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| 1 | AN ACT concerning public health.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and | ||||||
| 5 | Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||||
| 6 | amended by adding Section 2310-323 as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-323 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 2310-323. Advisory Council on Youth HIV/AIDS | ||||||
| 9 | Prevention Messages. | ||||||
| 10 | (a) Subject to appropriation, there is created the Advisory | ||||||
| 11 | Council on Youth HIV/AIDS Prevention Messages to advise the | ||||||
| 12 | Department on effective prevention messages designed to | ||||||
| 13 | educate and deter youth from engaging in risky behaviors that | ||||||
| 14 | could result in the transmission of HIV/AIDS. | ||||||
| 15 | (b) The Advisory Council shall consist of all of the | ||||||
| 16 | following members: | ||||||
| 17 | (1) One member of the Senate appointed by the President | ||||||
| 18 | of the Senate and one member of the Senate appointed by the | ||||||
| 19 | Minority Leader of the Senate. | ||||||
| 20 | (2) One member of the House of Representatives | ||||||
| 21 | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives | ||||||
| 22 | and one member of the House of Representatives appointed by | ||||||
| 23 | the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. | ||||||
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| 1 | (3) Five members appointed by the Governor as follows: | ||||||
| 2 | (A) One representative of a social service agency | ||||||
| 3 | that provides services to youth and families infected | ||||||
| 4 | or impacted by HIV/AIDS. | ||||||
| 5 | (B) One person from academia with a background or | ||||||
| 6 | expertise in HIV/AIDS prevention messages. | ||||||
| 7 | (C) One representative of the Department of Human | ||||||
| 8 | Services. | ||||||
| 9 | (D) One person with a background in public health. | ||||||
| 10 | (E) One youth member 18 years old or older and | ||||||
| 11 | under 24 years. | ||||||
| 12 | (4) The public information officer of the Department of | ||||||
| 13 | Public Health, who shall be a non-voting member of the | ||||||
| 14 | Advisory Council. | ||||||
| 15 | Each voting member shall serve for a term of 3 years and | ||||||
| 16 | until his or her successor is appointed and has qualified. | ||||||
| 17 | Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original | ||||||
| 18 | appointments. | ||||||
| 19 | (c) The Advisory Council shall meet to organize and select | ||||||
| 20 | a chairperson upon appointment of a majority of the members. | ||||||
| 21 | The chairperson shall be elected by a majority vote of the | ||||||
| 22 | members appointed to the Advisory Council. The Advisory Council | ||||||
| 23 | shall meet at least 4 times a year at the call of the | ||||||
| 24 | chairperson. Members of the Advisory Council shall serve | ||||||
| 25 | without compensation, but may be reimbursed for reasonable | ||||||
| 26 | expenses incurred as a result of their duties as members of the | ||||||
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| 1 | Advisory Council from funds appropriated by the General | ||||||
| 2 | Assembly for that purpose. | ||||||
| 3 | (d) The Advisory Council shall submit an annual report to | ||||||
| 4 | the Department on or before July 1, 2010 and on or before July | ||||||
| 5 | 1 of each year thereafter with recommendations for effective | ||||||
| 6 | prevention messages aimed at youth, including recommendations | ||||||
| 7 | regarding the use of technology to deliver such messages.
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| 8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 9 | becoming law.
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