HB4615 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB093 17878 DRJ 43560 b

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4615

Introduced 02/04/04, by Kathleen A. Ryg

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2310/2310-107 new

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health to consult with the Illinois Association of Public Health Administrators and the Northern Illinois Public Health Consortium with regard to the allocation of the annual appropriation for local health protection grants for FY 05. Requires the Department to revise the methodology governing the purpose and distribution of local health protection grants. Effective July 1, 2004.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning public health.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2310-107 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-107 new)

Sec. 2310-107. Local health protection grants; revised methodology.

(a) The Department shall consult with the Illinois Association of Public Health Administrators and the Northern Illinois Public Health Consortium with regard to the allocation of the annual appropriation for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department for the purpose of local health protection grants for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004.

(b) The Department shall revise the methodology adopted by administrative rule governing the purpose and distribution of local health protection grants, taking into consideration the health department's capacity to deliver the 10 essential public health services established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The revised methodology shall be published in the Illinois Register as a proposed rule on a timely basis so that the rule will be adopted and effective on July 1, 2004.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on July 1, 2004.