101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5056

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Brad Halbrook

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/5-25012  from Ch. 34, par. 5-25012

    Amends the Counties Code. Provides that no member of a county board or board of county commissioners, during the term of office for which he or she is elected, may be appointed or serve as a member of the board of health. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
55-25012 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/5-25012)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25012)
7    Sec. 5-25012. Board of health. Except in those cases where
8a board of 10 or 12 members is provided for as authorized in
9this Section, each county health department shall be managed by
10a board of health consisting of 8 members appointed by the
11president or chairman of the county board, with the approval of
12the county board, for a 3 year term, except that of the first
13appointees 2 shall serve for one year, 2 for 2 years, 3 for 3
14years and the term of the member appointed from the county
15board, as provided in this Section, shall be one year and shall
16continue until reappointment or until a successor is appointed.
17Each board of health which has 8 members, may have one
18additional member appointed by the president or chairman of the
19county board, with the approval of the county board. The
20additional member shall first be appointed within 90 days after
21the effective date of this amendatory Act for a term ending
22July 1, 2002.
23    The county health department in a county having a

 

 

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1population of 200,000 or more may, if the county board, by
2resolution, so provides, be managed by a board of health
3consisting of 12 members appointed by the president or chairman
4of the county board, with the approval of the county board, for
5a 3 year term, except that of the first appointees 3 shall
6serve for one year, 4 for 2 years, 4 for 3 years and the term of
7the member appointed from the county board, as provided in this
8Section, shall be one year and shall continue until
9reappointment or until a successor is appointed. In counties
10with a population of 200,000 or more which have a board of
11health of 8 members, the county board may, by resolution,
12increase the size of the board of health to 12 members, in
13which case the 4 members added shall be appointed, as of the
14next anniversary of the present appointments, 2 for terms of 3
15years, one for 2 years and one for one year.
16    The county board in counties with a population of more than
17100,000 but less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and contiguous to
18any county with a metropolitan area with more than 1,000,000
19inhabitants, may establish compensation for the board of
20health, as remuneration for their services as members of the
21board of health. Monthly compensation shall not exceed $200
22except in the case of the president of the board of health
23whose monthly compensation shall not exceed $400.
24    When a county board of health consisting of 8 members
25assumes the responsibilities of a municipal department of
26public health, and both the county board and the city council

 

 

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1adopt resolutions or ordinances to that effect, the county
2board may, by resolution or ordinance, increase the membership
3of the county board of health to 10 members. The additional 2
4members shall initially be appointed by the mayor of the
5municipality, with the approval of the city council, each such
6member to serve for a term of 2 years; thereafter the
7successors shall be appointed by the president or chairman of
8the county board, with the approval of the county board, for
9terms of 2 years.
10    Each multiple-county health department shall be managed by
11a board of health consisting of 4 members appointed from each
12county by the president or chairman of the county board with
13the approval of the county board for a 3 year term, except that
14of the first appointees from each county one shall serve for
15one year, one for 2 years, one for 3 years and the term of the
16member appointed from the county board of each member county,
17as hereinafter provided, shall be one year and shall continue
18until reappointment or until a successor is appointed.
19    The term of office of original appointees shall begin on
20July 1 following their appointment, and the term of all members
21shall continue until their successors are appointed. All
22members shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed
23for actual necessary expenses incurred in the performance of
24their duties. At least 2 members of each county board of health
25shall be physicians licensed in Illinois to practice medicine
26in all of its branches and at least one member shall be a

 

 

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1dentist licensed in Illinois. In counties with a population
2under 500,000, one member shall be chosen from the county board
3or the board of county commissioners as the case may be. In
4counties with a population over 500,000, two members shall be
5chosen from the county board or the board of county
6commissioners as the case may be. At least one member from each
7county on each multiple-county board of health shall be a
8physician licensed in Illinois to practice medicine in all of
9its branches, one member from each county on each
10multiple-county board of health shall be chosen from the county
11board or the board of county commissioners, as the case may be,
12and at least one member of the board of health shall be a
13dentist licensed in Illinois. No member of a county board or
14board of county commissioners, during the term of office for
15which he or she is elected, may be appointed or serve as a
16member of the board of health. Whenever possible, at least one
17member shall have experience in the field of mental health. All
18members shall be chosen for their special fitness for
19membership on the board.
20    Any member may be removed for misconduct or neglect of duty
21by the chairman or president of the county board, with the
22approval of the county board, of the county which appointed
23him.
24    Vacancies shall be filled as in the case of appointment for
25a full term.
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1contrary, a county with a population of 240,000 or more
2inhabitants that does not currently have a county health
3department may, by resolution of the county board, establish a
4board of health consisting of the members of such board. Such
5board of health shall be advised by a committee which shall
6consist of at least 5 members appointed by the president or
7chairman of the county board with the approval of the county
8board for terms of 3 years; except that of the first appointees
9at least 2 shall serve for 3 years, at least 2 shall serve for 2
10years and at least one shall serve for one year. At least one
11member of the advisory committee shall be a physician licensed
12in Illinois to practice medicine in all its branches, at least
13one shall be a dentist licensed in Illinois, and one shall be a
14nurse licensed in Illinois. All members shall be chosen for
15their special fitness for membership on the advisory committee.
16    All members of a board established under this Section must
17be residents of the county, except that a member who is
18required to be a physician, dentist, or nurse may reside
19outside the county if no physician, dentist, or nurse, as
20applicable, who resides in the county is willing and able to
21serve.
22(Source: P.A. 94-457, eff. 1-1-06; 94-791, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24becoming law.