(55 ILCS 5/5-25002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25002)
Sec. 5-25002.
Classification of departments.
County and multiple county
health departments established under this Division may be classified by the
Director of Public Health in accordance with standards relating to
programs, and performance. The State Department of Public Health is
authorized to promulgate rules and regulations setting forth minimum
standards for programs and performance, including regulations in which the
State Department of Public Health shall require provision of home
visitation and other services for pregnant women, new mothers and infants
who are at risk as defined by that Department that encompass but are not
limited to consultation for parental and child development, comprehensive
health education, nutritional assessment, dental health, and periodic
health screening, referral and follow-up; the services shall be provided
through programs funded by grants from the Department of Public Health from
appropriations to the Department for that purpose. The Department is further
authorized to prescribe minimum qualifications for the professional,
technical, and administrative staff.
(Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1377; 87-395.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-25003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25003)
Sec. 5-25003.
Election on establishment of county health
department and annual levy of additional tax. Whenever a
petition signed by voters representing not less than 10% of the
votes cast at the last preceding general election of any
county is presented to the county clerk requesting the establishment and
maintenance of a county health department and the levy therefor, in
excess of the statutory limit, of an additional annual tax of not to
exceed .1% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of
Revenue, of all taxable property of the county, the
county clerk shall certify the proposition for submission at an election
in accordance with the general election law, and the proposition shall be
so submitted. The proposition shall be in substantially the
following form:
Shall.... county levy an annual tax of not to YES exceed .1% for the purpose
of providing community health NO facilities and services?
If a majority of all votes cast upon the proposition is in favor thereof,
the county board shall immediately proceed to establish a health
department. In any county in which a county health department was
established by a referendum prior to January 1, 1970, the county board may,
by resolution and without subsequent referendum, levy a tax at a rate not
to exceed the rate set forth in Section 5-25010.
However, any levy in excess of .05% shall be approved by at least a
three-fifths vote of the county board. The foregoing limitations upon
tax rates, insofar as they are applicable to counties of less than
1,000,000 population, may be increased or decreased under the referendum
provisions of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 86-962 .)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-25004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25004)
Sec. 5-25004.
Election on establishment of multiple-county health
department and annual levy of additional tax. Whenever a petition signed by
voters representing not less than 10% of the votes cast at the last preceding
general election in each of two or more adjacent counties is presented to
their respective county clerks requesting the establishment and maintenance
of a multiple-county health department and the levy therefor, in excess of
the statutory limit, of an additional annual tax in each county of not
to exceed .1% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department
of Revenue, of all taxable property of the county, each
county clerk shall certify the proposition to the county clerk of each of the
other counties mentioned in the petition. Each such county clerk in
accordance with the general election law shall make certification to any
board of election commissioners in his county and shall submit the proposition
to the voters at an election. If the petitions are so presented in 4 or
more counties, the approval of the State Department of Public Health as
provided in Section 5-25001, shall be obtained prior to the
giving of notice. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
Shall.... counties levy an annual tax of not to exceed .1% YES for the purpose of providing health
facilities and services in their NO respective counties?
If a majority of all votes cast upon the proposition in each county
is in favor thereof, the several county boards shall immediately proceed
to organize a multiple-county health department and shall agree
concerning the conditions governing the organization and operation of
the department and for the apportionment of the cost thereof. In any
county in which a multiple county health department was established and
organized by a referendum prior to January 1, 1970, the county board
may, by resolution and without subsequent referendum, levy a tax at a
rate not to exceed the rate set forth in Section 5-25010. However, any
levy in excess of .05% shall be approved by at least a
three-fifths vote of the county board. The foregoing limitations upon tax
rates, insofar as they are applicable to counties of less than 1,000,000
population, may be increased or decreased under the referendum provisions
of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 86-962 .)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-25005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25005)
Sec. 5-25005.
Canvass of votes.
When the proposition is submitted to
the voters of a county, the ballots shall be counted, the returns canvassed
and the result declared as in the case of a regular county election.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-25006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25006)
Sec. 5-25006.
Canvass of votes in several counties.
When the
proposition is submitted to the voters of two or more
adjacent counties, the ballots shall be counted and the returns made to the
county clerk of each county, respectively, in the same manner as in the
case of returns to the county clerk in a general election. The returns
shall be opened and canvassed by a committee made up of the county clerk of
each county in which the vote on the proposition was cast, and the chairman
of the county board of each county. The committee will convene at the
request of the chairman of the county board of any one of the counties in
which the vote on the proposition was cast. The committee shall elect a
chairman whose duty it will be to see that the returns are opened and
canvassed by the committee and that the result is declared.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-25007) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25007)
Sec. 5-25007.
