103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3566 Introduced , by Rep. Joyce Mason SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 225 ILCS 10/7 from Ch. 23, par. 2217 Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that the minimum standards for child care licensing include regulations to allow for staffing flexibility of qualified early childhood assistants to enable the early childhood assistants to supervise a classroom outside of the core developmental hours of the day, which shall not exceed more than 3 consecutive hours. LRB103 29862 AMQ 56271 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3566 Introduced , by Rep. Joyce Mason SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 225 ILCS 10/7 from Ch. 23, par. 2217 225 ILCS 10/7 from Ch. 23, par. 2217 Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that the minimum standards for child care licensing include regulations to allow for staffing flexibility of qualified early childhood assistants to enable the early childhood assistants to supervise a classroom outside of the core developmental hours of the day, which shall not exceed more than 3 consecutive hours. LRB103 29862 AMQ 56271 b LRB103 29862 AMQ 56271 b A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3566 Introduced , by Rep. Joyce Mason SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 10/7 from Ch. 23, par. 2217 225 ILCS 10/7 from Ch. 23, par. 2217
225 ILCS 10/7 from Ch. 23, par. 2217
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that the minimum standards for child care licensing include regulations to allow for staffing flexibility of qualified early childhood assistants to enable the early childhood assistants to supervise a classroom outside of the core developmental hours of the day, which shall not exceed more than 3 consecutive hours.
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1 AN ACT concerning regulation.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by
5 changing Section 7 as follows:
6 (225 ILCS 10/7) (from Ch. 23, par. 2217)
7 Sec. 7. (a) The Department must prescribe and publish
8 minimum standards for licensing that apply to the various
9 types of facilities for child care defined in this Act and that
10 are equally applicable to like institutions under the control
11 of the Department and to foster family homes used by and under
12 the direct supervision of the Department. The Department shall
13 seek the advice and assistance of persons representative of
14 the various types of child care facilities in establishing
15 such standards. The standards prescribed and published under
16 this Act take effect as provided in the Illinois
17 Administrative Procedure Act, and are restricted to
18 regulations pertaining to the following matters and to any
19 rules and regulations required or permitted by any other
20 Section of this Act:
21 (1) The operation and conduct of the facility and
22 responsibility it assumes for child care;
23 (2) The character, suitability and qualifications of
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3566 Introduced , by Rep. Joyce Mason SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 10/7 from Ch. 23, par. 2217 225 ILCS 10/7 from Ch. 23, par. 2217
225 ILCS 10/7 from Ch. 23, par. 2217
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that the minimum standards for child care licensing include regulations to allow for staffing flexibility of qualified early childhood assistants to enable the early childhood assistants to supervise a classroom outside of the core developmental hours of the day, which shall not exceed more than 3 consecutive hours.
