HB 4728

  • Illinois House Bill
  • 103rd Regular Session
  • Introduced in House
  • House
  • Senate
  • Governor

Child Care Collaboration Prog

Abstract

Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to implement a Child Care Collaboration Program by no later than July 1, 2024 to facilitate high quality collaborative programming between child care and other early care and education providers and funding streams in order to increase, through collaboration, the quality and quantity of early care and education for families in Illinois who are eligible to receive child care assistance under the Department's Child Care Assistance Program. Provides that to be eligible to participate in the Child Care Collaboration Program a provider must meet certain eligibility requirements, including: (i) be a profit or nonprofit early childhood center or licensed family child care home; (ii) receive or be eligible to receive child care assistance funding; and (iii) be a part of an existing or pending collaborative arrangement with a Head Start or Early Head Start Program or with a pre-kindergarten program funded by the Illinois State Board of Education through the Early Childhood Block Grant. Sets forth approvable models of collaboration and application requirements for providers seeking approval of their existing or proposed child care collaboration program. Provides that each eligible provider that receives Department approval of its existing or proposed child care collaboration program shall receive an annual contract from the Department that allows for the advance payment of child care services at a rate that is based on the license capacity of the program. Provides that a family's eligibility for collaboration services under the approved child care collaboration program shall be determined in accordance with all current child care rules, with certain exceptions, including, but not limited to: (1) a family's eligibility period for collaboration services shall be up to 36 months to coincide with the family's eligibility for a Head Start or Early Head Start Program or an early childhood or preschool program funded through the Early Childhood Block Grant; and (2) no child care co-payments shall be assigned or collected from the family. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Removes a provision providing that each eligible provider that receives approval from the Department of Children and Family Services of the provider's existing or proposed child care collaboration program shall receive an annual contract from the Department that allows for the advance payment of child care services at a rate that is based on the license capacity of the existing or proposed program. Removes a provision exempting eligible families from child care co-payments for child care collaboration services. Instead provides that families eligible for collaboration services shall pay a monthly co-payment amount of up to $1.

Bill Sponsors (9)

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Apr 19, 2024

House

Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

House

Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty

House

Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias

Apr 18, 2024

House

Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin

House

Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason

House

Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William "Will" Davis

House

House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

House

House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee

House

Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez

House

Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer

Apr 17, 2024

House

Second Reading - Short Debate

House

Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

Apr 08, 2024

House

Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi

Apr 04, 2024

House

House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education Committee; by Voice Vote

House

Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education Committee; 014-000-000

House

Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

Apr 02, 2024

House

House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education Committee

Mar 22, 2024

House

Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. William "Will" Davis

House

Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William "Will" Davis

House

House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

House

House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

Mar 21, 2024

House

State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

House

Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

House

Pension Note Requested by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

House

State Debt Impact Note Requested by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

House

Home Rule Note Requested by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

House

Balanced Budget Note Requested by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

Mar 05, 2024

House

Assigned to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education Committee

Feb 06, 2024

House

Referred to Rules Committee

House

First Reading

Feb 02, 2024

House

Filed with the Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

Bill Text

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House Amendment 001 HTML PDF
House Amendment 002 HTML PDF

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