of Human | ||||||
21 | Services, in consultation with the Department of Children | ||||||
22 | and Family Services, shall adopt rules to protect the | ||||||
23 | privacy of families who are the subject of an open intact | ||||||
24 | family services case when such families enroll in child | ||||||
25 | care services. Additional rules shall be adopted to offer | ||||||
26 | children who have an open intact family services case the |
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1 | opportunity to receive an Early Intervention screening and | ||||||
2 | other services that their families may be eligible for as | ||||||
3 | provided by the Department of Human Services. | ||||||
4 | Beginning October 1, 2023, and every October 1 thereafter, | ||||||
5 | the Department of Children and Family Services shall report to | ||||||
6 | the General Assembly on the number of children who received | ||||||
7 | child care via vouchers paid for by the Department of Children | ||||||
8 | and Family Services during the preceding fiscal year. The | ||||||
9 | report shall include the ages of children who received child | ||||||
10 | care, the type of child care they received, and the number of | ||||||
11 | months they received child care. | ||||||
12 | The Department shall specify by rule the conditions of | ||||||
13 | eligibility, the
application process, and the types, amounts, | ||||||
14 | and duration of services.
Eligibility for
child care benefits | ||||||
15 | and the amount of child care provided may vary based on
family | ||||||
16 | size, income,
and other factors as specified by rule.
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17 | The Department shall update the Child Care Assistance | ||||||
18 | Program Eligibility Calculator posted on its website to | ||||||
19 | include a question on whether a family is applying for child | ||||||
20 | care assistance for the first time or is applying for a | ||||||
21 | redetermination of eligibility. | ||||||
22 | A family's eligibility for child care services shall be | ||||||
23 | redetermined no sooner than 12 months following the initial | ||||||
24 | determination or most recent redetermination. During the | ||||||
25 | 12-month periods, the family shall remain eligible for child | ||||||
26 | care services regardless of (i) a change in family income, |
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1 | unless family income exceeds 85% of State median income, or | ||||||
2 | (ii) a temporary change in the ongoing status of the parents or | ||||||
3 | other relatives, as defined by rule, as working or attending a | ||||||
4 | job training or educational program. | ||||||
5 | In determining income eligibility for child care benefits, | ||||||
6 | the Department
annually, at the beginning of each fiscal year, | ||||||
7 | shall
establish, by rule, one income threshold for each family | ||||||
8 | size, in relation to
percentage of State median income for a | ||||||
9 | family of that size, that makes
families with incomes below | ||||||
10 | the specified threshold eligible for assistance
and families | ||||||
11 | with incomes above the specified threshold ineligible for
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12 | assistance. Through and including fiscal year 2007, the | ||||||
13 | specified threshold must be no less than 50% of the
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14 | then-current State median income for each family size. | ||||||
15 | Beginning in fiscal year 2008, the specified threshold must be | ||||||
16 | no less than 185% of the then-current federal poverty level | ||||||
17 | for each family size. Notwithstanding any other provision of | ||||||
18 | law or administrative rule to the contrary, beginning in | ||||||
19 | fiscal year 2019, the specified threshold for working families | ||||||
20 | with very low incomes as defined by rule must be no less than | ||||||
21 | 185% of the then-current federal poverty level for each family | ||||||
22 | size. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or | ||||||
23 | administrative rule to the contrary, beginning in State fiscal | ||||||
24 | year 2022, the specified
income threshold shall be no less | ||||||
25 | than 200% of the
then-current federal poverty level for each | ||||||
26 | family size.
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1 | In determining eligibility for
assistance, the Department | ||||||
2 | shall not give preference to any category of
recipients
or | ||||||
3 | give preference to individuals based on their receipt of | ||||||
4 | benefits under this
Code.
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5 | Nothing in this Section shall be
construed as conferring | ||||||
6 | entitlement status to eligible families.
