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92_HB2794

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to public health.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Counties  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Section 5-25002 as follows:

 6        (55 ILCS 5/5-25002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25002)
 7        Sec.  5-25002.  Classification of departments. County and
 8    multiple county health  departments  established  under  this
 9    Division  may  be classified by the Director of Public Health
10    in  accordance  with  standards  relating  to  programs,  and
11    performance.  The  State  Department  of  Public  Health   is
12    authorized  to adopt promulgate rules and regulations setting
13    forth  minimum  standards  for  programs   and   performance,
14    including regulations in which the State Department of Public
15    Health  shall  require provision of home visitation and other
16    services for pregnant women, new mothers and infants who  are
17    at  risk as defined by that Department that encompass but are
18    not  limited  to  consultation   for   parental   and   child
19    development,   comprehensive  health  education,  nutritional
20    assessment, dental health,  and  periodic  health  screening,
21    referral  and  follow-up;  the  services  shall  be  provided
22    through  programs  funded  by  grants  from the Department of
23    Public Health from appropriations to the Department for  that
24    purpose.  The  Department  is further authorized to prescribe
25    minimum qualifications for the professional,  technical,  and
26    administrative staff.
27    (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1377; 87-395.)

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