Full Text of SB0552 95th General Assembly
SB0552 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB0552
Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. Ms. Mattie Hunter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Creates the Office of Healthy Lifestyles within the Department of Public Health. Sets out the goals and duties of the Office of Healthy Lifestyles. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning State 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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Office | 5 |
| of Healthy Lifestyles Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Office of Healthy Lifestyles. There is hereby | 7 |
| created the Office of Healthy Lifestyles within the Department | 8 |
| of Public Health. The Office of Healthy Lifestyles shall: | 9 |
| (1) Create a Healthy Lifestyle Coalition to assure | 10 |
| consistency of the public health and private sector | 11 |
| approach to dealing with programs that address the problems | 12 |
| that affect overweight and obese individuals, to provide a | 13 |
| forum for discussing the issues that affect healthy | 14 |
| lifestyles, and to identify the best practices that can be | 15 |
| replicated. | 16 |
| (2) Create a statewide voluntary private sector | 17 |
| partnership and recognition program for employers, | 18 |
| merchants, restaurants, and other private sector | 19 |
| businesses to encourage the development or further | 20 |
| advancement of current programs that encourage healthy | 21 |
| lifestyles. | 22 |
| (3) Solicit, accept, and expend grants, gifts, | 23 |
| bequests, donations, and other funds from any source for |
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| programs that will enable the State to accomplish the goals | 2 |
| of this program.
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| (4) Establish as a goal to increase the prevalence of | 4 |
| healthy weight among all people in the State, because | 5 |
| obesity leads to diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and | 6 |
| kidney failure. These diseases often arise in older age as | 7 |
| a result of unhealthy lifestyles that began during a | 8 |
| person's youth and place an undue financial burden on | 9 |
| individuals, the healthcare industry, and State healthcare | 10 |
| programs. | 11 |
| (5) Consider the resources of the local health | 12 |
| departments and recommend ongoing relationships, as | 13 |
| appropriate, between local health departments, family | 14 |
| resource networks, faith-based organizations, cooperative | 15 |
| extension services, farm bureaus, and other healthcare | 16 |
| providers. | 17 |
| (6) Encourage the development of incentives for | 18 |
| participation in employee wellness programs. Incentives | 19 |
| may be based upon, but should not be limited to, the | 20 |
| employee's completion of health questionnaires or | 21 |
| participating in healthy lifestyles initiatives and may | 22 |
| use experiences of successful initiatives that have | 23 |
| occurred in this State. The action plan should include | 24 |
| among its targets State government employees in this | 25 |
| incentive program. | 26 |
| (7) Build upon existing initiatives that focus on any |
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| of the Office's goals, soliciting input from these | 2 |
| initiatives, and eliminating duplication of efforts.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 4 |
| becoming law.
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