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7 | The Illinois
Department is authorized to lower income | ||||||
8 | eligibility ceilings, raise parent
co-payments, create waiting | ||||||
9 | lists, or take such other actions during a fiscal
year as are | ||||||
10 | necessary to ensure that child care benefits paid under this
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11 | Article do not exceed the amounts appropriated for those child | ||||||
12 | care benefits.
These changes may be accomplished by emergency | ||||||
13 | rule under Section 5-45 of the
Illinois Administrative | ||||||
14 | Procedure Act, except that the limitation on the number
of | ||||||
15 | emergency rules that may be adopted in a 24-month period shall | ||||||
16 | not apply.
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17 | The Illinois Department may contract with other State | ||||||
18 | agencies or child care
organizations for the administration of | ||||||
19 | child care services.
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20 | (c) Payment shall be made for child care that otherwise | ||||||
21 | meets the
requirements of this Section and applicable | ||||||
22 | standards of State and local
law and regulation, including any | ||||||
23 | requirements the Illinois Department
promulgates by rule in | ||||||
24 | addition to the licensure
requirements
promulgated by the | ||||||
25 | Department of Children and Family Services and Fire
Prevention | ||||||
26 | and Safety requirements promulgated by the Office of the State
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1 | Fire Marshal, and is provided in any of the following:
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2 | (1) a child care center which is licensed or exempt | ||||||
3 | from licensure
pursuant to Section 2.09 of the Child Care | ||||||
4 | Act of 1969;
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5 | (2) a licensed child care home or home exempt from | ||||||
6 | licensing;
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7 | (3) a licensed group child care home;
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8 | (4) other types of child care, including child care | ||||||
9 | provided
by relatives or persons living in the same home | ||||||
10 | as the child, as determined by
the Illinois Department by | ||||||
11 | rule.
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12 | (c-5)
Solely for the purposes of coverage under the | ||||||
13 | Illinois Public Labor Relations Act, child and day care home | ||||||
14 | providers, including licensed and license exempt, | ||||||
15 | participating in the Department's child care assistance | ||||||
16 | program shall be considered to be public employees and the | ||||||
17 | State of Illinois shall be considered to be their employer as | ||||||
18 | of January 1, 2006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-320), | ||||||
19 | but not before. The State shall engage in collective | ||||||
20 | bargaining with an exclusive representative of child and day | ||||||
21 | care home providers participating in the child care assistance | ||||||
22 | program concerning their terms and conditions of employment | ||||||
23 | that are within the State's control. Nothing in this | ||||||
24 | subsection shall be understood to limit the right of families | ||||||
25 | receiving services defined in this Section to select child and | ||||||
26 | day care home providers or supervise them within the limits of |
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1 | this Section. The State shall not be considered to be the | ||||||
2 | employer of child and day care home providers for any purposes | ||||||
3 | not specifically provided in Public Act 94-320, including, but | ||||||
4 | not limited to, purposes of vicarious liability in tort and | ||||||
5 | purposes of statutory retirement or health insurance benefits. | ||||||
6 | Child and day care home providers shall not be covered by the | ||||||
7 | State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. | ||||||
8 | In according child and day care home providers and their | ||||||
9 | selected representative rights under the Illinois Public Labor | ||||||
10 | Relations Act, the State intends that the State action | ||||||
11 | exemption to application of federal and State antitrust laws | ||||||
12 | be fully available to the extent that their activities are | ||||||
13 | authorized by Public Act 94-320.
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14 | (d) The Illinois Department shall establish, by rule, a | ||||||
15 | co-payment scale that provides for cost sharing by families | ||||||
16 | that receive
child care services, including parents whose only | ||||||
17 | income is from
assistance under this Code. The co-payment | ||||||
18 | shall be based on family income and family size and may be | ||||||
19 | based on other factors as appropriate. Co-payments may be | ||||||
20 | waived for families whose incomes are at or below the federal | ||||||
21 | poverty level.
