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90_SB1607
20 ILCS 5/6.06 from Ch. 127, par. 6.06
55 ILCS 5/5-25012 from Ch. 34, par. 5-25012
305 ILCS 5/12-4.20 from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.20
625 ILCS 5/6-902 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-902
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the
Counties Code, the Illinois Public Aid Code, and the Illinois
Vehicle Code to add therapeutically certified optometrists to
advisory boards created under those Acts.
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1 AN ACT concerning therapeutically certified optometrists,
2 amending named Acts.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6 amended by changing Section 6.06 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 5/6.06) (from Ch. 127, par. 6.06)
8 Sec. 6.06. In the Department of Public Health.
9 (a) The General Assembly declares it to be the public
10 policy of this State that all citizens of Illinois are
11 entitled to lead healthy lives. Governmental public health
12 has a specific responsibility to ensure that a system is in
13 place to allow the public health mission to be achieved. To
14 develop a system requires certain core functions to be
15 performed by government. The State Board of Health is to
16 assume the leadership role in advising the Director in
17 meeting the following functions:
18 (1) Needs assessment.
19 (2) Statewide health objectives.
20 (3) Policy development.
21 (4) Assurance of access to necessary services.
22 There shall be a State Board of Health composed of 16 15
23 persons, all of whom shall be appointed by the Governor and
24 one of whom shall be a senior citizen age 60 or over. Five
25 members shall be physicians licensed to practice medicine in
26 all its branches, one representing a medical school faculty,
27 one who is board certified in preventive medicine, and 2 who
28 are engaged in private practice. One member shall be a
29 dentist; one a therapeutically certified optometrist; one an
30 environmental health practitioner; one a local public health
31 administrator; one a local board of health member; one a
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1 registered nurse; one a veterinarian; one a public health
2 academician; one a health care industry representative; and 2
3 shall be citizens at large.
4 In the appointment of the first Board of Health members
5 appointed after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
6 1991, the Governor shall appoint 5 members to serve for terms
7 of 5 years; 5 members to serve for terms of 2 years; and 5
8 members to serve for a term of one year. The initial term of
9 the therapeutically certified optometrist member appointed
10 pursuant to this amendatory Act of 1998 shall commence on
11 January 1, 1999. Members appointed thereafter shall be
12 appointed for terms of 3 years, except where an appointment
13 is made to fill a vacancy, in which case the appointment
14 shall be for the remaining term of the position vacated. All
15 members shall be legal residents of the State of Illinois.
16 The duties of the Board shall include, but not be limited to,
17 the following:
18 (1) To advise the Department of ways to encourage
19 public understanding and support of the Department's
20 programs.
21 (2) To evaluate all boards, councils, committees,
22 authorities and bodies advisory to, or an adjunct of, the
23 Department of Public Health or its Director for the
24 purpose of recommending to the Director one or more of
25 the following:
26 (i) The elimination of bodies whose activities
27 are not consistent with goals and objectives of the
28 Department.
29 (ii) The consolidation of bodies whose
30 activities encompass compatible programmatic
31 subjects.
32 (iii) The restructuring of the relationship
33 between the various bodies and their integration
34 within the organizational structure of the
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1 Department.
2 (iv) The establishment of new bodies deemed
3 essential to the functioning of the Department.
4 (3) To serve as an advisory group to the Director
5 for public health emergencies and control of health
6 hazards.
7 (4) To advise the Director regarding public health
8 policy, and to make health policy recommendations
9 regarding priorities to the Governor through the
10 Director.
11 (5) To present public health issues to the Director
12 and to make recommendations for the resolution of those
13 issues.
14 (6) To recommend studies to delineate public health
15 problems.
16 (7) To make recommendations to the Governor through
17 the Director regarding the coordination of State public
18 health activities with other State and local public
19 health agencies and organizations.
