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4		-	AN ACT concerning regulation.
5		-	Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
6		-	represented in the General Assembly:
7		-	Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by
8		-	changing Section 7.10 as follows:
9		-	(225 ILCS 10/7.10)
10		-	Sec. 7.10. Licensing orientation program and progress
11		-	Progress report.
12		-	(a) For the purposes of this Section, "child day care
13		-	licensing" or "day care licensing" means licensing of day care
14		-	centers, day care homes, and group day care homes.
15		-	(a-5) In addition to current daycare training and subject
16		-	to appropriations, the Department or any State agency that
17		-	assumes day care center licensing responsibilities shall host
18		-	licensing orientation programs to help educate potential day
19		-	care center, day care home, and group day care home providers
20		-	about the child day care licensing process. The programs shall
21		-	be made available in person and virtually. The Department or
22		-	its successor shall offer to host licensing orientation
23		-	programs at least twice annually in each Representative
24		-	District in the State. Additionally, if one or more persons
25		-	request that a program be offered in a language other than
26		-	English, then the Department or its successor must accommodate
	3	+	1 AN ACT concerning regulation.
	4	+	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
	5	+	3 represented in the General Assembly:
	6	+	4 Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by
	7	+	5 changing Section 7.10 as follows:
	8	+	6 (225 ILCS 10/7.10)
	9	+	7 Sec. 7.10. Licensing orientation program and progress
	10	+	8 Progress report.
	11	+	9 (a) For the purposes of this Section, "child day care
	12	+	10 licensing" or "day care licensing" means licensing of day care
	13	+	11 centers, day care homes, and group day care homes.
	14	+	12 (a-5) In addition to current daycare training and subject
	15	+	13 to appropriations, the Department or any State agency that
	16	+	14 assumes day care center licensing responsibilities shall host
	17	+	15 licensing orientation programs to help educate potential day
	18	+	16 care center, day care home, and group day care home providers
	19	+	17 about the child day care licensing process. The programs shall
	20	+	18 be made available in person and virtually. The Department or
	21	+	19 its successor shall offer to host licensing orientation
	22	+	20 programs at least twice annually in each Representative
	23	+	21 District in the State. Additionally, if one or more persons
	24	+	22 request that a program be offered in a language other than
	25	+	23 English, then the Department or its successor must accommodate
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33		-	the request.
34		-	(b) No later than September 30th of each year, the
35		-	Department shall provide the General Assembly with a
36		-	comprehensive report on its progress in meeting performance
37		-	measures and goals related to child day care licensing.
38		-	(c) The report shall include:
39		-	(1) details on the funding for child day care
40		-	licensing, including:
41		-	(A) the total number of full-time employees
42		-	working on child day care licensing;
43		-	(B) the names of all sources of revenue used to
44		-	support child day care licensing;
45		-	(C) the amount of expenditures that is claimed
46		-	against federal funding sources;
47		-	(D) the identity of federal funding sources; and
48		-	(E) how funds are appropriated, including
49		-	appropriations for line staff, support staff,
50		-	supervisory staff, and training and other expenses and
51		-	the funding history of such licensing since fiscal
52		-	year 2010;
53		-	(2) current staffing qualifications of day care
54		-	licensing representatives and day care licensing
55		-	supervisors in comparison with staffing qualifications
56		-	specified in the job description;
57		-	(3) data history for fiscal year 2010 to the current
58		-	fiscal year on day care licensing representative caseloads
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	34	+	1 the request.
	35	+	2 (b) No later than September 30th of each year, the
	36	+	3 Department shall provide the General Assembly with a
	37	+	4 comprehensive report on its progress in meeting performance
	38	+	5 measures and goals related to child day care licensing.