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22 | (d-5) The Illinois Department, in consultation with its | ||||||
23 | Child Care and Development Advisory Council, shall develop a | ||||||
24 | plan to revise the child care assistance program's co-payment | ||||||
25 | scale. The plan shall be completed no later than February 1, | ||||||
26 | 2008, and shall include: |
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1 | (1) findings as to the percentage of income that the | ||||||
2 | average American family spends on child care and the | ||||||
3 | relative amounts that low-income families and the average | ||||||
4 | American family spend on other necessities of life;
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5 | (2) recommendations for revising the child care | ||||||
6 | co-payment scale to assure that families receiving child | ||||||
7 | care services from the Department are paying no more than | ||||||
8 | they can reasonably afford; | ||||||
9 | (3) recommendations for revising the child care | ||||||
10 | co-payment scale to provide at-risk children with complete | ||||||
11 | access to Preschool for All and Head Start; and | ||||||
12 | (4) recommendations for changes in child care program | ||||||
13 | policies that affect the affordability of child care.
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14 | (e) (Blank).
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15 | (f) The Illinois Department shall, by rule, set rates to | ||||||
16 | be paid for the
various types of child care. Child care may be | ||||||
17 | provided through one of the
following methods:
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18 | (1) arranging the child care through eligible | ||||||
19 | providers by use of
purchase of service contracts or | ||||||
20 | vouchers;
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21 | (2) arranging with other agencies and community | ||||||
22 | volunteer groups for
non-reimbursed child care;
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23 | (3) (blank); or
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24 | (4) adopting such other arrangements as the Department | ||||||
25 | determines
appropriate.
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26 | (f-1) Within 30 days after June 4, 2018 (the effective |
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1 | date of Public Act 100-587), the Department of Human Services | ||||||
2 | shall establish rates for child care providers that are no | ||||||
3 | less than the rates in effect on January 1, 2018 increased by | ||||||
4 | 4.26%. | ||||||
5 | (f-5) (Blank). | ||||||
6 | (g) Families eligible for assistance under this Section | ||||||
7 | shall be given the
following options:
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8 | (1) receiving a child care certificate issued by the | ||||||
9 | Department or a
subcontractor of the Department that may | ||||||
10 | be used by the parents as payment for
child care and | ||||||
11 | development services only; or
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12 | (2) if space is available, enrolling the child with a | ||||||
13 | child care provider
that has a purchase of service | ||||||
14 | contract with the Department or a subcontractor
of the | ||||||
15 | Department for the provision of child care and development | ||||||
16 | services.
The Department may identify particular priority | ||||||
17 | populations for whom they may
request special | ||||||
18 | consideration by a provider with purchase of service
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19 | contracts, provided that the providers shall be permitted | ||||||
20 | to maintain a balance
of clients in terms of household | ||||||
21 | incomes and families and children with special
needs, as | ||||||
22 | defined by rule.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-657, eff. 3-23-21; | ||||||
24 | 102-491, eff. 8-20-21; revised 11-8-21.)
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25 | Section 15. The Early Intervention Services System Act is |
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1 | amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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2 | (325 ILCS 20/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 4153)
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3 | Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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4 | (a) "Eligible infants and toddlers" means infants and | ||||||
5 | toddlers
under 36 months of age with any of the following | ||||||
6 | conditions:
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7 | (1) Developmental delays.
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8 | (2) A physical or mental condition which typically | ||||||
9 | results in
developmental delay.
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10 | (3) Being at risk of having substantial developmental | ||||||
11 | delays
based on informed clinical opinion.
