Full Text of HB2804 102nd General Assembly
HB2804 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB2804 Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Brad Halbrook SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 55 ILCS 5/5-25012 | from Ch. 34, par. 5-25012 |
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Amends the Counties Code. Provides that no member of a county board or board of county commissioners, during the term of office for which he or she is elected, may be appointed or serve as a member of the board of health of that county. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 5-25012 as follows:
| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/5-25012) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25012)
| 7 | | Sec. 5-25012. Board of health. Except in those cases where | 8 | | a board of 10 or 12 members is provided for as
authorized in | 9 | | this Section, each county health department shall be managed
| 10 | | by a board of health consisting of
8 members appointed by the | 11 | | president or
chairman of the county board, with the approval | 12 | | of the county board, for a
3 year term, except that of the | 13 | | first appointees 2 shall serve for one
year, 2 for 2 years, 3 | 14 | | for 3 years and the term of the member appointed
from the | 15 | | county board, as provided in this Section, shall be one year | 16 | | and
shall continue until reappointment or until a
successor is | 17 | | appointed. Each board of health which has 8 members, may
have
| 18 | | one additional member appointed by the president or chairman | 19 | | of the county
board, with the approval of the county board. The | 20 | | additional member shall
first be appointed within 90 days | 21 | | after the effective date of this amendatory
Act for a term | 22 | | ending July 1, 2002.
| 23 | | The county health department in a county having a |
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| 1 | | population of 200,000
or more may, if the county board, by | 2 | | resolution, so provides, be managed by
a board of health | 3 | | consisting of 12 members appointed by the president or
| 4 | | chairman of the county board, with the approval of the county | 5 | | board, for a
3 year term, except that of the first appointees 3 | 6 | | shall serve for one
year, 4 for 2 years, 4 for 3 years and the | 7 | | term of the member appointed
from the county board, as | 8 | | provided in this Section, shall be one year and
shall continue | 9 | | until reappointment or until a successor is appointed. In
| 10 | | counties with a population of 200,000 or more which have a | 11 | | board of health
of 8 members, the county board may, by | 12 | | resolution, increase the size of the
board of health to 12 | 13 | | members, in which case the 4 members added shall be
appointed, | 14 | | as of the next anniversary of the present appointments, 2 for
| 15 | | terms of 3 years, one for 2 years and one for one year.
| 16 | | The county board in counties with a population of more | 17 | | than 100,000
but less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and | 18 | | contiguous to any county with a
metropolitan area with more | 19 | | than 1,000,000 inhabitants, may establish
compensation for the | 20 | | board of health, as remuneration for their services as
members | 21 | | of the board of health. Monthly compensation shall not exceed
| 22 | | $200 except in the case of the president of the board of health | 23 | | whose
monthly compensation shall not exceed $400.
| 24 | | When a county board of health consisting of 8 members | 25 | | assumes the responsibilities of a municipal department of | 26 | | public health, and both the county board and the city council |
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| 1 | | adopt resolutions or ordinances to that effect, the county | 2 | | board may, by resolution or ordinance, increase the membership | 3 | | of the county board of health to 10 members. The additional 2 | 4 | | members shall initially be appointed by the mayor of the | 5 | | municipality, with the approval of the city council, each such | 6 | | member to serve for a term of 2 years; thereafter the | 7 | | successors shall be appointed by the president or chairman of | 8 | | the county board, with the approval of the county board, for | 9 | | terms of 2 years.
| 10 | | Each multiple-county health department shall be managed by | 11 | | a board of
health consisting of 4 members appointed from each | 12 | | county by the president
or chairman of the county board with | 13 | | the approval of the county board for a
3 year term, except that | 14 | | of the first appointees from each county one shall
serve for | 15 | | one year, one for 2 years, one for 3 years and the term of the
| 16 | | member appointed from the county board of each member county, | 17 | | as
hereinafter provided, shall be one year and shall continue | 18 | | until
reappointment or until a successor is appointed.
| 19 | | The term of office of original appointees shall begin on | 20 | | July 1
following their appointment, and the term of all | 21 | | members shall continue
until their successors are appointed. | 22 | | All members shall serve without
compensation but may be | 23 | | reimbursed for actual necessary expenses incurred
in the | 24 | | performance of their duties. At least 2 members of each county | 25 | | board
of health shall be physicians licensed in Illinois to | 26 | | practice medicine in
all of its branches and at least one |
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| 1 | | member shall be a dentist licensed in
Illinois. In counties | 2 | | with a population under 500,000, one member shall
be chosen | 3 | | from the county board or the board of county commissioners
as | 4 | | the case may be. In counties with a population over 500,000, | 5 | | two members
shall be chosen from the county board or the board | 6 | | of county commissioners
as the case may be. At least one member | 7 | | from each county on each
multiple-county board of health shall | 8 | | be a physician
licensed in Illinois to practice medicine in | 9 | | all of its branches , one
member from each county on each | 10 | | multiple-county board of health shall be
chosen from the | 11 | | county board or the board of county commissioners, as the case
| 12 | | may be, and at least one member of the board of health shall be | 13 | | a dentist
licensed in Illinois. No member of a county board or | 14 | | board of county commissioners, during the term of office for | 15 | | which he or she is elected, may be appointed or serve as a | 16 | | member of the board of health. Whenever possible, at least one | 17 | | member shall have
experience in the field of mental health. | 18 | | All members shall be chosen for
their special fitness for | 19 | | membership on the board.
| 20 | | Any member may be removed for misconduct or neglect of | 21 | | duty by the
chairman or president of the county board, with the | 22 | | approval of the county
board, of the county which appointed | 23 | | him.
| 24 | | Vacancies shall be filled as in the case of appointment | 25 | | for a full term.
| 26 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the |
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| 1 | | contrary, a county
with a population of 240,000 or more | 2 | | inhabitants that does not currently have a
county health | 3 | | department may, by
resolution of the county board, establish a | 4 | | board of health consisting of the
members of such board. Such | 5 | | board of health shall be advised by a committee
which shall | 6 | | consist of at least 5 members appointed by the president or
| 7 | | chairman of the county board with the approval of the county | 8 | | board for terms of
3 years; except that of the first appointees | 9 | | at least 2 shall serve for 3
years, at least 2 shall serve for | 10 | | 2 years and at least one shall serve for one
year. At least one | 11 | | member of the advisory committee shall be a physician
licensed | 12 | | in Illinois to practice medicine in all its branches, at least | 13 | | one
shall be a dentist licensed in Illinois, and one shall be a | 14 | | nurse licensed in
Illinois. All members shall be chosen for | 15 | | their special fitness for membership
on the advisory | 16 | | committee.
| 17 | | All members of a board established under this Section must | 18 | | be residents of the county, except that a member who is | 19 | | required to be a physician, dentist, or nurse may reside | 20 | | outside the county if no physician, dentist, or nurse, as | 21 | | applicable, who resides in the county is willing and able to | 22 | | serve.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 94-457, eff. 1-1-06; 94-791, eff. 1-1-07.)
| 24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 25 | | becoming law.
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