DHS-CHILD CARE-CRIMINAL CHECKS

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires any child care provider who receives funds from the child care assistance program and who is not required to be licensed to authorize in writing periodic investigations of the Central Register to ascertain if any child care provider or any member of the provider's household age 13 or older has been determined to be a perpetrator in an indicated report of child abuse or neglect. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to conduct an investigation of the Central Register, the Illinois Sex Offender Registry, and the National Sex Offender Registry at the request of the Department of Human Services. Removes a provision requiring the Department of Human Services to provide an unlicensed child care provider with a copy of the criminal history record check obtained from the Department of State Police. Removes provisions concerning disqualifying criminal charges and criteria the Department of Human Services shall consider when making a determination as to terminating payments to an unlicensed child care provider. Effective immediately.