(415 ILCS 5/55.6a)
Sec. 55.6a. Emergency Public Health Fund.
(a) Moneys in the Emergency Public
Health Fund, subject to appropriation, shall be allocated annually as follows:
(i) $300,000
to the University of Illinois for the purposes described in
Section 55.6(c)(6) and (ii) subject to subsection (b) of this Section, all
remaining amounts to the Department of Public
Health to be used to make vector control grants and surveillance grants
to the Cook County Department of Public Health (for areas of the County
excluding the City of Chicago), to the City of Chicago health department, and
to other certified local health departments. These grants shall be used for
expenses
related to West Nile Virus and other vector-borne diseases. The amount of
each grant shall be based on population and need as supported by information
submitted to the Department of Public Health. For the purposes of this
Section, need shall be determined by the Department based primarily upon
surveillance data and the number of positive human cases of West Nile Virus and
other vector-borne
diseases occurring during the preceding year and current year in the county or
municipality seeking the grant.
(b) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 103-363, eff. 7-28-23.)
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