Full Text of HB7304 93rd General Assembly
HB7304 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 HB7304
Introduced 05/18/04, by Rep. Robert F. Flider SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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55 ILCS 5/5-25012 |
from Ch. 34, par. 5-25012 |
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Amends the Counties Code. Provides that all members of a board of health must be residents of the county, except for members who are required to be physicians, dentists, or nurses if no physician, dentist, or nurse who resides in the county is willing and able to serve.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning counties.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 5-25012 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/5-25012) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25012)
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| Sec. 5-25012. Board of health. Except in those cases where | 8 |
| a board of 12 members is provided for as
authorized in this | 9 |
| Section, each county health department shall be managed
by a | 10 |
| board of health consisting of
8 members appointed by the | 11 |
| president or
chairman of the county board, with the approval of | 12 |
| the county board, for a
3 year term, except that of the first | 13 |
| appointees 2 shall serve for one
year, 2 for 2 years, 3 for 3 | 14 |
| years and the term of the member appointed
from the county | 15 |
| board, as provided in this Section, shall be one year and
shall | 16 |
| continue until reappointment or until a
successor is appointed. | 17 |
| Each board of health which has 8 members, may
have
one | 18 |
| additional member appointed by the president or chairman of the | 19 |
| county
board, with the approval of the county board. The | 20 |
| additional member shall
first be appointed within 90 days after | 21 |
| the effective date of this amendatory
Act for a term ending | 22 |
| July 1, 2002.
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| The county health department in a county having a | 24 |
| population of 200,000
or more may, if the county board, by | 25 |
| resolution, so provides, be managed by
a board of health | 26 |
| consisting of 12 members appointed by the president or
chairman | 27 |
| of the county board, with the approval of the county board, for | 28 |
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3 year term, except that of the first appointees 3 shall | 29 |
| serve for one
year, 4 for 2 years, 4 for 3 years and the term of | 30 |
| the member appointed
from the county board, as provided in this | 31 |
| Section, shall be one year and
shall continue until | 32 |
| reappointment or until a successor is appointed. In
counties |
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| with a population of 200,000 or more which have a board of | 2 |
| health
of 8 members, the county board may, by resolution, | 3 |
| increase the size of the
board of health to 12 members, in | 4 |
| which case the 4 members added shall be
appointed, as of the | 5 |
| next anniversary of the present appointments, 2 for
terms of 3 | 6 |
| years, one for 2 years and one for one year.
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| The county board in counties with a population of more than | 8 |
| 100,000
but less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and contiguous to | 9 |
| any county with a
metropolitan area with more than 1,000,000 | 10 |
| inhabitants, may establish
compensation for the board of | 11 |
| health, as remuneration for their services as
members of the | 12 |
| board of health. Monthly compensation shall not exceed
$200 | 13 |
| except in the case of the president of the board of health | 14 |
| whose
monthly compensation shall not exceed $400.
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| Each multiple-county health department shall be managed by | 16 |
| a board of
health consisting of 4 members appointed from each | 17 |
| county by the president
or chairman of the county board with | 18 |
| the approval of the county board for a
3 year term, except that | 19 |
| of the first appointees from each county one shall
serve for | 20 |
| one year, one for 2 years, one for 3 years and the term of the
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| member appointed from the county board of each member county, | 22 |
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hereinafter provided, shall be one year and shall continue | 23 |
| until
reappointment or until a successor is appointed.
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| The term of office of original appointees shall begin on | 25 |
| July 1
following their appointment, and the term of all members | 26 |
| shall continue
until their successors are appointed. All | 27 |
| members shall serve without
compensation but may be reimbursed | 28 |
| for actual necessary expenses incurred
in the performance of | 29 |
| their duties. At least 2 members of each county board
of health | 30 |
| shall be physicians licensed in Illinois to practice medicine | 31 |
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all of its branches and at least one member shall be a | 32 |
| dentist licensed in
Illinois. In counties with a population | 33 |
| under 500,000, one member shall
be chosen from the county board | 34 |
| or the board of county commissioners
as the case may be. In | 35 |
| counties with a population over 500,000, two members
shall be | 36 |
| chosen from the county board or the board of county |
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| commissioners
as the case may be. At least one member from each | 2 |
| county on each
multiple-county board of health shall be a | 3 |
| physician
licensed in Illinois to practice medicine in all of | 4 |
| its branches, one
member from each county on each | 5 |
| multiple-county board of health shall be
chosen from the county | 6 |
| board or the board of county commissioners, as the case
may be, | 7 |
| and at least one member of the board of health shall be a | 8 |
| dentist
licensed in Illinois. Whenever possible, at least one | 9 |
| member shall have
experience in the field of mental health. All | 10 |
| members shall be chosen for
their special fitness for | 11 |
| membership on the board.
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| Any member may be removed for misconduct or neglect of duty | 13 |
| by the
chairman or president of the county board, with the | 14 |
| approval of the county
board, of the county which appointed | 15 |
| him.
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| Vacancies shall be filled as in the case of appointment for | 17 |
| a full term.
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| Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the | 19 |
| contrary, a county
with a population of 240,000 or more | 20 |
| inhabitants that does not currently have a
county health | 21 |
| department may, by
resolution of the county board, establish a | 22 |
| board of health consisting of the
members of such board. Such | 23 |
| board of health shall be advised by a committee
which shall | 24 |
| consist of at least 5 members appointed by the president or
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| chairman of the county board with the approval of the county | 26 |
| board for terms of
3 years; except that of the first appointees | 27 |
| at least 2 shall serve for 3
years, at least 2 shall serve for 2 | 28 |
| years and at least one shall serve for one
year. At least one | 29 |
| member of the advisory committee shall be a physician
licensed | 30 |
| in Illinois to practice medicine in all its branches, at least | 31 |
| one
shall be a dentist licensed in Illinois, and one shall be a | 32 |
| nurse licensed in
Illinois. All members shall be chosen for | 33 |
| their special fitness for membership
on the advisory committee.
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| All members of a board established under this Section must | 35 |
| be residents of the county, except that members who are | 36 |
| required to be physicians, dentists, or nurses may reside |
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| outside the county if no physician, dentist, or nurse, as | 2 |
| applicable, who is willing and able to serve resides in the | 3 |
| county.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-568, eff. 8-14-99.)
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