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There shall be a State Board of Health composed of 19 |
persons,
all of
whom shall be appointed by the Governor, with |
the advice and consent of the
Senate for those appointed by the |
Governor on and after June 30, 1998,
and one of whom shall be a
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senior citizen age 60 or over. Five members shall be physicians |
licensed
to practice medicine in all its branches, one |
representing a medical school
faculty, one who is board |
certified in preventive medicine, and one who is
engaged in |
private practice. One member shall be a chiropractic physician. |
One member shall be a dentist; one an
environmental health |
practitioner; one a local public health administrator;
one a |
local board of health member; one a registered nurse; one a |
physical therapist; one a
veterinarian; one a public health |
academician; one a health care industry
representative; one a |
representative of the business community; one a representative |
of the non-profit public interest community; and 2 shall be |
citizens at large.
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The terms of Board of Health members shall be 3 years, |
except that members shall continue to serve on the Board of |
Health until a replacement is appointed. Upon the effective |
date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, in |
the appointment of the Board of Health members appointed to |
vacancies or positions with terms expiring on or before |
December 31, 2004, the Governor shall appoint up to 6 members |
to serve for terms of 3 years; up to 6 members to serve for |
terms of 2 years; and up to 5 members to serve for a term of one |
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year, so that the term of no more than 6 members expire in the |
same year.
All members shall
be legal residents of the State of |
Illinois. The duties of the Board shall
include, but not be |
limited to, the following:
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(1) To advise the Department of ways to encourage |
public understanding
and support of the Department's |
programs.
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(2) To evaluate all boards, councils, committees, |
authorities, and
bodies
advisory to, or an adjunct of, the |
Department of Public Health or its
Director for the purpose |
of recommending to the Director one or
more of the |
following:
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(i) The elimination of bodies whose activities
are |
not consistent with goals and objectives of the |
Department.
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(ii) The consolidation of bodies whose activities |
encompass
compatible programmatic subjects.
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(iii) The restructuring of the relationship |
between the various
bodies and their integration |
within the organizational structure of the
Department.
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(iv) The establishment of new bodies deemed |
essential to the
functioning of the Department.
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(3) To serve as an advisory group to the Director for
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public health emergencies and
control of health hazards.
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(4) To advise the Director regarding public health |
policy,
and to make health policy recommendations |
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regarding priorities to the
Governor through the Director.
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(5) To present public health issues to the Director and |
to make
recommendations for the resolution of those issues.
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(6) To recommend studies to delineate public health |
problems.
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(7) To make recommendations to the Governor through the |
Director
regarding the coordination of State public health |
activities with other
State and local public health |
agencies and organizations.
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(8) To report on or before February 1 of each year on |
the health of the
residents of Illinois to the Governor, |
the General Assembly, and the
public.
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(9) To review the final draft of all proposed |
administrative rules,
other than emergency or preemptory |
rules and those rules that another
advisory body must |
approve or review within a statutorily defined time
period, |
of the Department after September 19, 1991 (the effective |
date of
Public Act
87-633). The Board shall review the |
proposed rules within 90
days of
submission by the |
Department. The Department shall take into consideration
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any comments and recommendations of the Board regarding the |
proposed rules
prior to submission to the Secretary of |
State for initial publication. If
the Department disagrees |
with the recommendations of the Board, it shall
submit a |
written response outlining the reasons for not accepting |
the
recommendations.
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In the case of proposed administrative rules or |
amendments to
administrative
rules regarding immunization |
of children against preventable communicable
diseases |
designated by the Director under the Communicable Disease |
Prevention
Act, after the Immunization Advisory Committee |
has made its
recommendations, the Board shall conduct 3 |
public hearings, geographically
distributed
throughout the |
State. At the conclusion of the hearings, the State Board |
of
Health shall issue a report, including its |
recommendations, to the Director.
The Director shall take |
into consideration any comments or recommendations made
by |
the Board based on these hearings.
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(10) To deliver to the Governor for presentation to the |
General Assembly a State Health Improvement Plan. The first |
and second such plans shall be delivered to the Governor on |
January 1, 2006 and on January 1, 2009 respectively, and |
then every 4 years thereafter. |
The Plan shall recommend priorities and strategies to |
improve the public health system and the health status of |
Illinois residents, taking into consideration national |
health objectives and system standards as frameworks for |
assessment. |
The Plan shall also take into consideration priorities |
and strategies developed at the community level through the |
Illinois Project for Local Assessment of Needs (IPLAN) and |
any regional health improvement plans that may be |
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developed.
The Plan shall focus on prevention as a key |
strategy for long-term health improvement in Illinois. |
The Plan shall examine and make recommendations on the |
contributions and strategies of the public and private |
sectors for improving health status and the public health |
system in the State. In addition to recommendations on |
health status improvement priorities and strategies for |
the population of the State as a whole, the Plan shall make |
recommendations regarding priorities and strategies for |
reducing and eliminating health disparities in Illinois; |
including racial, ethnic, gender, age, socio-economic and |
geographic disparities. |
The Director of the Illinois Department of Public |
Health shall appoint a Planning Team that includes a range |
of public, private, and voluntary sector stakeholders and |
participants in the public health system. This Team shall |
include: the directors of State agencies with public health |
responsibilities (or their designees), including but not |
limited to the Illinois Departments of Public Health and |
Department of Human Services, representatives of local |
health departments, representatives of local community |
health partnerships, and individuals with expertise who |
represent an array of organizations and constituencies |
engaged in public health improvement and prevention. |
The State Board of Health shall hold at least 3 public |
hearings addressing drafts of the Plan in representative |
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geographic areas of the State.
