Bill Text: IL SB0182 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Provides that, if the Governor has issued a statewide disaster proclamation under the Act, all local health departments shall, for the period during which that proclamation remains in effect, report to and be directed by the Department of Public Health.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-26 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB0182 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB0182-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0182 Introduced 1/31/2023, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 3305/7.5 new
Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Provides that, if the Governor has issued a statewide disaster proclamation under the Act, all local health departments shall, for the period during which that proclamation remains in effect, report to and be directed by the Department of Public Health.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act is
amended by adding Section 7.5 as follows:
(20 ILCS 3305/7.5 new)
Sec. 7.5. Disaster declaration; local health departments.
If the Governor has issued a statewide disaster proclamation
under Section 7, all local health departments shall, for the
period during which that proclamation remains in effect,
report to and be directed by the Department of Public Health.