Bill Text: IL HB4491 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that through June 30, 2029, either a qualified child care director or a qualified early childhood teacher with a minimum of 2,880 hours of experience as an early childhood teacher at the early childhood teacher's current facility must be present for the first and last hour of the workday and at the open or close of the facility. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall adopt rules to implement the provisions. Provides that such rules must be filed with the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules no later than January 1, 2025. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-2)

Status: (Enrolled) 2024-05-26 - Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel [HB4491 Detail]

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4491 Introduced , by Rep. Laura Faver Dias SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 10/3 from Ch. 23, par. 2213
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that a qualified child care director must be present at the open or close of the facility. Provides that a qualified early childhood teacher who has been employed by the facility continuously for at least 24 months may otherwise be present for the first or last hour of the workday.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by
changing Section 3 as follows:
(225 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 2213)
Sec. 3. (a) No person, group of persons or corporation may
operate or conduct any facility for child care, as defined in
this Act, without a license or permit issued by the Department
or without being approved by the Department as meeting the
standards established for such licensing, with the exception
of facilities for whom standards are established by the
Department of Corrections under Section 3-15-2 of the Unified
Code of Corrections and with the exception of facilities
defined in Section 2.10 of this Act, and with the exception of
programs or facilities licensed by the Department of Human
Services under the Substance Use Disorder Act.
(b) No part day child care facility as described in
Section 2.10 may operate without written notification to the
Department or without complying with Section 7.1. Notification
shall include a notarized statement by the facility that the
facility complies with state or local health standards and
state fire safety standards, and shall be filed with the

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