HB0498 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB0498

Introduced , by Rep. Robyn Gabel

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

55 ILCS 5/5-25002

from Ch. 34, par. 5-25002

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the State Department of Public Health is not authorized to adopt or enforce rules that mandate Department-led reviews to establish compliance with the Local Health Protection Grant rules for local health departments that satisfactorily submit the required Local Health Protection Grant quarterly indicator data for the programs funded by that grant.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section 5-25002 as follows:

(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. However, the State Department of Public Health is not authorized to adopt or enforce rules that mandate Department-led reviews to establish compliance with the Local Health Protection Grant rules for local health departments that satisfactorily submit the required Local Health Protection Grant quarterly indicator data for the programs funded by that grant. 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.)