Bill Text: IL HB0498 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the State Department of Public Health is not authorized to adopt or enforce rules that mandate Department-led reviews to establish compliance with the Local Health Protection Grant rules for local health departments that satisfactorily submit the required Local Health Protection Grant quarterly indicator data for the programs funded by that grant.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0498 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB0498-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB0498 Introduced , by Rep. Robyn Gabel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
55 ILCS 5/5-25002 from Ch. 34, par. 5-25002
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the State Department of Public Health is not authorized to adopt or enforce rules that mandate Department-led reviews to establish compliance with the Local Health Protection Grant rules for local health departments that satisfactorily submit the required Local Health Protection Grant quarterly indicator data for the programs funded by that grant.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
5-25002 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/5-25002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25002)
Sec. 5-25002. Classification of departments. County and
multiple county health departments established under this
Division may be classified by the Director of Public Health in
accordance with standards relating to programs, and
performance. The State Department of Public Health is
authorized to promulgate rules and regulations setting forth
minimum standards for programs and performance, including
regulations in which the State Department of Public Health
shall require provision of home visitation and other services
for pregnant women, new mothers and infants who are at risk as
defined by that Department that encompass but are not limited
to consultation for parental and child development,
comprehensive health education, nutritional assessment, dental
health, and periodic health screening, referral and follow-up;
the services shall be provided through programs funded by
grants from the Department of Public Health from appropriations
to the Department for that purpose. However, the State

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Department of Public Health is not authorized to adopt or
enforce rules that mandate Department-led reviews to establish
compliance with the Local Health Protection Grant rules for
local health departments that satisfactorily submit the
required Local Health Protection Grant quarterly indicator
data for the programs funded by that grant. The Department is
further authorized to prescribe minimum qualifications for the
professional, technical, and administrative staff.
(Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1377; 87-395.)