Members of the Planning Team |
shall receive no compensation for their services, but may |
be reimbursed for their necessary expenses.
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Upon the delivery of each State Health Improvement |
Plan, the Governor shall appoint a SHIP Implementation |
Coordination Council that includes a range of public, |
private, and voluntary sector stakeholders and |
participants in the public health system. The Council shall |
include the directors of State agencies and entities with |
public health system responsibilities (or their |
designees), including but not limited to the Department of |
Public Health, Department of Human Services, Department of |
Healthcare and Family Services, Environmental Protection |
Agency, Illinois State Board of Education, Department on |
Aging, Illinois Violence Prevention Authority, Department |
of Agriculture, Department of Insurance, Department of |
Financial and Professional Regulation, Department of |
Transportation, and Department of Commerce and Economic |
Opportunity and the Chair of the State Board of Health. The |
Council shall include representatives of local health |
departments and individuals with expertise who represent |
an array of organizations and constituencies engaged in |
public health improvement and prevention, including |
non-profit public interest groups, health issue groups, |
faith community groups, health care providers, businesses |
and employers, academic institutions, and community-based |
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organizations. The Governor shall endeavor to make the |
membership of the Council representative of the racial, |
ethnic, gender, socio-economic, and geographic diversity |
of the State. The Governor shall designate one State agency |
representative and one other non-governmental member as |
co-chairs of the Council. The Governor shall designate a |
member of the Governor's office to serve as liaison to the |
Council and one or more State agencies to provide or |
arrange for support to the Council. The members of the SHIP |
Implementation Coordination Council for each State Health |
Improvement Plan shall serve until the delivery of the |
subsequent State Health Improvement Plan, whereupon a new |
Council shall be appointed. Members of the SHIP Planning |
Team may serve on the SHIP Implementation Coordination |
Council if so appointed by the Governor. |
The SHIP Implementation Coordination Council shall |
coordinate the efforts and engagement of the public, |
private, and voluntary sector stakeholders and |
participants in the public health system to implement each |
SHIP. The Council shall serve as a forum for collaborative |
action; coordinate existing and new initiatives; develop |
detailed implementation steps, with mechanisms for action; |
implement specific projects; identify public and private |
funding sources at the local, State and federal level; |
promote public awareness of the SHIP; advocate for the |
implementation of the SHIP; and develop an annual report to |
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the Governor, General Assembly, and public regarding the |
status of implementation of the SHIP. The Council shall |
not, however, have the authority to direct any public or |
private entity to take specific action to implement the |
SHIP.
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(11) Upon the request of the Governor, to recommend to |
the Governor
candidates for Director of Public Health when |
vacancies occur in the position.
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(12) To adopt bylaws for the conduct of its own |
business, including the
authority to establish ad hoc |
committees to address specific public health
programs |
requiring resolution.
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(13) To review and comment upon the Comprehensive |
Health Plan submitted by the Center for Comprehensive |
Health Planning as provided under Section 2310-217 of the |
Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the |
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. |
Upon appointment, the Board shall elect a chairperson from |
among its
members.
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Members of the Board shall receive compensation for their |
services at the
rate of $150 per day, not to exceed $10,000 per |
year, as designated by the
Director for each day required for |
transacting the business of the Board
and shall be reimbursed |
for necessary expenses incurred in the performance
of their |
duties. The Board shall meet from time to time at the call of |
the
Department, at the call of the chairperson, or upon the |
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request of 3 of its
members, but shall not meet less than 4 |
times per year.
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(b) (Blank).
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(c) An Advisory Board on Necropsy Service to Coroners, |
which shall
counsel and advise with the Director on the |
administration of the Autopsy
Act. The Advisory Board shall |
consist of 11 members, including
a senior citizen age 60 or |
over, appointed by the Governor, one of
whom shall be |
designated as chairman by a majority of the members of the
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Board. In the appointment of the first Board the Governor shall |
appoint 3
members to serve for terms of 1 year, 3 for terms of 2 |
years, and 3 for
terms of 3 years. The members first appointed |
under Public Act 83-1538 shall serve for a term of 3 years. All |
members appointed thereafter
shall be appointed for terms of 3 |
years, except that when an
appointment is made
to fill a |
vacancy, the appointment shall be for the remaining
term of the |
position vacant. The members of the Board shall be citizens of
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the State of Illinois. In the appointment of members of the |
Advisory Board
the Governor shall appoint 3 members who shall |
be persons licensed to
practice medicine and surgery in the |
State of Illinois, at least 2 of whom
shall have received |
post-graduate training in the field of pathology; 3
members who |
are duly elected coroners in this State; and 5 members who
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shall have interest and abilities in the field of forensic |
medicine but who
shall be neither persons licensed to practice |
any branch of medicine in
this State nor coroners. In the |
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appointment of medical and coroner members
of the Board, the |
Governor shall invite nominations from recognized medical
and |
coroners organizations in this State respectively. Board |
members, while
serving on business of the Board, shall receive |
actual necessary travel and
subsistence expenses while so |
serving away from their places of residence.
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(Source: P.A. 96-31, eff. 6-30-09; 96-455, eff. 8-14-09; |
revised 9-4-09.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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