Chapter 20 — EXECUTIVE BRANCH

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-45) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.29) Sec. 2310-45. State Treasurer as custodian of funds. Funds received by the Department pursuant to Section 2310-35 or 2310-40 shall be deposited with the State Treasurer and held and disbursed by the Treasurer in accordance with the …

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-450) Sec. 2310-450. Office for maternal and child health. (a) The Department shall be responsible for administration of the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant authorized by Title V of the federal Social Security Act. The Department shall be responsi…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-455) Sec. 2310-455. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21. Repealed internally, eff. 1-1-22.)

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-460) Sec. 2310-460. Suicide prevention. Subject to appropriation, the Department shall implement activities associated with the Suicide Prevention, Education, and Treatment Act, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Coordinating suicide prevention, …

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-470) Sec. 2310-470. High Risk Infant Follow-up. The Department, in collaboration with the Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and other key providers of maternal child health services, shall revise or add to the rules…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-5) Sec. 2310-5. Definitions. In this Law: "Department" means the Department of Public Health. "Director" means the Director of Public Health. "Public health emergency" has the meaning set forth in Section 4 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. (Sour…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-50) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.19) Sec. 2310-50. Cooperation of organizations and agencies. To enlist the cooperation of organizations of physicians and other agencies for the promotion and improvement of health and sanitation throughout the State. (Source: P.A. 91-2…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-50.10) Sec. 2310-50.10. Coordination with outside entities for grants management. To utilize the services of, and enter into necessary agreements with, outside entities for the purpose of evaluating grant applications and administration of or monitoring complia…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-50.5) Sec. 2310-50.5. Coordination concerning public health emergencies. To coordinate with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency with respect to planning for and responding to public health emergencies, as defined in Section 4 of the Illinois Emergency Mana…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-500) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.07) Sec. 2310-500. Sanitary investigations. To make sanitary investigations that it may, from time to time, deem necessary for the preservation and improvement of health. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-505) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.08) Sec. 2310-505. Nuisances; questions affecting security of life and health. To make examinations into nuisances and questions affecting the security of life and health in any locality in the State. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-510) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.15) Sec. 2310-510. Investigations for preservation and improvement of health. To make investigations and inquiries with respect to the causes of disease and death; to investigate the effect of environment, including conditions of emplo…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-530) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.04) Sec. 2310-530. Recreational, migrant labor, and other camps. To inspect recreational, tourist, migrant labor, and automobile trailer camps and to prepare and enforce rules and regulations governing their construction and operations…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-535) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.21) Sec. 2310-535. Public hospitals, sanitaria, and other institutions. To inspect, from time to time, all hospitals, sanitaria, and other institutions conducted by county, city, village, or township authorities and to report as to the…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-537) Sec. 2310-537. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01. Repealed by P.A. 99-933, eff. 1-27-17.)

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-540) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.31) Sec. 2310-540. General hospitals; minimum standards for operation; uterine cytologic examinations for cancer. To establish and enforce minimum standards for the operation of all general hospitals. The standards shall include the re…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-542) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2026) Sec. 2310-542. Safe gun storage public awareness campaign. (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall develop and implement a comprehensive 2-year statewide safe gun storage public awareness campai…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-543) Sec. 2310-543. Information regarding health care services. With funds made available for this purpose, the Department may, in conjunction with other programs or activities related to accessing medical care, develop and provide to the public and health care…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-545) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.20) Sec. 2310-545. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00. Repealed by P.A. 92-790, eff. 8-6-02.)

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-55) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.14) Sec. 2310-55. Collecting information regarding mortality and other matters. To obtain, collect, and preserve information relative to mortality, morbidity, disease, and health that may be useful in the discharge of its duties or may …

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-55.5) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457) Sec. 2310-55.5. Free and reduced fare services. The Regional Transportation Authority shall monthly provide the Department with a list of riders that receive free or reduced fares under the Regional Trans…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-550) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.40) Sec. 2310-550. Long-term care facilities. The Department may perform, in all long-term care facilities as defined in the Nursing Home Care Act, all facilities as defined in the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, …

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-555) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.06) Sec. 2310-555. Public swimming pools; bathing places. To examine artificially constructed public swimming pools and prepare and enforce rules and regulations governing their construction, operation, and use to the end that they wil…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-560) Sec. 2310-560. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 99-180, eff. 7-29-15. Repealed by P.A. 104-435, eff. 11-21-25.)

