Bill Text: IL HB2828 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Vector Control Act. Adds legislative findings to the Act. Defines "integrated vector management approach". Provides that an organization performing mosquito control as a public service shall submit to the Department of Public Health a written integrated vector management plan. Provides that this provision does not apply to the Department mosquito control grantees who are supervised by the Department on the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that this provision does not apply to a business or person regulated under the Structural Pest Control Act. Provides that a vector management organization shall establish and maintain a system of public notification prior to the use of wide-area chemical pesticides from the public right of way. Provides that a vector management plan shall consist of a plan for the prevention, biological, and nonchemical means of controlling disease vectors based upon scientific data prescribed by the Department. Effective January 1, 2024.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2023-03-29 - Referred to Assignments [HB2828 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB2828-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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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 Vector Control Act is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 2 and by adding Sections 1.5 and 3.5 as follows:
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6 | (410 ILCS 95/1.5 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 1.5. Legislative intent. The General Assembly | ||||||
8 | recognizes that: | ||||||
9 | (1) climate change is a factor in future mosquito-borne | ||||||
10 | and vector-borne diseases; | ||||||
11 | (2) there is a need to ensure environmental protection as | ||||||
12 | well as the protection of public health and the quality of | ||||||
13 | life; and | ||||||
14 | (3) an integrated pest management approach is the best way | ||||||
15 | to balancing these goals.
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16 | (410 ILCS 95/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7802)
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17 | Sec. 2. For the purposes of this Act:
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18 | "Arthropod" means a mosquito or other invertebrate animal | ||||||
19 | with jointed
legs and a segmented body.
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20 | "Commercial pesticide applicator" means a person certified | ||||||
21 | or licensed
under the Structural Pest Control Act or the | ||||||
22 | Illinois Pesticide Act who
contracts to apply a pesticide |
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1 | within the scope of his or her certification
or license.
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2 | "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public | ||||||
3 | Health.
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4 | "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department | ||||||
5 | of Public Health.
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6 | "Integrated pest management" means modification of the | ||||||
7 | life system of a
vector or pest to reduce its numbers to an | ||||||
8 | acceptable level by applying
current biological and | ||||||
9 | technological knowledge to achieve the desired
modification in | ||||||
10 | a manner that ensures protection of the environment and public | ||||||
11 | health.
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12 | "Integrated vector management approach" means an approach | ||||||
13 | that prioritizes prevention, biological, and nonchemical means | ||||||
14 | of controlling disease vectors and prioritizes a data-driven | ||||||
15 | approach to vector management. | ||||||
16 | "Local health authority" means the full-time health | ||||||
17 | department, as
recognized by the Department, having | ||||||
18 | jurisdiction over a particular area.
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19 | "Pest" means undesirable arthropods (including certain | ||||||
20 | insects, spiders,
mites, ticks and related organisms), wood | ||||||
21 | infesting organisms, rats, mice,
birds and any other obnoxious | ||||||
22 | or undesirable animals.
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23 | "Vector" means arthropods, rats, mice, birds or other | ||||||
24 | animals capable of
carrying disease-producing organisms to a | ||||||
25 | human or animal host. "Vector"
does not include animals that | ||||||
26 | transmit disease to humans only when used as
human food.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 86-452.)
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2 | (410 ILCS 95/3.5 new) | ||||||
3 | Sec. 3.5. Integrated vector management plan; public | ||||||
4 | notification prior to use of wide-area chemical pesticides | ||||||
5 | from the public right of way. | ||||||
6 | (a) An organization performing mosquito control as a | ||||||
7 | public service shall submit to the Department a written | ||||||
8 | integrated vector management plan. | ||||||
9 | (b) This Section does not apply to the Department mosquito | ||||||
10 | control grantees who are supervised by the Department on the | ||||||
11 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General | ||||||
12 | Assembly. | ||||||
13 | (c) This Section does not apply to any business or person | ||||||
14 | regulated under the Structural Pest Control Act. | ||||||
15 | (d) A vector management organization shall establish and | ||||||
16 | maintain a system of public notification prior to the use of | ||||||
17 | wide-area chemical pesticides from the public right of way. | ||||||
18 | (e) A vector management plan shall consist of a plan for | ||||||
19 | the prevention, biological, and nonchemical means of | ||||||
20 | controlling disease vectors based upon scientific data | ||||||
21 | prescribed by the Department.
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22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
23 | 1, 2024.
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