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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB3444 Introduced 2/18/2025, by Rep. Harry Benton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that a day care home or group day care home may be exempt from licensure (rather than is not required to be licensed) if it serves dependent children of military personnel, is located on a military base or federal or government property, and is certified as a child development program by a branch of the U.S. Effective immediately. |
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| | HB3444 | | LRB104 10026 AAS 20097 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 10. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 3.7 as follows:
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| 6 | | (225 ILCS 10/3.7) |
| 7 | | Sec. 3.7. Exemption from licensure; day care homes and |
| 8 | | group day care homes serving children of military personnel. |
| 9 | | Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, a day |
| 10 | | care home or group day care home may be exempt from licensure |
| 11 | | if it meets all of the following requirements is not required |
| 12 | | to be licensed under this Act if the day care home or group day |
| 13 | | care home: (1) it serves dependent children of military |
| 14 | | personnel; (2) it is located on a military base or federal or |
| 15 | | government property; and (3) it is certified as a child |
| 16 | | development program by a branch of the U.S. Department of |
| 17 | | Defense or the U.S. Coast Guard. The U.S. Department of |
| 18 | | Defense or the U.S. Coast Guard, or their agents, including an |
| 19 | | installation commander of a military base on which a day care |
| 20 | | home or group day care home is located, may assume |
| 21 | | responsibility for monitoring the day care homes or group day |
| 22 | | care homes that are exempt from licensure under this Section. |
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 103-869, eff. 1-1-25.)
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