093_SB1045
LRB093 10698 MKM 11068 b
1 AN ACT in relation to public health.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
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 2310-106 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 2310/2310-106 new)
8 Sec. 2310-106. Local health protection grants; revised
9 methodology. The Department, in cooperation with the Illinois
10 Association of Public Health Administrators, with regard to
11 the allocation of the annual appropriation for the ordinary
12 and contingent expenses of the Department for the purpose of
13 local health protection grants for the fiscal year beginning
14 July 1, 2004, shall revise the methodology promulgated by the
15 administrative rule governing the purpose and distribution of
16 local health protection grants, taking into consideration the
17 capacity of each local health department to maintain
18 effective programs and services, population, and other
19 criteria significant to protecting public health. The revised
20 methodology shall include criteria, standards, and procedures
21 for allocating these grants on a regional basis, with
22 assurances that the capacity of each local health department
23 in effect for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003 is
24 neither diminished nor impaired. The revised methodology
25 shall be published in the Illinois Register as a proposed
26 rule on a timely basis so that the rule will be adopted and
27 effective July 1, 2004.