CHILD CARE-FEES AND FINES

Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services shall charge a fee not to exceed $500 for issuing or renewing a license on every child care facility, other than a foster home. Provides that the Department may fine a day care facility for a violation of the Act. Provides that all fees and fines collected by the Department under the Act shall be deposited into the DCFS Children's Services Fund and must be used to enhance services by the Department pursuant to the Act. Provides that the Department shall publish information on substantiated violations found in all day care facilities licensed under this Act. Requires that the Department prescribe and publish a schedule for the fees and fines for violations of day care centers under the Act. Adds as one of the grounds for discipline the failure to pay a renewal fee or fine owed to the Department under the Act. Makes other changes.