20 (8) To report on or before February 1 of each year
21 on the health of the residents of Illinois to the
22 Governor, the General Assembly and the public.
23 (9) To review the final draft of all proposed
24 administrative rules, other than emergency or preemptory
25 rules and those rules that another advisory body must
26 approve or review within a statutorily defined time
27 period, of the Department after the effective date of
28 this amendatory Act of 1991. The Board shall review the
29 proposed rules within 90 days of submission by the
30 Department. The Department shall take into consideration
31 any comments and recommendations of the Board regarding
32 the proposed rules prior to submission to the Secretary
33 of State for initial publication. If the Department
34 disagrees with the recommendations of the Board, it shall
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1 submit a written response outlining the reasons for not
2 accepting the recommendations.
3 (10) To make recommendations to the Governor
4 through the Director concerning the development and
5 periodic updating of Statewide health objectives
6 encompassing, in part, the periodically published federal
7 health objectives for the nation, which will provide the
8 basis for the policy development and assurance roles of
9 the State Health Department, and to make recommendations
10 to the Governor through the Director regarding
11 legislation and funding necessary to implement the
12 objectives.
13 (11) Upon the request of the Governor, to recommend
14 to the Governor candidates for Director of Public Health
15 when vacancies occur in the position.
16 (12) To adopt bylaws for the conduct of its own
17 business, including the authority to establish ad hoc
18 committees to address specific public health programs
19 requiring resolution.
20 Upon appointment, the Board shall elect a chairperson
21 from among its members.
22 Members of the Board shall receive compensation for their
23 services at the rate of $150 per day, not to exceed $10,000
24 per year, as designated by the Director for each day required
25 for transacting the business of the Board, and shall be
26 reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance
27 of their duties. The Board shall meet from time to time at
28 the call of the Department, at the call of the chairperson,
29 or upon the request of 3 of its members, but shall not meet
30 less than 4 times per year.
31 (b) An Advisory Board of Cancer Control which shall
32 consist of 9 members, one of whom shall be a senior citizen
33 age 60 or over, appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall
34 be designated as chairman by a majority of the members of the
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1 Board. No less than 4 members shall be recognized authorities
2 in cancer control, and at least 4 members shall be physicians
3 licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches in the
4 State of Illinois. In the appointment of the first board the
5 Governor shall appoint 2 members to serve for terms of 1
6 year, 2 for terms of 2 years, and 3 for terms of 3 years. The
7 members first appointed under this amendatory Act of 1984
8 shall serve for a term of 3 years. All members appointed,
9 thereafter shall be appointed for terms of 3 years, except
10 where an appointment is made to fill a vacancy, in which case
11 the appointment shall be for the remaining term of the
12 position vacant. The members of the Board shall be citizens
13 of the State of Illinois. In the appointment of the Advisory
14 Board the Governor shall invite nominations from recognized
15 medical organizations of this State. The Board is authorized
16 to receive voluntary contributions from any source, and to
17 expend the same for the purpose of cancer control as
18 authorized by this Act, and the laws of this State.
19 (c) An Advisory Board on Necropsy Service to Coroners,
20 which shall counsel and advise with the Director on the
21 administration of the Autopsy Act. The Advisory Board shall
22 consist of 11 members, including a senior citizen age 60 or
23 over, appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall be
24 designated as chairman by a majority of the members of the
25 Board. In the appointment of the first Board the Governor
26 shall appoint 3 members to serve for terms of 1 year, 3 for
27 terms of 2 years, and 3 for terms of 3 years. The members
28 first appointed under this amendatory Act of 1984 shall serve
29 for a term of 3 years. All members appointed thereafter
30 shall be appointed for terms of 3 years except where an
31 appointment is made to fill a vacancy, in which case the
32 appointment shall be for the remaining term of the position
33 vacant. The members of the Board shall be citizens of the
34 State of Illinois. In the appointment of members of the
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1 Advisory Board the Governor shall appoint 3 members who shall
2 be persons licensed to practice medicine and surgery in the
3 State of Illinois, at least 2 of whom shall have received
4 post-graduate training in the field of pathology; 3 members
5 who are duly elected coroners in this State; and 5 members
6 who shall have interest and abilities in the field of
7 forensic medicine but who shall be neither persons licensed
8 to practice any branch of medicine in this State nor
9 coroners. In the appointment of medical and coroner members
10 of the Board, the Governor shall invite nominations from
11 recognized medical and coroners organizations in this State
12 respectively. Board members, while serving on business of the
13 Board, shall receive actual necessary travel and subsistence
14 expenses while so serving away from their places of
15 residence.
