Section 1125.310  Office of Health Promotion (OHPm)

a)         The Office of Health Promotion (OHPm) addresses health and wellness issues by promoting and encouraging long-term healthy behaviors.  OHPm addresses chronic diseases, oral health, vision and hearing, newborn screening, violence and injury prevention, and overdose surveillance and response.  OHPm also supports screening, early detection, and appropriate intervention for non-communicable diseases and conditions.  OHPm programs play important roles in assessing the health of Illinois residents, encouraging healthy lifestyles, and providing information, resources, and referrals to those seeking to improve their health or to battle a chronic disease.  OHPm delivers financial and technical assistance to individuals and providers in an effort to ensure that basic preventive health care is available statewide.  Working with the Department’s laboratories, the Newborn Screening Program follows up on disorders identified through testing.  The Medical Cannabis program operates the Medical Cannabis Patient Registry Program.  OHPm provides access to medical cannabis to patients with qualifying conditions through the Medical Cannabis Patient Registry Program.

b)         OHPm is composed of the Division of Emerging Health Issues, Division of Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Division of Community Health Prevention, and Division of Medical Cannabis.  Each of these units is responsible for administering a variety of key public health programs primarily directed toward prevention and high-risk reduction.

c)         Information related to OHPm prevention and wellness is available at https://dph.illinois.gov/topics-services/prevention-wellness.html.

(Source:  Amended at 49 Ill. Reg. 4626, effective March 25, 2025)