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1 the applicant and other persons directly responsible for
2 the care and welfare of children served. All child day
3 care center licensees and employees who are required to
4 report child abuse or neglect under the Abused and
5 Neglected Child Reporting Act shall be required to attend
6 training on recognizing child abuse and neglect, as
7 prescribed by Department rules;
8 (3) The general financial ability and competence of
9 the applicant to provide necessary care for children and
10 to maintain prescribed standards;
11 (4) The number of individuals or staff required to
12 insure adequate supervision and care of the children
13 received. The standards shall provide that each child care
14 institution, maternity center, day care center, group
15 home, day care home, and group day care home shall have on
16 its premises during its hours of operation at least one
17 staff member certified in first aid, in the Heimlich
18 maneuver and in cardiopulmonary resuscitation by the
19 American Red Cross or other organization approved by rule
20 of the Department. Child welfare agencies shall not be
21 subject to such a staffing requirement. The Department may
22 offer, or arrange for the offering, on a periodic basis in
23 each community in this State in cooperation with the
24 American Red Cross, the American Heart Association or
25 other appropriate organization, voluntary programs to
26 train operators of foster family homes and day care homes
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1 in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation;
2 (4.5) Provisions to allow for staffing flexibility of
3 qualified early childhood assistants to enable the early
4 childhood assistants to supervise a classroom outside of
5 the core developmental hours of the day, which shall not
6 exceed more than 3 consecutive hours;
7 (5) The appropriateness, safety, cleanliness, and
8 general adequacy of the premises, including maintenance of
9 adequate fire prevention and health standards conforming
10 to State laws and municipal codes to provide for the
11 physical comfort, care, and well-being of children
12 received;
13 (6) Provisions for food, clothing, educational
14 opportunities, program, equipment and individual supplies
15 to assure the healthy physical, mental, and spiritual
16 development of children served;
17 (7) Provisions to safeguard the legal rights of
18 children served;
19 (8) Maintenance of records pertaining to the
20 admission, progress, health, and discharge of children,
21 including, for day care centers and day care homes,
22 records indicating each child has been immunized as
23 required by State regulations. The Department shall
24 require proof that children enrolled in a facility have
25 been immunized against Haemophilus Influenzae B (HIB);
26 (9) Filing of reports with the Department;
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1 (10) Discipline of children;
2 (11) Protection and fostering of the particular
3 religious faith of the children served;
4 (12) Provisions prohibiting firearms on day care
5 center premises except in the possession of peace
6 officers;
7 (13) Provisions prohibiting handguns on day care home
8 premises except in the possession of peace officers or
9 other adults who must possess a handgun as a condition of
10 employment and who reside on the premises of a day care
11 home;
12 (14) Provisions requiring that any firearm permitted
13 on day care home premises, except handguns in the
14 possession of peace officers, shall be kept in a
15 disassembled state, without ammunition, in locked storage,
16 inaccessible to children and that ammunition permitted on
17 day care home premises shall be kept in locked storage
18 separate from that of disassembled firearms, inaccessible
19 to children;
20 (15) Provisions requiring notification of parents or
21 guardians enrolling children at a day care home of the
22 presence in the day care home of any firearms and
23 ammunition and of the arrangements for the separate,
24 locked storage of such firearms and ammunition;
25 (16) Provisions requiring all licensed child care
26 facility employees who care for newborns and infants to
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1 complete training every 3 years on the nature of sudden
2 unexpected infant death (SUID), sudden infant death
3 syndrome (SIDS), and the safe sleep recommendations of the
4 American Academy of Pediatrics; and
5 (17) With respect to foster family homes, provisions
6 requiring the Department to review quality of care
7 concerns and to consider those concerns in determining
8 whether a foster family home is qualified to care for
9 children.
10 By July 1, 2022, all licensed day care home providers,
11 licensed group day care home providers, and licensed day care
12 center directors and classroom staff shall participate in at
13 least one training that includes the topics of early childhood
14 social emotional learning, infant and early childhood mental
15 health, early childhood trauma, or adverse childhood
16 experiences. Current licensed providers, directors, and
17 classroom staff shall complete training by July 1, 2022 and
18 shall participate in training that includes the above topics
19 at least once every 3 years.
20 (b) If, in a facility for general child care, there are
21 children diagnosed as mentally ill or children diagnosed as
22 having an intellectual or physical disability, who are
23 determined to be in need of special mental treatment or of
24 nursing care, or both mental treatment and nursing care, the
25 Department shall seek the advice and recommendation of the
26 Department of Human Services, the Department of Public Health,
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1 or both Departments regarding the residential treatment and
2 nursing care provided by the institution.
3 (c) The Department shall investigate any person applying
4 to be licensed as a foster parent to determine whether there is
5 any evidence of current drug or alcohol abuse in the
6 prospective foster family. The Department shall not license a
7 person as a foster parent if drug or alcohol abuse has been
8 identified in the foster family or if a reasonable suspicion
9 of such abuse exists, except that the Department may grant a
10 foster parent license to an applicant identified with an
11 alcohol or drug problem if the applicant has successfully
12 participated in an alcohol or drug treatment program,
13 self-help group, or other suitable activities and if the
14 Department determines that the foster family home can provide
15 a safe, appropriate environment and meet the physical and
16 emotional needs of children.