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12 | (4) Either (A) having entered the program under any of
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13 | the circumstances listed in paragraphs (1) through (3) of | ||||||
14 | this
subsection
but no
longer meeting
the current | ||||||
15 | eligibility criteria under those paragraphs,
and | ||||||
16 | continuing to have any measurable delay, or (B) not
having | ||||||
17 | attained a level of development in each area,
including
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18 | (i) cognitive, (ii) physical (including vision and | ||||||
19 | hearing), (iii)
language,
speech, and communication, (iv) | ||||||
20 | social or emotional, or (v) adaptive, that
is at least at | ||||||
21 | the mean of the child's age equivalent peers;
and,
in | ||||||
22 | addition to either item (A) or item (B), (C)
having
been | ||||||
23 | determined by the multidisciplinary individualized
family | ||||||
24 | service plan
team to require the continuation of early | ||||||
25 | intervention services in order to
support
continuing
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1 | developmental progress, pursuant to the child's needs and | ||||||
2 | provided in an
appropriate
developmental manner. The type, | ||||||
3 | frequency, and intensity of services shall
differ from
the | ||||||
4 | initial individualized family services plan because of the | ||||||
5 | child's
developmental
progress, and may consist of only | ||||||
6 | service coordination, evaluation, and
assessments.
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7 | "Eligible infants and toddlers" includes any child under | ||||||
8 | the age of 3 who is the subject of a substantiated case of | ||||||
9 | child abuse or neglect as defined in the federal Child Abuse | ||||||
10 | Prevention and Treatment Act. | ||||||
11 | (b) "Developmental delay" means a delay in one or more of | ||||||
12 | the following
areas of childhood development as measured by | ||||||
13 | appropriate diagnostic
instruments and standard procedures: | ||||||
14 | cognitive; physical, including vision
and hearing; language, | ||||||
15 | speech and communication; social or emotional;
or adaptive. | ||||||
16 | The term means a delay of 30% or more below the mean in
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17 | function in one or more of those areas.
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18 | (c) "Physical or mental condition which typically results | ||||||
19 | in developmental
delay" means:
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20 | (1) a diagnosed medical disorder or exposure to a | ||||||
21 | toxic substance bearing a relatively well known
expectancy | ||||||
22 | for developmental outcomes within varying ranges of | ||||||
23 | developmental
disabilities; or
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24 | (2) a history of prenatal, perinatal, neonatal or | ||||||
25 | early developmental
events suggestive of biological | ||||||
26 | insults to the developing central nervous
system and which |
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1 | either singly or collectively increase the probability of
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2 | developing a disability or delay based on a medical | ||||||
3 | history.
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4 | (d) "Informed clinical opinion" means both clinical | ||||||
5 | observations and
parental participation to determine | ||||||
6 | eligibility by a consensus of a
multidisciplinary team of 2 or | ||||||
7 | more members based on their professional
experience and | ||||||
8 | expertise.
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9 | (e) "Early intervention services" means services which:
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10 | (1) are designed to meet the developmental needs of | ||||||
11 | each child
eligible under this Act and the needs of his or | ||||||
12 | her family;
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13 | (2) are selected in collaboration with the child's | ||||||
14 | family;
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15 | (3) are provided under public supervision;
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16 | (4) are provided at no cost except where a schedule of | ||||||
17 | sliding scale
fees or other system of payments by families | ||||||
18 | has been adopted in accordance
with State and federal law;
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19 | (5) are designed to meet an infant's or toddler's | ||||||
20 | developmental needs in
any of the following areas:
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21 | (A) physical development, including vision and | ||||||
22 | hearing,
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23 | (B) cognitive development,
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24 | (C) communication development,
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25 | (D) social or emotional development, or
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26 | (E) adaptive development;
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1 | (6) meet the standards of the State, including the | ||||||
2 | requirements of this Act;
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3 | (7) include one or more of the following:
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4 | (A) family training,
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5 | (B) social work services, including counseling, | ||||||
6 | and home visits,
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7 | (C) special instruction,
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8 | (D) speech, language pathology and audiology,
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9 | (E) occupational therapy,
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10 | (F) physical therapy,
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11 | (G) psychological services,
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12 | (H) service coordination services,
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13 | (I) medical services only for diagnostic or | ||||||
