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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2797
Introduced 1/28/2010, by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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55 ILCS 5/5-25012 |
from Ch. 34, par. 5-25012 |
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Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the county health department of specified counties shall be managed by a board of health consisting of 9 members (now, 8 members). Requires that at least one member of the board of health be a chiropractic physician licensed in Illinois. Provides that a board member who is required to be a chiropractic physician may reside outside the county if no physician who resides in the county is willing and able to serve on the board. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 5-25012 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/5-25012) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25012)
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| Sec. 5-25012. Board of health. Except in those cases where |
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| a board of 10 or 12 members is provided for as
authorized in |
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| this Section, each county health department shall be managed
by |
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| a board of health consisting of
9 8 members appointed by the |
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| president or
chairman of the county board, with the approval of |
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| the county board, for a
3 year term, except that of the first |
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| appointees 2 shall serve for one
year, 2 for 2 years, 3 for 3 |
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| years and the term of the member appointed
from the county |
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| board, as provided in this Section, shall be one year and
shall |
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| continue until reappointment or until a
successor is appointed. |
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| Within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act |
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| of the 96th General Assembly, the president or chairperson of |
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| the county board, with the approval of the county board, shall |
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| appoint one additional member of the board for a 3-year term. |
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| Each board of health which has 9 8 members, may
have
one |
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| additional member appointed by the president or chairman of the |
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| county
board, with the approval of the county board. The |
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| additional member shall
first be appointed within 90 days after |
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| the effective date of this amendatory
Act for a term ending |
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| July 1, 2002.
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| The county health department in a county having a |
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| population of 200,000
or more may, if the county board, by |
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| resolution, so provides, be managed by
a board of health |
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| consisting of 12 members appointed by the president or
chairman |
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| of the county board, with the approval of the county board, for |
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| a
3 year term, except that of the first appointees 3 shall |
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| serve for one
year, 4 for 2 years, 4 for 3 years and the term of |
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| the member appointed
from the county board, as provided in this |
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| Section, shall be one year and
shall continue until |
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| reappointment or until a successor is appointed. In
counties |
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| with a population of 200,000 or more which have a board of |
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| health
of 9 8 members, the county board may, by resolution, |
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| increase the size of the
board of health to 12 members, in |
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| which case the 3 4 members added shall be
appointed, as of the |
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| next anniversary of the present appointments, one for a term 2 |
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| for
terms of 3 years, one for 2 years, and one for one year.
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| The county board in counties with a population of more than |
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| 100,000
but less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and contiguous to |
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| any county with a
metropolitan area with more than 1,000,000 |
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| inhabitants, may establish
compensation for the board of |
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| health, as remuneration for their services as
members of the |
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| board of health. Monthly compensation shall not exceed
$200 |
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| except in the case of the president of the board of health |
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| whose
monthly compensation shall not exceed $400.
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| When a county board of health consisting of 9 8 members |
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| assumes the responsibilities of a municipal department of |
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| public health, and both the county board and the city council |
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| adopt resolutions or ordinances to that effect, the county |
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| board may, by resolution or ordinance, increase the membership |
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| of the county board of health to 10 members. The additional |
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| member 2 members shall initially be appointed by the mayor of |
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| the municipality, with the approval of the city council, the |
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| each such member to serve for a term of 2 years; thereafter the |
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| successors shall be appointed by the president or chairman of |
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| the county board, with the approval of the county board, for |
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| terms of 2 years.
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| Each multiple-county health department shall be managed by |
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| a board of
health consisting of 4 members appointed from each |
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| county by the president
or chairman of the county board with |
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| the approval of the county board for a
3 year term, except that |
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| of the first appointees from each county one shall
serve for |
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| one year, one for 2 years, one for 3 years and the term of the
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| member appointed from the county board of each member county, |
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| as
hereinafter provided, shall be one year and shall continue |
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| until
reappointment or until a successor is appointed.
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| The term of office of original appointees shall begin on |
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| July 1
following their appointment, and the term of all members |
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| shall continue
until their successors are appointed. All |
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| members shall serve without
compensation but may be reimbursed |
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| for actual necessary expenses incurred
in the performance of |
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| their duties. At least 2 members of each county board
of health |
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| shall be physicians licensed in Illinois to practice medicine |
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| in
all of its branches, at least one member shall be a |
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| chiropractic physician licensed in Illinois, and at least one |
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| member shall be a dentist licensed in
Illinois. In counties |
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| with a population under 500,000, one member shall
be chosen |
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| from the county board or the board of county commissioners
as |
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| the case may be. In counties with a population over 500,000, |
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| two members
shall be chosen from the county board or the board |
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| of county commissioners
as the case may be. At least one member |
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| from each county on each
multiple-county board of health shall |
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| be a physician
licensed in Illinois to practice medicine in all |
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| of its branches, one
member from each county on each |
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| multiple-county board of health shall be
chosen from the county |
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| board or the board of county commissioners, as the case
may be, |
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| at least one member of the board of health shall be a |
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| chiropractic physician licensed in Illinois, and at least one |
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| member of the board of health shall be a dentist
licensed in |
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| Illinois. Whenever possible, at least one member shall have
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| experience in the field of mental health. All members shall be |
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| chosen for
their special fitness for membership on the board.
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| Any member may be removed for misconduct or neglect of duty |
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| by the
chairman or president of the county board, with the |
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| approval of the county
board, of the county which appointed |
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| him.
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| Vacancies shall be filled as in the case of appointment for |
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| a full term.
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| Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the |
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| contrary, a county
with a population of 240,000 or more |
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| inhabitants that does not currently have a
county health |
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| department may, by
resolution of the county board, establish a |
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| board of health consisting of the
members of such board. Such |
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| board of health shall be advised by a committee
which shall |
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| consist of at least 5 members appointed by the president or
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| chairman of the county board with the approval of the county |
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| board for terms of
3 years; except that of the first appointees |
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| at least 2 shall serve for 3
years, at least 2 shall serve for 2 |
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| years and at least one shall serve for one
year. At least one |
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| member of the advisory committee shall be a physician
licensed |
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| in Illinois to practice medicine in all its branches, at least |
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| one shall be a chiropractic physician licensed in Illinois, at |
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| least one
shall be a dentist licensed in Illinois, and one |
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| shall be a nurse licensed in
Illinois. All members shall be |
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| chosen for their special fitness for membership
on the advisory |
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| committee.
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| All members of a board established under this Section must |
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| be residents of the county, except that a member who is |
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| required to be a physician, chiropractic physician, dentist, or |
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| nurse may reside outside the county if no physician, |
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| chiropractic physician, dentist, or nurse, as applicable, who |
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| resides in the county is willing and able to serve.
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