Bill Text: IL SB2977 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the powers and duties of the board of health of a county or multiple-county health department.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB2977 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB2977-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB2977 Introduced 2/1/2012, by Sen. Christine Radogno SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
55 ILCS 5/5-25013 from Ch. 34, par. 5-25013
Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the powers and duties of the board of health of a county or multiple-county health department.
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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
5-25013 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/5-25013) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25013)
Sec. 5-25013. Organization of board; powers and duties.
(A) The The board of health of each county or
multiple-county health department shall, immediately after
appointment, meet and organize, by the election of one of its
number as president and one as secretary, and either from its
number or otherwise, a treasurer and such other officers as it
may deem necessary. A board of health may make and adopt such
rules for its own guidance and for the government of the health
department as may be deemed necessary to protect and improve
public health not inconsistent with this Division. It shall:
1. Hold a meeting prior to the end of each operating
fiscal year, at which meeting officers shall be elected for
the ensuing operating fiscal year;
2. Hold meetings at least quarterly;
3. Hold special meetings upon a written request signed
by two members and filed with the Secretary or on request
of the medical health officer or public health

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administrator;
4. Provide, equip and maintain suitable offices,
facilities and appliances for the health department;
5. Publish annually, within 90 days after the end of
the county's operating fiscal year, in pamphlet form, for
free distribution, an annual report showing the condition
of its trust on the last day of the most recently completed
operating fiscal year, the sums of money received from all
sources, giving the name of any donor, how all moneys have
been expended and for what purpose, and such other
statistics and information in regard to the work of the
health department as it may deem of general interest;
6. Within its jurisdiction, and professional and
technical competence, enforce and observe all State laws
pertaining to the preservation of health, and all county
and municipal ordinances except as otherwise provided in
this Division;
7. Within its jurisdiction, and professional and
technical competence, investigate the existence of any
contagious or infectious disease and adopt measures, not
inconsistent with the regulations of the State Department
of Public Health, to arrest the progress of the same;
8. Within its jurisdiction, and professional and
technical competence, make all necessary sanitary and
health investigations and inspections;
9. Upon request, give professional advice and

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information to all city, village, incorporated town and
school authorities, within its jurisdiction, in all
matters pertaining to sanitation and public health;
10. Appoint a medical health officer as the executive
officer for the department, who shall be a citizen of the
United States and shall possess such qualifications as may
be prescribed by the State Department of Public Health; or
appoint a public health administrator who shall possess
such qualifications as may be prescribed by the State
Department of Public Health as the executive officer for
the department, provided that the board of health shall
make available medical supervision which is considered
adequate by the Director of Public Health;
10 1/2. Appoint such professional employees as may be
approved by the executive officer who meet the
qualification requirements of the State Department of
Public Health for their respective positions provided,
that in those health departments temporarily without a
medical health officer or public health administrator
approval by the State Department of Public Health shall
suffice;
11. Appoint such other officers and employees as may be
necessary;
12. Prescribe the powers and duties of all officers and
employees, fix their compensation, and authorize payment
of the same and all other department expenses from the

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County Health Fund of the county or counties concerned;
13. Submit an annual budget to the county board or
boards;
14. Submit an annual report to the county board or
boards, explaining all of its activities and expenditures;
15. Establish and carry out programs and services in
mental health, including intellectual disabilities and
alcoholism and substance abuse, not inconsistent with the
regulations of the Department of Human Services;
16. Consult with all other private and public health
agencies in the county in the development of local plans
for the most efficient delivery of health services.
(B) The board of health of each county or multiple-county
health department may:
1. Initiate and carry out programs and activities of
all kinds, not inconsistent with law, that may be deemed
necessary or desirable in the promotion and protection of
health and in the control of disease including
tuberculosis;
2. Receive contributions of real and personal
property;
3. Recommend to the county board or boards the adoption
of such ordinances and of such rules and regulations as may
be deemed necessary or desirable for the promotion and
protection of health and control of disease;
4. Appoint a medical and dental advisory committee and

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a non-medical advisory committee to the health department;
5. Enter into contracts with the State,
municipalities, other political subdivisions and
non-official agencies for the purchase, sale or exchange of
health services;
6. Set fees it deems reasonable and necessary (i) to
provide services or perform regulatory activities, (ii)
when required by State or federal grant award conditions,
(iii) to support activities delegated to the board of
health by the Illinois Department of Public Health, or (iv)
when required by an agreement between the board of health
and other private or governmental organizations, unless
the fee has been established as a part of a regulatory
ordinance adopted by the county board, in which case the
board of health shall make recommendations to the county
board concerning those fees. Revenue generated under this
Section shall be deposited into the County Health Fund or
to the account of the multiple-county health department.
7. Enter into multiple year employment contracts with
the medical health officer or public health administrator
as may be necessary for the recruitment and retention of
personnel and the proper functioning of the health
department.
(C) The board of health of a multiple-county health
department may hire attorneys to represent and advise the
department concerning matters that are not within the exclusive

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jurisdiction of the State's Attorney of one of the counties
that created the department.
(Source: P.A. 97-227, eff. 1-1-12.)