County clerk to record vote.
Each county clerk shall
record the result of the vote upon the proposition in his county, and the
result may be proved in all courts and in all proceedings by the record or
by a certified copy thereof.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-25008) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25008)
Sec. 5-25008.
Jurisdiction of department.
Each county and
multiple-county health department has jurisdiction for the purposes of this
Division throughout the entire county or multiple counties, except within:
1. Any public health district organized under "An Act to authorize the
organization of public health districts and for the establishment and
maintenance of a health department for the same," filed June 26, 1917,
as amended;
2. Any city, village or incorporated town or combination thereof of less
than 500,000 inhabitants which city, village, incorporated town or combination
thereof or public health district maintains a local health department and
employs a full-time health officer and other professional personnel
possessing such qualifications as may be prescribed by the
State Department of Public Health;
3. Any city, village or incorporated town of 500,000 or more inhabitants.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-25009) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25009)
Sec. 5-25009.
Abandonment of city, village or town department.
Any city, village or incorporated town, or combination thereof or
any public health district which maintains its own independent health
department may abandon the same and become integrated in the county or
multiple-county health department. The method of abandonment, unless
otherwise prescribed by law, shall be the same as the method of adoption.
Abandonment shall become effective at the end of the fiscal year of the
city, village, incorporated town or public health district.
Any county which establishes a county health department may unite with
other counties to organize a multiple-county health department, in which
event the county health department shall be dissolved as soon as the
multiple-county health department is organized and all of its records shall
be transferred to the multiple-county health department.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-25010) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25010)
Sec. 5-25010. Annual tax levy. The county board of any county which
has established and is maintaining a county or multiple-county health
department shall, when authorized as provided in Sections 5-25003 or
5-25004, levy annually therefor, in excess of the statutory limit, a tax of
not to exceed .1% of the value plus the additional tax, if applicable,
provided for in Section 5-23002, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of
all taxable property of the county, which tax shall be levied and collected in
like manner as general county taxes and shall be paid (except as provided in
Section 5-25011) into the county treasury and held in the County Health Fund
and shall be used only for the purposes of this Division.
Where there is a county health department, the County Health Fund
shall be drawn upon by the proper officers of the county upon the
properly authenticated vouchers of the county health department. Where
there is a multiple-county health department, the County Health Fund
shall be drawn upon by the treasurer of the board of health of the
multiple-county health department. In counties maintaining single county
health departments, each county board shall appropriate from the County
Health Fund such sums of money as may be sufficient to fund the approved
budget of the county health department, so long as those sums have been set out
in the annual budget submitted to the county board by the county board
of health and that annual budget has been approved by the county board.
In counties with a population between 700,000 and 3,000,000, the county board
chairman has the power to veto or reduce any line item in the appropriation
ordinance for the county or multiple-county health
department as provided in Section 5-1014.5.
Each county board of counties participating in the maintenance of a
multiple-county health department shall appropriate from the County
Health Fund and shall authorize the county treasurer to release
quarterly or more often to the treasurer of the board of health of the
multiple-county health department such sums of money as are in
accordance with the budget submitted by the multiple-county board of
health and approved by the county board of each of the participating
counties as may be necessary to pay its agreed share for the maintenance
of the multiple-county health department. The treasurer of the board of
health of the multiple-county health department shall request by
voucher, quarterly or more often such sums of money from the county
treasurers of the respective member counties, and shall support such
requests with estimates of anticipated receipts and expenditures for the
period for which sums of money are requested and with statements of
receipts and expenditures for the preceding period. In addition, that
treasurer shall support the requests to the annual budget submitted by
the multiple-county public health board and approved by the county board
of each of the participating counties. No payment may be made from a
County Health Fund except on the basis of a budget item in a budget
submitted by the appropriate public health board and approved by the
county board or boards concerned; however, amended or supplemental
budgets may be submitted and approved and thereby be the basis for such
a payment.
(Source: P.A. 102-587, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-25011) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25011)
Sec. 5-25011.
Disposition of taxes collected.