	39	+	6 (c) The report shall include:
	40	+	7 (1) details on the funding for child day care
	41	+	8 licensing, including:
	42	+	9 (A) the total number of full-time employees
	43	+	10 working on child day care licensing;
	44	+	11 (B) the names of all sources of revenue used to
	45	+	12 support child day care licensing;
	46	+	13 (C) the amount of expenditures that is claimed
	47	+	14 against federal funding sources;
	48	+	15 (D) the identity of federal funding sources; and
	49	+	16 (E) how funds are appropriated, including
	50	+	17 appropriations for line staff, support staff,
	51	+	18 supervisory staff, and training and other expenses and
	52	+	19 the funding history of such licensing since fiscal
	53	+	20 year 2010;
	54	+	21 (2) current staffing qualifications of day care
	55	+	22 licensing representatives and day care licensing
	56	+	23 supervisors in comparison with staffing qualifications
	57	+	24 specified in the job description;
	58	+	25 (3) data history for fiscal year 2010 to the current
	59	+	26 fiscal year on day care licensing representative caseloads
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61		-	and staffing levels in all areas of the State;
62		-	(4) per the DCFS Child Day Care Licensing Advisory
63		-	Council's work plan, quarterly data on the following
64		-	measures:
65		-	(A) the percentage of new applications disposed of
66		-	within 90 days;
67		-	(B) the percentage of licenses renewed on time;
68		-	(C) the percentage of day care centers receiving
69		-	timely annual monitoring visits;
70		-	(D) the percentage of day care homes receiving
71		-	timely annual monitoring visits;
72		-	(E) the percentage of group day care homes
73		-	receiving timely annual monitoring visits;
74		-	(F) the percentage of provider requests for
75		-	supervisory review;
76		-	(G) the progress on adopting a key indicator
77		-	system;
78		-	(H) the percentage of complaints disposed of
79		-	within 30 days;
80		-	(I) the average number of days a day care center
81		-	applicant must wait to attend a licensing orientation;
82		-	(J) the number of licensing orientation sessions
83		-	available per region in the past year; and
84		-	(K) the number of Department trainings related to
85		-	licensing and child development available to providers
86		-	in the past year; and
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89		-	(5) efforts to coordinate with the Department of Human
90		-	Services and the State Board of Education on professional
91		-	development, credentialing issues, and child developers,
92		-	including training registry, child developers, and Quality
93		-	Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS).
94		-	(d) The Department shall work with the Governor's
95		-	appointed Early Learning Council on issues related to and
96		-	concerning child day care.
97		-	(Source: P.A. 97-1096, eff. 8-24-12; 98-839, eff. 1-1-15.)
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	70	+	1 and staffing levels in all areas of the State;
	71	+	2 (4) per the DCFS Child Day Care Licensing Advisory
	72	+	3 Council's work plan, quarterly data on the following
	73	+	4 measures:
	74	+	5 (A) the percentage of new applications disposed of
	75	+	6 within 90 days;
	76	+	7 (B) the percentage of licenses renewed on time;
	77	+	8 (C) the percentage of day care centers receiving
	78	+	9 timely annual monitoring visits;
	79	+	10 (D) the percentage of day care homes receiving
	80	+	11 timely annual monitoring visits;
	81	+	12 (E) the percentage of group day care homes
	82	+	13 receiving timely annual monitoring visits;
	83	+	14 (F) the percentage of provider requests for
	84	+	15 supervisory review;
	85	+	16 (G) the progress on adopting a key indicator
	86	+	17 system;
	87	+	18 (H) the percentage of complaints disposed of
	88	+	19 within 30 days;
	89	+	20 (I) the average number of days a day care center
	90	+	21 applicant must wait to attend a licensing orientation;
	91	+	22 (J) the number of licensing orientation sessions
	92	+	23 available per region in the past year; and
	93	+	24 (K) the number of Department trainings related to
	94	+	25 licensing and child development available to providers
	95	+	26 in the past year; and
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	106	+	1 (5) efforts to coordinate with the Department of Human
	107	+	2 Services and the State Board of Education on professional
	108	+	3 development, credentialing issues, and child developers,
	109	+	4 including training registry, child developers, and Quality
	110	+	5 Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS).
	111	+	6 (d) The Department shall work with the Governor's
	112	+	7 appointed Early Learning Council on issues related to and
	113	+	8 concerning child day care.
	114	+	9 (Source: P.A. 97-1096, eff. 8-24-12; 98-839, eff. 1-1-15.)
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