Bill Text: IL HB2804 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2804 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB2804-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 5-25012 as follows:
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6 | (55 ILCS 5/5-25012) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25012)
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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15 | terms of 3 years, one for 2 years and one for one year.
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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
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22 | $200 except in the case of the president of the board of health | ||||||
23 | whose
monthly compensation shall not exceed $400.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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24 | Vacancies shall be filled as in the case of appointment | ||||||
25 | for a full term.
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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
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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.
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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.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 94-457, eff. 1-1-06; 94-791, eff. 1-1-07.)
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24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
25 | becoming law.
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