14 | evaluation purposes,
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15 | (J) early identification, screening, and | ||||||
16 | assessment services,
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17 | (K) health services specified by the lead agency | ||||||
18 | as necessary to
enable the infant or toddler to | ||||||
19 | benefit from the other early intervention
services,
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20 | (L) vision services,
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21 | (M) transportation,
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22 | (N) assistive technology devices and services,
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23 | (O) nursing services, | ||||||
24 | (P) nutrition services, and | ||||||
25 | (Q) sign language and cued language services; | ||||||
26 | (8) are provided by qualified personnel, including but |
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1 | not limited to:
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2 | (A) child development specialists or special | ||||||
3 | educators, including teachers of children with hearing | ||||||
4 | impairments (including deafness) and teachers of | ||||||
5 | children with vision impairments (including | ||||||
6 | blindness),
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7 | (B) speech and language pathologists and | ||||||
8 | audiologists,
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9 | (C) occupational therapists,
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10 | (D) physical therapists,
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11 | (E) social workers,
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12 | (F) nurses,
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13 | (G) dietitian nutritionists,
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14 | (H) vision specialists, including ophthalmologists | ||||||
15 | and optometrists,
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16 | (I) psychologists, and
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17 | (J) physicians;
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18 | (9) are provided in conformity with an Individualized | ||||||
19 | Family Service Plan;
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20 | (10) are provided throughout the year; and
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21 | (11) are provided in natural
environments, to the | ||||||
22 | maximum extent appropriate, which may include the home and | ||||||
23 | community settings, unless justification is provided | ||||||
24 | consistent with federal regulations adopted under Sections | ||||||
25 | 1431 through 1444 of Title 20 of the United States Code.
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26 | (f) "Individualized Family Service Plan" or "Plan" means a |
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1 | written plan for
providing early intervention services to a | ||||||
2 | child eligible under this Act
and the child's family, as set | ||||||
3 | forth in Section 11.
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4 | (g) "Local interagency agreement" means an agreement | ||||||
5 | entered into by
local community and State and regional | ||||||
6 | agencies receiving early
intervention funds directly from the | ||||||
7 | State and made in accordance with
State interagency agreements | ||||||
8 | providing for the delivery of early
intervention services | ||||||
9 | within a local community area.
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10 | (h) "Council" means the Illinois Interagency Council on | ||||||
11 | Early
Intervention established under Section 4.
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12 | (i) "Lead agency" means the State agency
responsible for | ||||||
13 | administering this Act and
receiving and disbursing public | ||||||
14 | funds received in accordance with State and
federal law and | ||||||
15 | rules.
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16 | (i-5) "Central billing office" means the central billing | ||||||
17 | office created by
the lead agency under Section 13.
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18 | (j) "Child find" means a service which identifies eligible | ||||||
19 | infants and
toddlers.
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20 | (k) "Regional intake entity" means the lead agency's | ||||||
21 | designated entity
responsible for implementation of the Early | ||||||
22 | Intervention Services System within
its designated geographic | ||||||
23 | area.
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24 | (l) "Early intervention provider" means an individual who | ||||||
25 | is qualified, as
defined by the lead agency, to provide one or | ||||||
26 | more types of early intervention
services, and who has |
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1 | enrolled as a provider in the early intervention program.
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2 | (m) "Fully credentialed early intervention provider" means | ||||||
3 | an individual who
has met the standards in the State | ||||||
4 | applicable to the relevant
profession, and has met such other | ||||||
5 | qualifications as the lead agency has
determined are suitable | ||||||
6 | for personnel providing early intervention services,
including | ||||||
7 | pediatric experience, education, and continuing education. The | ||||||
8 | lead
agency shall establish these qualifications by rule filed | ||||||
9 | no later than 180
days
after the effective date of this | ||||||
10 | amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.
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11 | (n) "Telehealth" has the meaning given to that term in | ||||||
12 | Section 5 of the Telehealth Act. | ||||||
13 | (Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 102-104, eff. 7-22-21.)
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14 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
15 | becoming law, except that Section 5 takes effect on July 1, | ||||||
16 | 2023.".
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