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-565) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.88) Sec. 2310-565. Facility construction training program. The Department shall conduct, at least annually, a joint in-service training program for architects, engineers, interior designers, and other persons involved in the constructi…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-57) Sec. 2310-57. Collecting information regarding hospital discharges and surgery. The Department of Public Health shall establish a system for the collection of data regarding hospital discharges and inpatient and outpatient surgery performed at hospitals and…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-575) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.10) Sec. 2310-575. Laboratories and blood banks; minimum standards and examinations. To establish and enforce minimum standards for the operation of laboratories, including clinical laboratories and blood banks, making examinations in …

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-577) Sec. 2310-577. Cord blood stem cell banks. (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall establish a network of human cord blood stem cell banks. The Director shall enter into contracts with qualified cord blood stem cell banks to assist in the establ…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-580) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.11) Sec. 2310-580. Certificate of competency to make laboratory tests. To issue certificates of competency to persons and laboratories making laboratory tests in connection with the diagnosis of disease or for the evaluation of health …

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-60) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.22) Sec. 2310-60. Publishing documents relating to health. To print, publish, and distribute documents, reports, bulletins, certificates, and other matter relating to the prevention of diseases and the health and sanitary conditions of …

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-600) Sec. 2310-600. Advance directive information. (a) The Department of Public Health shall prepare and publish the summary of advance directives law, as required by the federal Patient Self-Determination Act, and related forms. Publication may be limited to t…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-605) Sec. 2310-605. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 92-157, eff. 7-25-01. Repealed internally, eff. 4-30-02.)

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-610) Sec. 2310-610. Rules; public health preparedness. The Department shall adopt and implement rules, contact lists, and response plans governing public health preparedness and response. (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-612) Sec. 2310-612. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 94-602, eff. 8-16-05. Repealed by P.A. 101-275, eff. 8-9-19.)

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-615) Sec. 2310-615. Department coordination; public health preparedness. The Department shall require and coordinate development and implementation of public health preparedness and response plans by local health departments and facilities licensed by the Depar…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-617) Sec. 2310-617. Human papillomavirus vaccine. (a) As used in this Section, "eligible individual" means a female child under the age of 18, and, beginning on January 1, 2020, a male child under the age of 18, who is a resident of Illinois who: (1) is not ent…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-620) Sec. 2310-620. Cooperation; public health preparedness. The Department shall collaborate with relevant federal government authorities, State agencies, local authorities, including local public health authorities, elected officials from other states, and pr…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-625) Sec. 2310-625. Emergency powers. (a) Upon proclamation of a disaster by the Governor, as provided for in the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, the Director of Public Health shall have the following powers, which shall be exercised only in coordinat…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-628) Sec. 2310-628. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21. Repealed internally, eff. 6-17-22.)

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-630) Sec. 2310-630. Influenza vaccinations. (a) As used in this Section, "eligible individual" means a resident of Illinois who: (1) is not entitled to receive an influenza vaccination at no cost as a benefit under a plan of health insurance, a managed care pla…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-635) Sec. 2310-635. Healthy Smiles Fund; grants. Subject to appropriation, the Department of Public Health has the power to make grants or use moneys in the Healthy Smiles Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury, to secure federal matching grants to …

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-640) Sec. 2310-640. Hospital Capital Investment Program. (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall establish and administer a program to award capital grants to Illinois hospitals licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act. Grants awarded under this pro…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-641) Sec. 2310-641. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10. Repealed internally, eff. 12-31-12.)

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-642) Sec. 2310-642. Diabetes; transfer of functions from Department of Human Services. (a) Diabetes Research Checkoff Fund; grants. The Diabetes Research Checkoff Fund is a special fund in the State treasury. On and after July 1, 2010, from appropriations to th…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-643) Sec. 2310-643. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 98-97, eff. 1-1-14. Repealed by P.A. 104-435, eff. 11-21-25.)

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-645) Sec. 2310-645. Colorectal Cancer Screening and Treatment Pilot Program. (a) The General Assembly finds that colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer among Illinoisans, and nearly 3,000 deaths from colorectal cancer are expected to occu…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-65) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.26) Sec. 2310-65. Hospital construction and health service programs. To conduct State-wide inventories of existing hospitals, health service facilities, and personnel for hospital and medical care and a survey of need of hospitals, heal…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-650) Sec. 2310-650. Influenza vaccination program. (a) As used in this Section, "medically contraindicated" means that administration of an influenza vaccine to an employee would likely be detrimental to the employee's health. (b) The Department of Public Healt…

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-655) Sec. 2310-655. Technical assistance on playgrounds. The Department of Public Health shall provide technical assistance materials based on guidelines or standards such as the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's guidelines, the U.S. Access Board final …

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-660) Sec. 2310-660. Pharmaceutical manufacturers; transparency reports. Upon receipt by the State from the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Public Health shall post on its website the report required unde…