Public Act 099-0730
 
HB6261 EnrolledLRB099 18592 AWJ 42974 b


  
    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 
5-25013 as follows:
 



    (55 ILCS 5/5-25013)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25013)



    Sec. 5-25013. Organization of board; powers and duties. 

    (A) The board of health of each county or multiple-county 
health department
shall, immediately after appointment, meet 
and organize, by the election
of one of its number as president 
and one as secretary, and either from
its number or otherwise, 
a treasurer and such other officers as it may deem
necessary. A 
board of health may make and adopt such rules for its own 
guidance
and for the government of the health department as may 
be deemed necessary
to protect and improve public health not 
inconsistent with this
Division. It shall:


        1. Hold a meeting prior to the end of each operating 
    fiscal year, at
which meeting officers shall be elected for 
    the ensuing operating fiscal year. ;


        2. Hold meetings at least quarterly. ;


        3. Hold special meetings upon a written request signed 
    by two members
and filed with the Secretary or on request 
    of the medical health officer
or public health 
    administrator. ;


        4. Provide, equip and maintain suitable offices, 
    facilities and appliances
for the health department. ;


        5. Publish annually, within 90 days after the end of 
    the county's operating
fiscal year, in pamphlet form, for 
    free distribution, an annual report
showing the condition 
    of its trust on the last day of the most recently
completed 
    operating fiscal year, the sums of money received from all

    sources, giving the name of any donor, how all moneys have 
    been expended
and for what purpose, and such other 
    statistics and information in regard
to the work of the 
    health department as it may deem of general interest. ;


        6. Within its jurisdiction, and professional and 
    technical competence,
enforce and observe all State laws 
    pertaining to the preservation of health,
and all county 
    and municipal ordinances except as otherwise provided in

    this Division. ;


        7. Within its jurisdiction, and professional and 
    technical competence,
investigate the existence of any 
    contagious or infectious disease and adopt
measures, not 
    inconsistent with the regulations of the State Department

    of Public Health, to arrest the progress of the same. ;


        8. Within its jurisdiction, and professional and 
    technical competence,
make all necessary sanitary and 
    health investigations and inspections. ;


        9. Upon request, give professional advice and 
    information to all city,
village, incorporated town and 
    school authorities, within its jurisdiction,
in all 
    matters pertaining to sanitation and public health. ;


        10. Appoint a medical health officer as the executive 
    officer for the
department, who shall be a citizen of the 
    United States and shall possess
such qualifications as may 
    be prescribed by the State Department of Public
Health; or 
    appoint a public health administrator who shall possess 
    such
qualifications as may be prescribed by the State 
    Department of Public Health
as the executive officer for 
    the department, provided that the board of
health shall 
    make available medical supervision which is considered 
    adequate
by the Director of Public Health. ;


        10 1/2. Appoint such professional employees as may be 
    approved by the
executive officer who meet the 
    qualification requirements of the State
Department of 
    Public Health for their respective positions provided, 
    that
in those health departments temporarily without a 
    medical health officer or
public health administrator 
    approval by the State Department of Public
Health shall 
    suffice. ;


        11. Appoint such other officers and employees as may be 
    necessary. ;


        12. Prescribe the powers and duties of all officers and 
    employees, fix
their compensation, and authorize payment 
    of the same and all other department
expenses from the 
    County Health Fund of the county or counties concerned. ;


        13. Submit an annual budget to the county board or 
    boards. ;


        14. Submit an annual report to the county board or 
    boards, explaining
all of its activities and 
    expenditures. ;


        15. Establish and carry out programs and services in 
    mental health,
including intellectual disabilities and 
    alcoholism and substance abuse, not
inconsistent with the 
    regulations of the Department of Human Services. ;


        16. Consult with all other private and public health 
    agencies in the
county
in the development of local plans 
    for the most efficient delivery of health
services.

    (B) The board of health of each county or multiple-county 
health department
may:


        1. Initiate and carry out programs and activities of 
    all kinds, not
inconsistent
with law, that may be deemed 
    necessary or desirable in the promotion and
protection of 
    health and in the control of disease including 
    tuberculosis. ;


        2. Receive contributions of real and personal 
    property. ;


        3. Recommend to the county board or boards the adoption 
    of such ordinances
and of such rules and regulations as may 
    be deemed necessary or desirable
for the promotion and 
    protection of health and control of disease. ;


        4. Appoint a medical and dental advisory committee and 
    a non-medical
advisory committee to the health 
    department. ;


        5. Enter into contracts with the State, 
    municipalities, other political
subdivisions and 
    non-official agencies for the purchase, sale or exchange
of 
    health services. ;


        6. Set fees it deems reasonable and necessary (i) to 
    provide
services or perform regulatory activities, (ii) 
    when required by State or
federal grant award conditions, 
    (iii) to support activities delegated to
the board of 
    health by the Illinois Department of Public Health, or (iv)

    when required by an agreement between the board of health 
    and other private
or governmental organizations, unless 
    the fee has been established as a
part of a regulatory 
    ordinance adopted by the county board, in which case
the 
    board of health shall make recommendations to the county 
    board
concerning those fees.  Revenue generated under this 
    Section shall be
deposited into the County Health Fund or 
    to the account of the
multiple-county health department.


        7. Enter into multiple year employment contracts with 
    the medical
health officer or public health administrator 
    as may be necessary for the
recruitment and retention of 
    personnel and the proper functioning of the
health 
    department.

        8. Enter into contracts with municipal health 
    departments, county health departments, other boards of 
    health, private or public hospitals, and not for profit 
    entities to provide public health services outside of a 
    board of health's own jurisdiction in order to protect the 
    public health in an effective manner. 
    (C) The board of health of a multiple-county health 
department may hire
attorneys to represent and advise the 
department concerning matters that are
not within the exclusive 
jurisdiction of the State's Attorney of one of the
counties 
that created the department.

(Source: P.A. 97-227, eff. 1-1-12.)

 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 1, 
2016.