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Introduced
02/07/2025
02/07/2025
In Committee
04/30/2025
04/30/2025
Crossed Over
04/09/2025
04/09/2025
Passed
08/15/2025
08/15/2025
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
08/15/2025
08/15/2025
Introduced Session
104th General Assembly
Bill Summary
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that an employee or volunteer of a day care center, day care home, or group day care home (rather than each child care facility license applicant and each employee and volunteer of a child care facility or non-licensed service provider) shall authorize a criminal background investigation every 5 years, as required under the Child Care and Development Block Grant. Removes provisions concerning the requirement that the Department of Early Childhood establish a secure background check portal that has certain capabilities; the filing of applications by certain organizations and the examination by the Department of Children and Family Services of certain facilities; licenses, permits, and the Department of Early Childhood; and the public consumer education website database of day care homes, group day care homes, and day care centers. Removes the requirement that the annual comprehensive report that the Department of Children and Family Services provides to the General Assembly include details regarding the processing of background checks, including the average number of days it takes for the background check unit to complete a series of background checks and issue a background check clearance required under the Child Care and Development Block Grant. Removes provisions concerning the Missing Children Records Act. Makes other changes.
AI Summary
This bill modifies the Child Care Act of 1969 to update criminal background check requirements for day care center, day care home, and group day care home employees and volunteers. Specifically, the bill requires employees and volunteers in these child care settings to authorize a criminal background investigation every 5 years, in compliance with the Child Care and Development Block Grant. The bill allows day care centers, homes, and group homes to hire employees or volunteers on a probationary basis after receiving a qualifying result from either a Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint criminal background check or an Illinois State Police fingerprint criminal background check combined with a criminal record check from states where the employee or volunteer has resided in the past 5 years. While on probation, the new employee or volunteer must be supervised at all times by an individual who has received a qualifying background check result. The bill also transfers some responsibilities from the Department of Children and Family Services to the Department of Early Childhood starting July 1, 2026, and makes minor technical changes to language regarding day care licensing and reporting requirements.
Committee Categories
Education, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (8)
Adriane Johnson (D)*,
Joyce Mason (D)*,
Kelly Cassidy (D),
Margaret Croke (D),
Graciela Guzmán (D),
Camille Lilly (D),
Suzanne Ness (D),
Janet Yang Rohr (D),
Last Action
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0307 (on 08/15/2025)
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