Bill Text: IL SB2383 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Public Health.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-26 - Referred to Assignments [SB2383 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB2383-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB2383 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 5/5-565 was 20 ILCS 5/6.06
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Public Health.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by changing Section 5-565 as follows:
(20 ILCS 5/5-565) (was 20 ILCS 5/6.06)
Sec. 5-565. In the the Department of Public Health.
(a) The General Assembly declares it to be the public
policy of this State that all citizens of Illinois are
entitled to lead healthy lives. Governmental public health has
a specific responsibility to ensure that a public health
system is in place to allow the public health mission to be
achieved. The public health system is the collection of
public, private, and voluntary entities as well as individuals
and informal associations that contribute to the public's
health within the State. To develop a public health system
requires certain core functions to be performed by government.
The State Board of Health is to assume the leadership role in
advising the Director in meeting the following functions:
(1) Needs assessment.
(2) Statewide health objectives.
(3) Policy development.
(4) Assurance of access to necessary services.

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There shall be a State Board of Health composed of 20
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
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 an optometrist; 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.
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 Public Act 93-975 (January 1, 2005) 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

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5 members to serve for a term of one 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:
(1) To advise the Department of ways to encourage
public understanding and support of the Department's
programs.
(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:
(i) The elimination of bodies whose activities are
not consistent with goals and objectives of the
Department.
(ii) The consolidation of bodies whose activities
encompass compatible programmatic subjects.
(iii) The restructuring of the relationship
between the various bodies and their integration
within the organizational structure of the Department.
(iv) The establishment of new bodies deemed
essential to the functioning of the Department.
(3) To serve as an advisory group to the Director for
public health emergencies and control of health hazards.
(4) To advise the Director regarding public health

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policy, and to make health policy recommendations
regarding priorities to the Governor through the Director.
(5) To present public health issues to the Director
and to make recommendations for the resolution of those
issues.
(6) To recommend studies to delineate public health
problems.
(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.
(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.
(9) To review the final draft of all proposed
administrative rules, other than emergency or peremptory
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 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

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Board, it shall submit a written response outlining the
reasons for not accepting the recommendations.
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.
(10) To deliver to the Governor for presentation to
the General Assembly a State Health Improvement Plan. The
first 3 such plans shall be delivered to the Governor on
January 1, 2006, January 1, 2009, and January 1, 2016 and
then every 5 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

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the Illinois Project for Local Assessment of Needs (IPLAN)
and any regional health improvement plans that may be
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

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prevention.
The State Board of Health shall hold at least 3 public
hearings addressing drafts of the Plan in representative
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.
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

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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 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;

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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 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.
(11) Upon the request of the Governor, to recommend to
the Governor candidates for Director of Public Health when
vacancies occur in the position.
(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.
(13) (Blank).
Upon appointment, the Board shall elect a chairperson from
among its members.
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.
(b) (Blank).
(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
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 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 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

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the 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.
(Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 99-527, eff. 1-1-17;
revised 7-17-19.)