SB3163 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB3163

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Ira I. Silverstein

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 1305/10-10
20 ILCS 1305/10-12
20 ILCS 2310/2310-374 new

Amends the Department of Human Services Act and the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that beginning January 1, 2005, the rights, powers, duties, and functions of the Department of Human Services concerning diabetes prevention programs are transferred to the Department of Public Health. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning public health.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended by changing Sections 10-10 and 10-12 as follows:

(20 ILCS 1305/10-10)

Sec. 10-10. Diabetes prevention; special risk groups. Through December 31, 2004, the The Department, and beginning January 1, 2005, the Department of Public Health under Section 2310-374 of the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, shall include within its public health promotion programs and materials information to be directed toward population groups in Illinois that are to be considered at high risk in relation to diabetes, such as Hispanics, people of African descent, the elderly, obese individuals, persons with high blood sugar content and persons with a family history of diabetes. Such information shall inform high risk groups about the causes and prevention of diabetes, the types of treatment for the disease and how treatment may be obtained.

(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

(20 ILCS 1305/10-12)

Sec. 10-12. Grants to the American Diabetes Association. Until December 31, 2004, the The Department of Human Services, and beginning January 1, 2005, the Department of Public Health under Section 2310-374 of the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, shall make grants to the American Diabetes Association for research on diabetes from appropriations to the Department from the American Diabetes Association Fund, a special fund created in the State Treasury.

(Source: P.A. 90-171, eff. 7-23-97.)

Section 10. The Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2310-374 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-374 new)

Sec. 2310-374. Diabetes prevention.

(a) Beginning January 1, 2005, the Department must include within its public health promotion programs and materials information to be directed toward population groups in Illinois that are to be considered at high risk in relation to diabetes, such as Hispanics, people of African descent, the elderly, obese individuals, persons with high blood sugar content and persons with a family history of diabetes. This information must inform high risk groups about the causes and prevention of diabetes, the types of treatment for the disease, and how treatment may be obtained.

(b) Beginning January 1, 2005, the Department must make grants to the American Diabetes Association for research on diabetes from appropriations to the Department from the American Diabetes Association Fund, a special fund created in the State Treasury.

(c) The rights, powers, duties, and functions vested in the Department of Human Services under Sections 10-10 and 10-12 of the Department of Human Services Act are transferred to the Department of Department on January 1, 2005. All books, records, documents, property (real and personal), unexpended appropriations, and pending business pertaining to the rights, powers, duties, and functions transferred to the Department under this Section shall be transferred and delivered to the Department effective January 1, 2005.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.