Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB3146

Amends the Departments of State Government Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Director of Public Health shall be a person who has administrative experience in public health work at the local, state, or national level (instead of a physician licensed to practice medicine in Illinois). Sets forth the minimum education and experience qualifications that the Director must possess. Provides for the appointment, in the Director's Office, of a Medical Director who shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches in Illinois who meets the requirements of any one or more of the class titles listed in the medical administrator classification series adopted by the Department of Central Management Services. Requires the Medical Director to advise the Director on all issues relating to the State's response to disease outbreak management and control. Deletes a provision requiring the Assistant Director of Public Health to be a person who has administrative experience in public health work. Effective immediately.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Director of Public Health to be either a physician or a person who has met the educational and experiential requirements set forth in the introduced bill. Provides that if the Director is not a physician, then a physician who is licensed to practice in the State shall serve as the Medical Director and Assistant Director. Sets forth duties to be performed by the Assistant Director or Medical Director. Effective immediately.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of Senate Amendment No. 1 with the following changes: (1) provides that if the Director of Public Health is not a physician, then a physician who is licensed to practice in the State shall be appointed to serve as Medical Director (rather than to serve as Assistant Director and Medical Director), (2) requires the Medical Director (rather than the Assistant Director or the Medical Director) to have primary responsibility for overseeing certain regulatory and policy areas if the Director is not a physician (rather than to have direct responsibility, interpreted broadly, for those areas if the Director is not a physician), (3) maintains the position of Assistant Director of Public Health, and (4) makes a technical change. Effective immediately.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the FY2013 Budget Implementation (Supplemental) Act. Amends various Acts to make changes in State programs that are necessary to implement the Governor's fiscal year 2013 budget recommendations. Effective immediately.

Removes a provision declaring that appropriations made from the State Pension Fund under a Section of the State Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act are appropriated to the designated retirement systems as a part of the annual State contribution required by the laws providing for the funding of those systems (rather than, to the designated retirement systems for the funding of the unfunded liabilities of the designated retirement systems and are in addition to any State contributions required under the Illinois Pension Code). Removes a provision appropriating to the State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois on a continuing basis from the General Revenue Fund an additional aggregate amount equal to a certified Prior Fiscal Year Shortfall.

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