17 (d) The Department, in applying standards prescribed and
18 published, as herein provided, shall offer consultation
19 through employed staff or other qualified persons to assist
20 applicants and licensees in meeting and maintaining minimum
21 requirements for a license and to help them otherwise to
22 achieve programs of excellence related to the care of children
23 served. Such consultation shall include providing information
24 concerning education and training in early childhood
25 development to providers of day care home services. The
26 Department may provide or arrange for such education and
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1 training for those providers who request such assistance.
2 (e) The Department shall distribute copies of licensing
3 standards to all licensees and applicants for a license. Each
4 licensee or holder of a permit shall distribute copies of the
5 appropriate licensing standards and any other information
6 required by the Department to child care facilities under its
7 supervision. Each licensee or holder of a permit shall
8 maintain appropriate documentation of the distribution of the
9 standards. Such documentation shall be part of the records of
10 the facility and subject to inspection by authorized
11 representatives of the Department.
12 (f) The Department shall prepare summaries of day care
13 licensing standards. Each licensee or holder of a permit for a
14 day care facility shall distribute a copy of the appropriate
15 summary and any other information required by the Department,
16 to the legal guardian of each child cared for in that facility
17 at the time when the child is enrolled or initially placed in
18 the facility. The licensee or holder of a permit for a day care
19 facility shall secure appropriate documentation of the
20 distribution of the summary and brochure. Such documentation
21 shall be a part of the records of the facility and subject to
22 inspection by an authorized representative of the Department.
23 (g) The Department shall distribute to each licensee and
24 holder of a permit copies of the licensing or permit standards
25 applicable to such person's facility. Each licensee or holder
26 of a permit shall make available by posting at all times in a
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1 common or otherwise accessible area a complete and current set
2 of licensing standards in order that all employees of the
3 facility may have unrestricted access to such standards. All
4 employees of the facility shall have reviewed the standards
5 and any subsequent changes. Each licensee or holder of a
6 permit shall maintain appropriate documentation of the current
7 review of licensing standards by all employees. Such records
8 shall be part of the records of the facility and subject to
9 inspection by authorized representatives of the Department.
10 (h) Any standards involving physical examinations,
11 immunization, or medical treatment shall include appropriate
12 exemptions for children whose parents object thereto on the
13 grounds that they conflict with the tenets and practices of a
14 recognized church or religious organization, of which the
15 parent is an adherent or member, and for children who should
16 not be subjected to immunization for clinical reasons.
17 (i) The Department, in cooperation with the Department of
18 Public Health, shall work to increase immunization awareness
19 and participation among parents of children enrolled in day
20 care centers and day care homes by publishing on the
21 Department's website information about the benefits of
22 immunization against vaccine preventable diseases, including
23 influenza and pertussis. The information for vaccine
24 preventable diseases shall include the incidence and severity
25 of the diseases, the availability of vaccines, and the
26 importance of immunizing children and persons who frequently
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1 have close contact with children. The website content shall be
2 reviewed annually in collaboration with the Department of
3 Public Health to reflect the most current recommendations of
4 the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). The
5 Department shall work with day care centers and day care homes
6 licensed under this Act to ensure that the information is
7 annually distributed to parents in August or September.
8 (j) Any standard adopted by the Department that requires
9 an applicant for a license to operate a day care home to
10 include a copy of a high school diploma or equivalent
11 certificate with his or her application shall be deemed to be
12 satisfied if the applicant includes a copy of a high school
13 diploma or equivalent certificate or a copy of a degree from an
14 accredited institution of higher education or vocational
15 institution or equivalent certificate.
16 (Source: P.A. 102-4, eff. 4-27-21.)
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