(55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-24 heading) Division 5-24.
Cancer and Tumor Relief
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(55 ILCS 5/5-24001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-24001)
Sec. 5-24001.
Funds for treatment of persons unable to pay.
Each county of this State shall provide funds, in the manner hereinafter
provided, for the treatment of persons in their respective counties
afflicted with cancer or tumor who are unable to pay for such treatment.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-24002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-24002)
Sec. 5-24002.
Applications for benefits.
It shall be the duty of the
presiding officer of the county board of each county, with the advice and
consent of that county board, to appoint a duly licensed physician,
hereinafter called the examiner, who is familiar with cancer and tumor
cases, who shall maintain an office in some convenient place during the
entire year for the purpose of examining applicants for the benefits of the
provisions of this Division.
Such examiner shall examine all applicants desiring to receive the
benefits of the provisions of this Division, referred to him by
the county board and shall endorse on each such application a certificate
to each such applicant, stating whether or not in his opinion such
applicant is entitled to receive the benefits of the provisions of this
Division.
Such application may be filed with the county board by the person
afflicted with cancer or tumor, and whenever it shall come to the notice of
any public health nurse, any public health officer, or any physician of
such county, that any person entitled to the benefits of this Division
has not applied therefor, it shall be the duty of such nurse,
health officer or physician to file such an application with such board on
behalf of such afflicted person.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-24003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-24003)
Sec. 5-24003.
Petition; hearing.
Whenever an examiner certifies that
an applicant is entitled to the benefits of this Division, such
examiner shall file a petition on behalf of such applicant in the circuit
court, which petition shall set forth such facts as are necessary under
this Division to give the court jurisdiction of the
subject-matter thereof and a full statement of the financial condition of
the applicant. The court shall set a day for a hearing on such petition
which shall be not less than 3 nor more than 10 days after the date of the
filing thereof. The court may require such persons as it deems necessary to
appear and testify at any such hearing and may direct that process be
issued requiring the attendance at such hearing of any such persons.
If the applicant is too ill to be present in the court room at the time
of such hearing, the court may, in its discretion, hold all or part of such
hearing at the home of the applicant or at such other place wherein the
applicant may be confined.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-24004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-24004)
Sec. 5-24004.
Order for payment for treatment by county.
Upon
the hearing of such a petition and the court being fully
advised in the premises, and finding the facts therein alleged to be true,
and that the applicant is financially unable to pay for such treatment and
that no relative legally responsible therefor is financially able to pay
for such treatment, may make an order upon the county board to pay for any
such treatment for the applicant for any sum not in excess of $40 per
month as the court deems necessary and
reasonable considering the financial condition of the applicant, which sum
may be used to provide necessary treatment, and in addition thereto,
medicine, nursing care and food for such applicant, if such applicant is
shown to be financially unable to pay for such medicine, care or food. It
shall thereupon be the duty of the county board to see that such amount so
fixed by the court is expended for treatment, or treatment and medicine,
nursing care and food, as the case may be, for such applicant, until
further order of the court.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-24005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-24005)
Sec. 5-24005.
Residence requirements.
Such relief shall not be
granted by the court to any person who has not resided in the county where
application is made at least one year next preceding such application.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-24006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-24006)
Sec. 5-24006.
Application by person having custody.
Any guardian
or other person having the custody of any such afflicted person may file an
application on behalf of such person.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-24007) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-24007)
Sec. 5-24007.
Fee for examination.
The examiner shall be paid the
sum of $5, by the county board, for each such examination of an applicant.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-24008) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-24008)
Sec. 5-24008.
Court order.
The court upon ordering, in connection
with any petition, that the county board provide a designated sum for
treatment for any such person, may also provide that such applicant may be
treated in some hospital in the county or in a home.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-24009) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-24009)
Sec. 5-24009.
Examination in State clinic or in hospital outside county;
nursing care. In connection with any such petition, when it is called to the
attention of the court that a proper and timely diagnosis of applicant's
case cannot be had locally, the court may make such order as may be
necessary and proper for sending the applicant to some hospital outside of
such county for examination and for the payment of the necessary expense
incident thereto. If the State is maintaining any clinic in such county, or
in any other county within a reasonable distance of such county, for the
purpose of treating cancer or tumor patients, the court shall send the
applicant to such clinic instead of to a hospital. Whenever it is, in the
opinion of the court, necessary for any such applicant to have the care of
a nurse, either in a hospital or a home, and it is shown to the
satisfaction of the court that because of the necessity of such nursing
care, the sum of $40 per month as authorized under the provisions of
Section 5-24004, is insufficient to adequately provide for the cost of such
nursing care, the court may authorize the payment of not to exceed $20 per
month for such care, in addition to such sum of $40.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-24010) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-24010)
Sec. 5-24010.
Payments by county treasurer.
All payments to persons
entitled to relief under the provisions of this Division shall be paid by
the county treasurer after approval of the claim therefor by the county board.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-24011) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-24011)
Sec. 5-24011.
Termination of payments.
Whenever a court, which has
authorized relief under the provisions of this Division, is of the opinion
that any recipient of such relief is cured, no longer in need of treatment,
or that further treatments cannot benefit him or for any other reason the
court may order that such recipient shall no longer receive payments under
the provisions hereof.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-24012) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-24012)
Sec. 5-24012.
Adoption of Division.
This Division shall not be
effective in any county unless the proposition of its adoption is submitted
to the voters of the county at any regular election and unless a majority
of the votes cast at such election upon the proposition are in favor of
its adoption.
Whenever a petition signed by 200 or more legal voters of any
county is presented to the county board requesting the submission of the
proposition of whether or not the county should provide for the treatment
of persons afflicted with cancer or tumor, the county board shall adopt
a resolution for the submission of the proposition at the next regular
election held in the county. The county board shall certify the resolution
and the proposition to the proper election officials who shall submit the
proposition at said election in accordance with the general election law.
The proposition shall be in substantially the
following form:
For the adoption of Division 5-24 of the Counties Code (Cancer and Tumor Relief).
Against the adoption of Division 5-24 of the Counties Code (Cancer and Tumor Relief).
If a majority of the legal voters of the county voting on the
proposition vote in favor thereof, the proposition shall be deemed
adopted.
(Source: P.A. 86-962 .)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-24013) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-24013)
Sec. 5-24013.
Discontinuance of treatment.
Whenever a petition
signed by 200 or more legal voters of a county which has adopted this
Division, is presented to the county board, requesting the
submission of a proposition whether or not the treatment of persons
afflicted with cancer or tumor under the provisions of this Division
be discontinued, the county board shall adopt a resolution
providing for the submission of the proposition to the voters of the county
in a similar manner as is hereinabove provided for the submission of the
proposition for the adoption of the provisions of this Division. The
county board shall certify the resolution and the proposition
to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition at an
election in accordance with the general election law.
If a majority of the voters of the county voting upon the proposition
are in favor thereof the proposition shall be deemed adopted and the
treatment of persons afflicted with cancer or tumor and any tax levied
therefor shall be discontinued in the county. If any funds remain to the
credit of the Cancer and Tumor Fund, after such a tax has been
discontinued, and no outstanding indebtedness exists against the county
for the purpose of the treatment of persons afflicted with cancer or
tumor, the remaining funds shall be paid into the general fund for
county purposes in the county treasury.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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