98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5946

 

Introduced , by Rep. Dan Brady

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/5-25013  from Ch. 34, par. 5-25013

    Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a board of health of a county or a multiple-county health department may (currently, shall) establish and carry out programs and services in mental health, including intellectual disabilities and alcoholism and substance abuse, not inconsistent with the regulations of the Department of Human Services.


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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
55-25013 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/5-25013)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25013)
7    Sec. 5-25013. Organization of board; powers and duties.
8    (A) The board of health of each county or multiple-county
9health department shall, immediately after appointment, meet
10and organize, by the election of one of its number as president
11and one as secretary, and either from its number or otherwise,
12a treasurer and such other officers as it may deem necessary. A
13board of health may make and adopt such rules for its own
14guidance and for the government of the health department as may
15be deemed necessary to protect and improve public health not
16inconsistent with this Division. It shall:
17        1. Hold a meeting prior to the end of each operating
18    fiscal year, at which meeting officers shall be elected for
19    the ensuing operating fiscal year;
20        2. Hold meetings at least quarterly;
21        3. Hold special meetings upon a written request signed
22    by two members and filed with the Secretary or on request
23    of the medical health officer or public health

 

 

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1    administrator;
2        4. Provide, equip and maintain suitable offices,
3    facilities and appliances for the health department;
4        5. Publish annually, within 90 days after the end of
5    the county's operating fiscal year, in pamphlet form, for
6    free distribution, an annual report showing the condition
7    of its trust on the last day of the most recently completed
8    operating fiscal year, the sums of money received from all
9    sources, giving the name of any donor, how all moneys have
10    been expended and for what purpose, and such other
11    statistics and information in regard to the work of the
12    health department as it may deem of general interest;
13        6. Within its jurisdiction, and professional and
14    technical competence, enforce and observe all State laws
15    pertaining to the preservation of health, and all county
16    and municipal ordinances except as otherwise provided in
17    this Division;
18        7. Within its jurisdiction, and professional and
19    technical competence, investigate the existence of any
20    contagious or infectious disease and adopt measures, not
21    inconsistent with the regulations of the State Department
22    of Public Health, to arrest the progress of the same;
23        8. Within its jurisdiction, and professional and
24    technical competence, make all necessary sanitary and
25    health investigations and inspections;
26        9. Upon request, give professional advice and

 

 

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1    information to all city, village, incorporated town and
2    school authorities, within its jurisdiction, in all
3    matters pertaining to sanitation and public health;
4        10. Appoint a medical health officer as the executive
5    officer for the department, who shall be a citizen of the
6    United States and shall possess such qualifications as may
7    be prescribed by the State Department of Public Health; or
8    appoint a public health administrator who shall possess
9    such qualifications as may be prescribed by the State
10    Department of Public Health as the executive officer for
11    the department, provided that the board of health shall
12    make available medical supervision which is considered
13    adequate by the Director of Public Health;
14        10 1/2. Appoint such professional employees as may be
15    approved by the executive officer who meet the
16    qualification requirements of the State Department of
17    Public Health for their respective positions provided,
18    that in those health departments temporarily without a
19    medical health officer or public health administrator
20    approval by the State Department of Public Health shall
21    suffice;
22        11. Appoint such other officers and employees as may be
23    necessary;
24        12. Prescribe the powers and duties of all officers and
25    employees, fix their compensation, and authorize payment
26    of the same and all other department expenses from the

 

 

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1    County Health Fund of the county or counties concerned;
2        13. Submit an annual budget to the county board or
3    boards;
4        14. Submit an annual report to the county board or
5    boards, explaining all of its activities and expenditures;
6        15. (Blank) Establish and carry out programs and
7    services in mental health, including intellectual
8    disabilities and alcoholism and substance abuse, not
9    inconsistent with the regulations of the Department of
10    Human Services;
11        16. Consult with all other private and public health
12    agencies in the county in the development of local plans
13    for the most efficient delivery of health services.
14    (B) The board of health of each county or multiple-county
15health department may:
16        1. Initiate and carry out programs and activities of
17    all kinds, not inconsistent with law, that may be deemed
18    necessary or desirable in the promotion and protection of
19    health and in the control of disease including
20    tuberculosis;
21        2. Receive contributions of real and personal
22    property;
23        3. Recommend to the county board or boards the adoption
24    of such ordinances and of such rules and regulations as may
25    be deemed necessary or desirable for the promotion and
26    protection of health and control of disease;

 

 

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1        4. Appoint a medical and dental advisory committee and
2    a non-medical advisory committee to the health department;
3        5. Enter into contracts with the State,
4    municipalities, other political subdivisions and
5    non-official agencies for the purchase, sale or exchange of
6    health services;
7        6. Set fees it deems reasonable and necessary (i) to
8    provide services or perform regulatory activities, (ii)
9    when required by State or federal grant award conditions,
10    (iii) to support activities delegated to the board of
11    health by the Illinois Department of Public Health, or (iv)
12    when required by an agreement between the board of health
13    and other private or governmental organizations, unless
14    the fee has been established as a part of a regulatory
15    ordinance adopted by the county board, in which case the
16    board of health shall make recommendations to the county
17    board concerning those fees. Revenue generated under this
18    Section shall be deposited into the County Health Fund or
19    to the account of the multiple-county health department.
20        7. Enter into multiple year employment contracts with
21    the medical health officer or public health administrator
22    as may be necessary for the recruitment and retention of
23    personnel and the proper functioning of the health
24    department; and .
25        8. Establish and carry out programs and services in
26    mental health, including intellectual disabilities and

 

 

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1    alcoholism and substance abuse, not inconsistent with the
2    regulations of the Department of Human Services.
3    (C) The board of health of a multiple-county health
4department may hire attorneys to represent and advise the
5department concerning matters that are not within the exclusive
6jurisdiction of the State's Attorney of one of the counties
7that created the department.
8(Source: P.A. 97-227, eff. 1-1-12.)