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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5127
Introduced , by Rep. William Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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55 ILCS 5/5-25001 |
from Ch. 34, par. 5-25001 |
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Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning multiple-county health departments.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5127 |
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LRB095 19656 HLH 46002 b |
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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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| 5-25001 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/5-25001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25001)
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| Sec. 5-25001. County and multiple-county health |
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| departments. Any county or two or more adjacent counties may, |
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| by resolution of
the the county board or county boards of the |
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| respective counties, as the case
may be, or upon approval by |
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| referendum as hereinafter provided, establish
and maintain a |
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| full-time health department; provided, that four or more
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| counties must obtain the approval of the State Department of |
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| Public Health
prior to establishing a multiple-county health |
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| department. The approval may
be obtained upon application by |
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| the county board of any county, containing
such information as |
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| may be required by the State Department. Approval shall
be |
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| granted if the State Department determines that the |
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| establishment of the
multiple-county health department is |
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| essential to the health requirements
of the area affected.
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| A "consolidated health department" shall mean a health |
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| department which
has resulted from the merging of two or more |
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| adjacent existing county or
multiple-county health |