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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4798 Introduced , by Rep. Joyce Mason SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 225 ILCS 10/3 | from Ch. 23, par. 2213 |
| Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that a child care facility licensed under the Act may allow programs to staff classrooms with early childhood assistant qualified staff for up to 3 hours of the program day if it is documented in the facility's written staffing plan. | |
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| | HB4798 | | LRB103 35775 SPS 65857 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 3 as follows:
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| 6 | | (225 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 2213) |
| 7 | | Sec. 3. (a) No person, group of persons or corporation may |
| 8 | | operate or conduct any facility for child care, as defined in |
| 9 | | this Act, without a license or permit issued by the Department |
| 10 | | or without being approved by the Department as meeting the |
| 11 | | standards established for such licensing, with the exception |
| 12 | | of facilities for whom standards are established by the |
| 13 | | Department of Corrections under Section 3-15-2 of the Unified |
| 14 | | Code of Corrections and with the exception of facilities |
| 15 | | defined in Section 2.10 of this Act, and with the exception of |
| 16 | | programs or facilities licensed by the Department of Human |
| 17 | | Services under the Substance Use Disorder Act. |
| 18 | | (b) No part day child care facility as described in |
| 19 | | Section 2.10 may operate without written notification to the |
| 20 | | Department or without complying with Section 7.1. Notification |
| 21 | | shall include a notarized statement by the facility that the |
| 22 | | facility complies with state or local health standards and |
| 23 | | state fire safety standards, and shall be filed with the |