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1 | AN ACT concerning health improvement.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 5-565 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 5/5-565) (was 20 ILCS 5/6.06)
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7 | Sec. 5-565. In the Department of Public Health.
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8 | (a) The General Assembly declares it to be the public | ||||||
9 | policy of this
State that all citizens of Illinois are entitled | ||||||
10 | to lead healthy lives.
Governmental public health has a | ||||||
11 | specific responsibility to ensure that a
system is in place to | ||||||
12 | allow the public health mission to be achieved. To
develop a | ||||||
13 | system requires certain core functions to be performed by
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14 | government. The State Board of Health is to assume the | ||||||
15 | leadership role in
advising the Director in meeting the | ||||||
16 | following functions:
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17 | (1) Needs assessment.
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18 | (2) Statewide health objectives.
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19 | (3) Policy development.
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20 | (4) Assurance of access to necessary services.
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21 | There shall be a State Board of Health composed of 17 | ||||||
22 | persons,
all of
whom shall be appointed by the Governor, with | ||||||
23 | the advice and consent of the
Senate for those appointed by the | ||||||
24 | Governor on and after June 30, 1998,
and one of whom shall be a
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25 | senior citizen age 60 or over. Five members shall be physicians | ||||||
26 | licensed
to practice medicine in all its branches, one | ||||||
27 | representing a medical school
faculty, one who is board | ||||||
28 | certified in preventive medicine, and one
2 who is
are
engaged | ||||||
29 | in private practice. One member shall be a dentist; one an
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30 | environmental health practitioner; one a local public health | ||||||
31 | administrator;
one a local board of health member; one a | ||||||
32 | registered nurse; one a
veterinarian; one a public health |
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1 | academician; one a health care industry
representative; one a | ||||||
2 | representative of the business community; one a representative | ||||||
3 | of the non-profit public interest community; and 2
4 shall be | ||||||
4 | citizens at large.
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5 | The terms of Board of Health members shall be 3 years, | ||||||
6 | except that members shall continue to serve on the Board of | ||||||
7 | Health until a replacement is appointed. Upon the effective | ||||||
8 | date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, in | ||||||
9 | the appointment of the Board of Health members appointed to | ||||||
10 | vacancies or positions with terms expiring on or before | ||||||
11 | December 31, 2004, the Governor shall appoint up to 6 members | ||||||
12 | to serve for terms of 3 years; up to 6 members to serve for | ||||||
13 | terms of 2 years; and up to 5 members to serve for a term of one | ||||||
14 | year, so that the term of no more than 6 members expire in the | ||||||
15 | same year.
In the appointment of the first Board of Health | ||||||
16 | members appointed
after September 19, 1991 (the effective date | ||||||
17 | of Public Act 87-633), the Governor shall
appoint 5 members to | ||||||
18 | serve for terms of 5 years; 5 members to serve for
terms of 2 | ||||||
19 | years; and 5 members to serve for a term of one year. Members
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20 | appointed thereafter shall be appointed for terms of 3 years, | ||||||
21 | except that
when
an appointment is made to fill a vacancy, the | ||||||
22 | appointment
shall be for the remaining term of the position | ||||||
23 | vacated.
The initial terms for the 2 additional members of the | ||||||
24 | board who are citizens
at
large appointed under Public Act | ||||||
25 | 90-607
shall be for 3 years each,
with these positions | ||||||
26 | thereafter being filled as with other members appointed by
the | ||||||
27 | Governor.
All members shall
be legal residents of the State of | ||||||
28 | Illinois. The duties of the Board shall
include, but not be | ||||||
29 | limited to, the following:
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30 | (1) To advise the Department of ways to encourage | ||||||
31 | public understanding
and support of the Department's | ||||||
32 | programs.
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33 | (2) To evaluate all boards, councils, committees, | ||||||
34 | authorities, and
bodies
advisory to, or an adjunct of, the | ||||||
35 | Department of Public Health or its
Director for the purpose | ||||||
36 | of recommending to the Director one or
more of the |
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1 | following:
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2 | (i) The elimination of bodies whose activities
are | ||||||
3 | not consistent with goals and objectives of the | ||||||
4 | Department.
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5 | (ii) The consolidation of bodies whose activities | ||||||
6 | encompass
compatible programmatic subjects.
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7 | (iii) The restructuring of the relationship | ||||||
8 | between the various
bodies and their integration | ||||||
9 | within the organizational structure of the
Department.
