Bill Text: IL SB2797 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the county health department of specified counties shall be managed by a board of health consisting of 9 members (now, 8 members). Requires that at least one member of the board of health be a chiropractic physician licensed in Illinois. Provides that a board member who is required to be a chiropractic physician may reside outside the county if no chiropractic physician who resides in the county is willing and able to serve on the board. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-12-21 - Assigned to Mass Transit Committee [SB2797 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB2797-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
5-25012 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/5-25012) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25012)
Sec. 5-25012. Board of health. Except in those cases where
a board of 10 or 12 members is provided for as authorized in
this Section, each county health department shall be managed by
a board of health consisting of 9 8 members appointed by the
president or chairman of the county board, with the approval of
the county board, for a 3 year term, except that of the first
appointees 2 shall serve for one year, 2 for 2 years, 3 for 3
years and the term of the member appointed from the county
board, as provided in this Section, shall be one year and shall
continue until reappointment or until a successor is appointed.
Within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 96th General Assembly, the president or chairperson of
the county board, with the approval of the county board, shall
appoint one additional member of the board for a 3-year term.
Each board of health which has 9 8 members, may have one
additional member appointed by the president or chairman of the
county board, with the approval of the county board. The

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additional member shall first be appointed within 90 days after
the effective date of this amendatory Act for a term ending
July 1, 2002.
The county health department in a county having a
population of 200,000 or more may, if the county board, by
resolution, so provides, be managed by a board of health
consisting of 12 members appointed by the president or chairman
of the county board, with the approval of the county board, for
a 3 year term, except that of the first appointees 3 shall
serve for one year, 4 for 2 years, 4 for 3 years and the term of
the member appointed from the county board, as provided in this
Section, shall be one year and shall continue until
reappointment or until a successor is appointed. In counties
with a population of 200,000 or more which have a board of
health of 9 8 members, the county board may, by resolution,
increase the size of the board of health to 12 members, in
which case the 3 4 members added shall be appointed, as of the
next anniversary of the present appointments, one for a term 2
for terms of 3 years, one for 2 years, and one for one year.
The county board in counties with a population of more than
100,000 but less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and contiguous to
any county with a metropolitan area with more than 1,000,000
inhabitants, may establish compensation for the board of
health, as remuneration for their services as members of the
board of health. Monthly compensation shall not exceed $200
except in the case of the president of the board of health

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whose monthly compensation shall not exceed $400.
When a county board of health consisting of 9 8 members
assumes the responsibilities of a municipal department of
public health, and both the county board and the city council
adopt resolutions or ordinances to that effect, the county
board may, by resolution or ordinance, increase the membership
of the county board of health to 10 members. The additional
member 2 members shall initially be appointed by the mayor of
the municipality, with the approval of the city council, the
each such member to serve for a term of 2 years; thereafter the
successors shall be appointed by the president or chairman of
the county board, with the approval of the county board, for
terms of 2 years.
Each multiple-county health department shall be managed by
a board of health consisting of 4 members appointed from each
county by the president or chairman of the county board with
the approval of the county board for a 3 year term, except that
of the first appointees from each county one shall serve for
one year, one for 2 years, one for 3 years and the term of the
member appointed from the county board of each member county,
as hereinafter provided, shall be one year and shall continue
until reappointment or until a successor is appointed.
The term of office of original appointees shall begin on
July 1 following their appointment, and the term of all members
shall continue until their successors are appointed. All
members shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed

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for actual necessary expenses incurred in the performance of
their duties. At least 2 members of each county board of health
shall be physicians licensed in Illinois to practice medicine
in all of its branches, at least one member shall be a
chiropractic physician licensed in Illinois, and at least one
member shall be a dentist licensed in Illinois. In counties
with a population under 500,000, one member shall be chosen
from the county board or the board of county commissioners as
the case may be. In counties with a population over 500,000,
two members shall be chosen from the county board or the board
of county commissioners as the case may be. At least one member
from each county on each multiple-county board of health shall
be a physician licensed in Illinois to practice medicine in all
of its branches, one member from each county on each
multiple-county board of health shall be chosen from the county
board or the board of county commissioners, as the case may be,
at least one member of the board of health shall be a
chiropractic physician licensed in Illinois, and at least one
member of the board of health shall be a dentist licensed in
Illinois. Whenever possible, at least one member shall have
experience in the field of mental health. All members shall be
chosen for their special fitness for membership on the board.
Any member may be removed for misconduct or neglect of duty
by the chairman or president of the county board, with the
approval of the county board, of the county which appointed
him.

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Vacancies shall be filled as in the case of appointment for
a full term.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the
contrary, a county with a population of 240,000 or more
inhabitants that does not currently have a county health
department may, by resolution of the county board, establish a
board of health consisting of the members of such board. Such
board of health shall be advised by a committee which shall
consist of at least 5 members appointed by the president or
chairman of the county board with the approval of the county
board for terms of 3 years; except that of the first appointees
at least 2 shall serve for 3 years, at least 2 shall serve for 2
years and at least one shall serve for one year. At least one
member of the advisory committee shall be a physician licensed
in Illinois to practice medicine in all its branches, at least
one shall be a chiropractic physician licensed in Illinois, at
least one shall be a dentist licensed in Illinois, and one
shall be a nurse licensed in Illinois. All members shall be
chosen for their special fitness for membership on the advisory
committee.
All members of a board established under this Section must
be residents of the county, except that a member who is
required to be a physician, chiropractic physician, dentist, or
nurse may reside outside the county if no physician,
chiropractic physician, dentist, or nurse, as applicable, who
resides in the county is willing and able to serve.

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(Source: P.A. 94-457, eff. 1-1-06; 94-791, eff. 1-1-07.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.