The entire amount collected from taxes
levied under this Division on property subject to the general
corporate tax of any city, village or incorporated town or combination
thereof or public health district which maintains its own local health
department as provided in this Division, less the amount allowed for
collecting the same, shall be paid over by the county treasurer to the
treasurer of the public health district, city, village or incorporated town
to be used for the maintenance of its local health department.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-25012) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25012)
Sec. 5-25012. Board of health. Except in those cases where a board of 10 or 12 members is provided for as
authorized in this Section, each county health department shall be managed
by a board of health consisting of
8 members appointed by the president or
chairman of the county board, with the approval of the county board, for a
3 year term, except that of the first appointees 2 shall serve for one
year, 2 for 2 years, 3 for 3 years and the term of the member appointed
from the county board, as provided in this Section, shall be one year and
shall continue until reappointment or until a
successor is appointed. Each board of health which has 8 members, may
have
one additional member appointed by the president or chairman of the county
board, with the approval of the county board. The additional member shall
first be appointed within 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory
Act for a term ending July 1, 2002.
The county health department in a county having a population of 200,000
or more may, if the county board, by resolution, so provides, be managed by
a board of health consisting of 12 members appointed by the president or
chairman of the county board, with the approval of the county board, for a
3 year term, except that of the first appointees 3 shall serve for one
year, 4 for 2 years, 4 for 3 years and the term of the member appointed
from the county board, as provided in this Section, shall be one year and
shall continue until reappointment or until a successor is appointed. In
counties with a population of 200,000 or more which have a board of health
of 8 members, the county board may, by resolution, increase the size of the
board of health to 12 members, in which case the 4 members added shall be
appointed, as of the next anniversary of the present appointments, 2 for
terms of 3 years, one for 2 years and one for one year.
The county board in counties with a population of more than 100,000
but less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and contiguous to any county with a
metropolitan area with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants, may establish
compensation for the board of health, as remuneration for their services as
members of the board of health. Monthly compensation shall not exceed
$200 except in the case of the president of the board of health whose
monthly compensation shall not exceed $400.
When a county board of health consisting of 8 members assumes the responsibilities of a municipal department of public health, and both the county board and the city council adopt resolutions or ordinances to that effect, the county board may, by resolution or ordinance, increase the membership of the county board of health to 10 members. The additional 2 members shall initially be appointed by the mayor of the municipality, with the approval of the city council, each such member to serve for a term of 2 years; thereafter the successors shall be appointed by the president or chairman of the county board, with the approval of the county board, for terms of 2 years.
Each multiple-county health department shall be managed by a board of
health consisting of 4 members appointed from each county by the president
or chairman of the county board with the approval of the county board for a
3 year term, except that of the first appointees from each county one shall
serve for one year, one for 2 years, one for 3 years and the term of the
member appointed from the county board of each member county, as
hereinafter provided, shall be one year and shall continue until
reappointment or until a successor is appointed.
The term of office of original appointees shall begin on July 1
following their appointment, and the term of all members shall continue
until their successors are appointed. All members shall serve without
compensation but may be reimbursed for actual necessary expenses incurred
in the performance of their duties. At least 2 members of each county board
of health shall be physicians licensed in Illinois to practice medicine in
all of its branches and at least one member shall be a dentist licensed in
Illinois. In counties with a population under 500,000, one member shall
be chosen from the county board or the board of county commissioners
as the case may be. In counties with a population over 500,000, two members
shall be chosen from the county board or the board of county commissioners
as the case may be. At least one member from each county on each
multiple-county board of health shall be a physician
licensed in Illinois to practice medicine in all of its branches, one
member from each county on each multiple-county board of health shall be
chosen from the county board or the board of county commissioners, as the case
may be, and at least one member of the board of health shall be a dentist
licensed in Illinois. Whenever possible, at least one member shall have
experience in the field of mental health. All members shall be chosen for
their special fitness for membership on the board.
Any member may be removed for misconduct or neglect of duty by the
chairman or president of the county board, with the approval of the county
board, of the county which appointed him.
Vacancies shall be filled as in the case of appointment for a full term.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the contrary, a county
with a population of 240,000 or more inhabitants that does not currently have a
county health department may, by
resolution of the county board, establish a board of health consisting of the
members of such board. Such board of health shall be advised by a committee
which shall consist of at least 5 members appointed by the president or
chairman of the county board with the approval of the county board for terms of
3 years; except that of the first appointees at least 2 shall serve for 3
years, at least 2 shall serve for 2 years and at least one shall serve for one
year. At least one member of the advisory committee shall be a physician
licensed in Illinois to practice medicine in all its branches, at least one
shall be a dentist licensed in Illinois, and one shall be a nurse licensed in
Illinois. All members shall be chosen for their special fitness for membership
on the advisory committee.
All members of a board established under this Section must be residents of the county, except that a member who is required to be a physician, dentist, or nurse may reside outside the county if no physician, dentist, or nurse, as applicable, who resides in the county is willing and able to serve.
(Source: P.A. 94-457, eff. 1-1-06; 94-791, eff. 1-1-07.)
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