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10 | (iv) The establishment of new bodies deemed | ||||||
11 | essential to the
functioning of the Department.
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12 | (3) To serve as an advisory group to the Director for
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13 | public health emergencies and
control of health hazards.
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14 | (4) To advise the Director regarding public health | ||||||
15 | policy,
and to make health policy recommendations | ||||||
16 | regarding priorities to the
Governor through the Director.
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17 | (5) To present public health issues to the Director and | ||||||
18 | to make
recommendations for the resolution of those issues.
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19 | (6) To recommend studies to delineate public health | ||||||
20 | problems.
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21 | (7) To make recommendations to the Governor through the | ||||||
22 | Director
regarding the coordination of State public health | ||||||
23 | activities with other
State and local public health | ||||||
24 | agencies and organizations.
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25 | (8) To report on or before February 1 of each year on | ||||||
26 | the health of the
residents of Illinois to the Governor, | ||||||
27 | the General Assembly, and the
public.
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28 | (9) To review the final draft of all proposed | ||||||
29 | administrative rules,
other than emergency or preemptory | ||||||
30 | rules and those rules that another
advisory body must | ||||||
31 | approve or review within a statutorily defined time
period, | ||||||
32 | of the Department after September 19, 1991 (the effective | ||||||
33 | date of
Public Act
87-633). The Board shall review the | ||||||
34 | proposed rules within 90
days of
submission by the | ||||||
35 | Department. The Department shall take into consideration
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36 | any comments and recommendations of the Board regarding the |
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1 | proposed rules
prior to submission to the Secretary of | ||||||
2 | State for initial publication. If
the Department disagrees | ||||||
3 | with the recommendations of the Board, it shall
submit a | ||||||
4 | written response outlining the reasons for not accepting | ||||||
5 | the
recommendations.
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6 | In the case of proposed administrative rules or | ||||||
7 | amendments to
administrative
rules regarding immunization | ||||||
8 | of children against preventable communicable
diseases | ||||||
9 | designated by the Director under the Communicable Disease | ||||||
10 | Prevention
Act, after the Immunization Advisory Committee | ||||||
11 | has made its
recommendations, the Board shall conduct 3 | ||||||
12 | public hearings, geographically
distributed
throughout the | ||||||
13 | State. At the conclusion of the hearings, the State Board | ||||||
14 | of
Health shall issue a report, including its | ||||||
15 | recommendations, to the Director.
The Director shall take | ||||||
16 | into consideration any comments or recommendations made
by | ||||||
17 | the Board based on these hearings.
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18 | (10) To deliver to the Governor for presentation to the | ||||||
19 | General Assembly a State Health Improvement Plan. The first | ||||||
20 | and second such plans shall be delivered to the Governor on | ||||||
21 | January 1, 2006 and on January 1, 2009 respectively, and | ||||||
22 | then every 4 years thereafter. | ||||||
23 | The Plan shall recommend priorities and strategies to | ||||||
24 | improve the public health system and the health status of | ||||||
25 | Illinois residents, taking into consideration national | ||||||
26 | health objectives and system standards as frameworks for | ||||||
27 | assessment. | ||||||
28 | The Plan shall also take into consideration priorities | ||||||
29 | and strategies developed at the community level through the | ||||||
30 | Illinois Project for Local Assessment of Needs (IPLAN) and | ||||||
31 | any regional health improvement plans that may be | ||||||
32 | developed.
The Plan shall focus on prevention as a key | ||||||
33 | strategy for long-term health improvement in Illinois. | ||||||
34 | The Plan shall examine and make recommendations on the | ||||||
35 | contributions and strategies of the public and private | ||||||
36 | sectors for improving health status and the public health |
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1 | system in the State. In addition to recommendations on | ||||||
2 | health status improvement priorities and strategies for | ||||||
3 | the population of the State as a whole, the Plan shall make | ||||||
4 | recommendations regarding priorities and strategies for | ||||||
5 | reducing and eliminating health disparities in Illinois; | ||||||
6 | including racial, ethnic, gender, age, socio-economic and | ||||||
7 | geographic disparities. | ||||||
8 | The Director of the Illinois Department of Public | ||||||
9 | Health shall appoint a Planning Team that includes a range | ||||||
10 | of public, private, and voluntary sector stakeholders and | ||||||
11 | participants in the public health system. This Team shall | ||||||
12 | include: the directors of State agencies with public health | ||||||
13 | responsibilities (or their designees), including but not | ||||||
14 | limited to the Illinois Departments of Public Health and | ||||||
15 | Department of Human Services, representatives of local | ||||||
16 | health departments, representatives of local community | ||||||
17 | health partnerships, and individuals with expertise who | ||||||
18 | represent an array of organizations and constituencies | ||||||
19 | engaged in public health improvement and prevention. | ||||||
20 | The State Board of Health shall hold at least 3 public | ||||||
21 | hearings addressing drafts of the Plan in representative | ||||||
22 | geographic areas of the State.