16 (Source: P.A. 86-436; 87-633.)
17 Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by changing
18 Section 5-25012 as follows:
19 (55 ILCS 5/5-25012) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25012)
20 Sec. 5-25012. Board of health. Except in those cases
21 where a board of 13 12 members is provided for as authorized
22 in this Section, each county health department shall be
23 managed by a board of health consisting of 9 8 members
24 appointed by the president or chairman of the county board,
25 with the approval of the county board, for a 3 year term,
26 except that of the first appointees 2 shall serve for one
27 year, 2 for 2 years, 3 for 3 years and the term of the member
28 appointed from the county board, as provided in this Section,
29 shall be one year and shall continue until reappointment or
30 until a successor is appointed.
31 The county health department in a county having a
32 population of 200,000 or more may, if the county board, by
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1 resolution, so provides, be managed by a board of health
2 consisting of 13 12 members appointed by the president or
3 chairman of the county board, with the approval of the county
4 board, for a 3 year term, except that of the first appointees
5 4 3 shall serve for one year, 4 for 2 years, 4 for 3 years
6 and the term of the member appointed from the county board,
7 as provided in this Section, shall be one year and shall
8 continue until reappointment or until a successor is
9 appointed. In counties with a population of 200,000 or more
10 which have a board of health of 9 8 members, the county board
11 may, by resolution, increase the size of the board of health
12 to 13 12 members, in which case the 4 members added shall be
13 appointed, as of the next anniversary of the present
14 appointments, 2 for terms of 3 years, one for 2 years and one
15 for one year.
16 The county board in counties with a population of more
17 than 100,000 but less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and
18 contiguous to any county with a metropolitan area with more
19 than 1,000,000 inhabitants, may establish compensation for
20 the board of health, as remuneration for their services as
21 members of the board of health. Monthly compensation shall
22 not exceed $200 except in the case of the president of the
23 board of health whose monthly compensation shall not exceed
24 $400.
25 Each multiple-county health department shall be managed
26 by a board of health consisting of 5 4 members appointed from
27 each county by the president or chairman of the county board
28 with the approval of the county board for a 3 year term,
29 except that of the first appointees from each county one
30 shall serve for one year, one for 2 years, one for 3 years
31 and the term of the member appointed from the county board of
32 each member county, as hereinafter provided, shall be one
33 year and shall continue until reappointment or until a
34 successor is appointed.
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1 The term of office of original appointees shall begin on
2 July 1 following their appointment, and the term of all
3 members shall continue until their successors are appointed.
4 All members shall serve without compensation but may be
5 reimbursed for actual necessary expenses incurred in the
6 performance of their duties. At least 2 members of each
7 county board of health shall be physicians licensed in
8 Illinois to practice medicine in all of its branches, at
9 least one member shall be a therapeutically certified
10 optometrist, and at least one member shall be a dentist
11 licensed in Illinois. In counties with a population under
12 500,000, one member shall be chosen from the county board or
13 the board of county commissioners as the case may be. In
14 counties with a population over 500,000, two members shall be
15 chosen from the county board or the board of county
16 commissioners as the case may be. At least one member from
17 each county on each multiple-county board of health shall be
18 a physician licensed in Illinois to practice medicine in all
19 of its branches, one member from each county on each
20 multiple-county board of health shall be chosen from the
21 county board or the board of county commissioners, as the
22 case may be, at least one member of the board of health shall
23 be a therapeutically certified optometrist, and at least one
24 member of the board of health shall be a dentist licensed in
25 Illinois. Whenever possible, at least one member shall have
26 experience in the field of mental health. All members shall
27 be chosen for their special fitness for membership on the
28 board. The initial therapeutically certified optometrist
29 members appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act of 1998
30 shall be appointed before January 1, 1999, and shall commence
31 their terms of office on that date.
