HB4861

EARLY CHILDHOOD-DUE PROCESS

Introduced·2/3/26
Introduced Text

Illinois HB4861 amends the Department of Early Childhood Act to establish procedural safeguards for families involved in early intervention services.

Illinois HB4861 amends the Department of Early Childhood Act to ensure that public agencies involved in early intervention services adopt procedural safeguards. These safeguards must meet federal requirements and include timely administrative resolution of complaints, due process hearings, and mediations. They also provide parents and guardians the right to examine and receive copies of records, confidentiality of personally identifiable information, timely written prior notice of changes to services, and written prior notice of procedural safeguards in a comprehensible manner.

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Where it stands

Current
Rules Committee
Next
Committee decision

Sponsors

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Calendar

Mar 26

10:00 AM

House Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education Committee Hearing

Mar 26

10:00 AM

House Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education Committee Hearing

History

Mar 27

House

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

Mar 4

House

Assigned to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education

Feb 6

House

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