Members of the Planning Team | ||||||
23 | shall receive no compensation for their services, but may | ||||||
24 | be reimbursed for their necessary expenses.
To make | ||||||
25 | recommendations to the Governor through the Director
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26 | concerning the development and periodic updating of | ||||||
27 | Statewide health objectives
encompassing, in part, the | ||||||
28 | periodically published federal health objectives
for the | ||||||
29 | nation, which will provide the basis for the policy | ||||||
30 | development and
assurance roles of the State Health | ||||||
31 | Department, and to make recommendations
to the Governor | ||||||
32 | through the Director regarding legislation and
funding | ||||||
33 | necessary to implement the objectives.
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34 | (11) Upon the request of the Governor, to recommend to | ||||||
35 | the Governor
candidates for Director of Public Health when | ||||||
36 | vacancies occur in the position.
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1 | (12) To adopt bylaws for the conduct of its own | ||||||
2 | business, including the
authority to establish ad hoc | ||||||
3 | committees to address specific public health
programs | ||||||
4 | requiring resolution.
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5 | Upon appointment, the Board shall elect a chairperson from | ||||||
6 | among its
members.
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7 | Members of the Board shall receive compensation for their | ||||||
8 | services at the
rate of $150 per day, not to exceed $10,000 per | ||||||
9 | year, as designated by the
Director for each day required for | ||||||
10 | transacting the business of the Board
and shall be reimbursed | ||||||
11 | for necessary expenses incurred in the performance
of their | ||||||
12 | duties. The Board shall meet from time to time at the call of | ||||||
13 | the
Department, at the call of the chairperson, or upon the | ||||||
14 | request of 3 of its
members, but shall not meet less than 4 | ||||||
15 | times per year.
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16 | (b) (Blank).
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17 | (c) An Advisory Board on Necropsy Service to Coroners, | ||||||
18 | which shall
counsel and advise with the Director on the | ||||||
19 | administration of the Autopsy
Act. The Advisory Board shall | ||||||
20 | consist of 11 members, including
a senior citizen age 60 or | ||||||
21 | over, appointed by the Governor, one of
whom shall be | ||||||
22 | designated as chairman by a majority of the members of the
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23 | Board. In the appointment of the first Board the Governor shall | ||||||
24 | appoint 3
members to serve for terms of 1 year, 3 for terms of 2 | ||||||
25 | years, and 3 for
terms of 3 years. The members first appointed | ||||||
26 | under Public Act 83-1538 shall serve for a term of 3 years. All | ||||||
27 | members appointed thereafter
shall be appointed for terms of 3 | ||||||
28 | years, except that when an
appointment is made
to fill a | ||||||
29 | vacancy, the appointment shall be for the remaining
term of the | ||||||
30 | position vacant. The members of the Board shall be citizens of
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31 | the State of Illinois. In the appointment of members of the | ||||||
32 | Advisory Board
the Governor shall appoint 3 members who shall | ||||||
33 | be persons licensed to
practice medicine and surgery in the | ||||||
34 | State of Illinois, at least 2 of whom
shall have received | ||||||
35 | post-graduate training in the field of pathology; 3
members who | ||||||
36 | are duly elected coroners in this State; and 5 members who
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1 | shall have interest and abilities in the field of forensic | ||||||
2 | medicine but who
shall be neither persons licensed to practice | ||||||
3 | any branch of medicine in
this State nor coroners. In the | ||||||
4 | appointment of medical and coroner members
of the Board, the | ||||||
5 | Governor shall invite nominations from recognized medical
and | ||||||
6 | coroners organizations in this State respectively. Board | ||||||
7 | members, while
serving on business of the Board, shall receive | ||||||
8 | actual necessary travel and
subsistence expenses while so | ||||||
9 | serving away from their places of residence.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 90-607, eff. 6-30-98; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; | ||||||
11 | 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)
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