32 Any member may be removed for misconduct or neglect of
33 duty by the chairman or president of the county board, with
34 the approval of the county board, of the county which
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1 appointed him.
2 Vacancies shall be filled as in the case of appointment
3 for a full term.
4 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the
5 contrary, a county with a population of 240,000 or more
6 inhabitants that does not currently have a county health
7 department may, by resolution of the county board, establish
8 a board of health consisting of the members of such board.
9 Such board of health shall be advised by a committee which
10 shall consist of at least 5 members appointed by the
11 president or chairman of the county board with the approval
12 of the county board for terms of 3 years; except that of the
13 first appointees at least 2 shall serve for 3 years, at least
14 2 shall serve for 2 years and at least one shall serve for
15 one year. At least one member of the advisory committee
16 shall be a physician licensed in Illinois to practice
17 medicine in all its branches, at least one shall be a
18 therapeutically certified optometrist, at least one shall be
19 a dentist licensed in Illinois, and one shall be a nurse
20 licensed in Illinois. All members shall be chosen for their
21 special fitness for membership on the advisory committee.
22 (Source: P.A. 88-535.)
23 Section 15. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
24 changing Section 12-4.20 as follows:
25 (305 ILCS 5/12-4.20) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.20)
26 Sec. 12-4.20. Appointment of statewide advisory
27 committees. Appoint, when and as it may deem necessary,
28 statewide advisory committees to provide professional or
29 technical consultation in respect to medical or dental or
30 hospital care, general assistance, home economics, or other
31 special aspects of public aid and related welfare functions.
32 The members of the committees shall receive no compensation
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1 for their services, other than expenses actually incurred in
2 the performance of their official duties. The number of
3 members of each advisory committee shall be determined by the
4 Illinois Department. The committees shall consult with and
5 advise the Illinois Department in respect to problems and
6 policies incident to the administration of the particular
7 Article or Articles of this Code germane to their respective
8 fields of competence.
9 The Illinois Department shall include a balanced
10 representation of recipients, service providers,
11 representatives of community and welfare advocacy groups,
12 representatives of local governments dealing with public aid,
13 and representatives of the general public on all statewide
14 advisory committees appointed by it, except that Professional
15 Advisory Committees created under Section 5-5 of this Code to
16 provide technical and professional advice to the Department
17 shall consist of at least one therapeutically certified
18 optometrist when the committee's scope of advisory authority
19 includes eye health care or vision care issues and shall
20 otherwise consist entirely of persons practicing a particular
21 profession.
22 (Source: P.A. 86-1475.)
23 Section 20. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
24 changing 6-902 as follows:
25 (625 ILCS 5/6-902) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-902)
26 Sec. 6-902. Driver's License Medical Advisory Board;
27 membership; terms; compensation; meetings.
28 (a) There is established within the Office of the
29 Secretary of State a Driver's License Medical Advisory Board
30 consisting of at least 9 members appointed by the Secretary.
31 At least one member shall be a therapeutically certified
32 optometrist. Members' terms of service shall be set by the
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1 Secretary at his or her discretion, except that the initial
2 term for the therapeutically certified optometrist shall
3 commence on or before January 1, 1999. The members of the
4 Board shall receive compensation from the Secretary at a rate
5 per day designated by the Secretary for each day required for
6 transacting business of the Board and shall be reimbursed for
7 expenses reasonably incurred in the performance of their
8 duties. The Secretary may also call in allied medical
9 personnel to advise and consult with the Board. The
10 Secretary shall select one of the members to act as
11 Chairperson.
12 (b) The Board, or any of its subdivisions, may meet at
13 any place within the State and shall meet at the call of the
14 Secretary as frequently as he or she deems necessary in order
15 to properly discharge the functions prescribed by this Act.
16 (Source: P.A. 87-1249.)