Chapter 55 — COUNTIES

(55 ILCS 5/5-21001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21001) Sec. 5-21001. Establishment and maintenance of county home. In any county which establishes and maintains a county sheltered care home or a county nursing home for the care of infirm or chronically ill persons, as provided in Sectio…

(55 ILCS 5/5-21002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21002) Sec. 5-21002. Cemeteries connected with facility. Any county which, on January 1, 1980, operates a county sheltered care home, county nursing home or county home for the aged, and in connection therewith maintains a cemetery for ind…

(55 ILCS 5/5-21003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21003) Sec. 5-21003. Management contracts for sheltered care or nursing homes. The county board may, pursuant to Section 5-21006, provide by contract for the management of a county sheltered care home or county nursing home, including the …

(55 ILCS 5/5-21004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21004) Sec. 5-21004. Joint county homes. Any county may contract with another county or counties jointly to secure, by purchase or otherwise, necessary lands, and to erect and maintain a county sheltered care home or county nursing home un…

(55 ILCS 5/5-21005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21005) Sec. 5-21005. Management of home or farm. Each county sheltered care home or county nursing home shall be conducted by the county, or counties in the case of a joint home, through its or their officers or employees, except that mana…

(55 ILCS 5/5-21006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21006) Sec. 5-21006. Rules governing county boards. When a county board has decided by majority vote to provide for the management of a county sheltered care home or county nursing home by contract, it shall comply with the following: (a) …

(55 ILCS 5/5-21007) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21007) Sec. 5-21007. Name of joint home. The County Board of the county, or County Boards in the case of a joint home, shall select a suitable name for the home but no name shall employ any word or term indicating that the home is maintain…

(55 ILCS 5/5-21008) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21008) Sec. 5-21008. Licensing and regulation. Any county sheltered care home or county nursing home established under this Division shall be subject to the provisions of the "Nursing Home Care Act", as amended. (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-10…

(55 ILCS 5/5-21009) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21009) Sec. 5-21009. Purchase of care. Any infirm or chronically ill resident of the county, or resident of participating counties in the case of a joint home, who desires to purchase care and maintenance in the county home with his own fu…

(55 ILCS 5/5-21010) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21010) Sec. 5-21010. Admission of persons unable to purchase care and maintenance. Any infirm or chronically ill resident of the county, or of a participating county in the case of a joint home, who is unable to purchase care and maintenan…

(55 ILCS 5/5-21011) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21011) Sec. 5-21011. Payment of charges. The charge for care of each patient shall be paid to the superintendent of the home, or otherwise, as provided by the governing County Board or Boards. (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-21012) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21012) Sec. 5-21012. Reports by superintendent. The superintendent of the home shall annually, and at such other times as may be required by the governing County Board or Boards, make full and complete reports of all moneys received and ex…

(55 ILCS 5/5-21013) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21013) Sec. 5-21013. Records pertaining to patients. The governing County Board or Boards shall keep or cause to be kept accurate records relating to the identification, residence, dates of admission and discharge, and medical history of a…

(55 ILCS 5/5-22001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-22001) Sec. 5-22001. Establishment and maintenance of homes for the aged. Any county is authorized to purchase or construct, equip, operate and maintain one or more homes for the aged. In order to finance any such home, any county may borr…

(55 ILCS 5/5-22002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-22002) Sec. 5-22002. Rules and regulations; admissions. The county board, as the case may be, may make such reasonable rules and regulations regarding the management and control of any home for the aged as may be required to accomplish the…

(55 ILCS 5/5-22003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-22003) Sec. 5-22003. Bonds. All bonds issued under this Division shall bear interest of not more than the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, and may be sold by the i…

(55 ILCS 5/5-22004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-22004) Sec. 5-22004. Rentals. Whenever bonds are issued under this Division, the county board shall establish rentals for the use of any home sufficient at all times to pay maintenance and operation costs, and the principal of and interest…

(55 ILCS 5/5-22005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-22005) Sec. 5-22005. Deposit of revenues. Whenever revenue bonds are issued under this Division, the revenues derived from the operation of the home shall be set aside as collected and shall be deposited in a separate fund in the county tr…

(55 ILCS 5/5-22006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-22006) Sec. 5-22006. Redemption of bonds with federal funds. Bonds issued under this Division may be redeemed in whole or in part with any funds provided for such purpose by the government of the United States. (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-23001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23001) Sec. 5-23001. Establishment of tuberculosis sanitarium. The county board of each county of this State shall have the power in the manner hereinafter provided, to establish and maintain a county tuberculosis sanitarium, and branches,…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23002) Sec. 5-23002. Abolishment of board of directors. The county board of each county which has appointed a board pursuant to this Division may, by resolution abolish such board provided such resolution also provides that: (a) in countie…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23003) Sec. 5-23003. Use of vacant facilities. When part of the facilities of a sanitarium established and maintained under this Division are vacant and not needed for the care and treatment of persons afflicted with tuberculosis, the boar…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23004) Sec. 5-23004. Closure of unnecessary in-patient facility. If the board of directors finds that it is no longer necessary to provide an in-patient facility to serve the residents suffering from tuberculosis, it may recommend to the c…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23005) Sec. 5-23005. Out-patient and follow-up services upon closing of facility. A board of directors, upon whose recommendation the county board has closed its sanitarium as provided in Section 5-23004, shall continue in existence and pr…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23006) Sec. 5-23006. Referendum; joint facilities. When 100 legal voters of any county shall present a petition, to the County Board of such county asking that an annual tax may be levied for the establishment and maintenance of a county t…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23007) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23007) Sec. 5-23007. Appointment of board of directors. When in any county such a proposition, for the levy of a tax for a county tuberculosis sanitarium has been adopted as aforesaid, the chairman or president, as the case may be, of the …

(55 ILCS 5/5-23008) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23008) Sec. 5-23008. Term of office; removal. Where the board of directors is to be composed of 3 directors, one of the directors shall hold office for one year, another for 2 years and another for 3 years from the first day of July follow…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23009) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23009) Sec. 5-23009. Vacancies; compensation. Vacancies in the board of directors, occasioned by removal, resignation, or otherwise, shall be reported to the county board, and be filled in like manner as original appointments; and no direc…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23010) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23010) Sec. 5-23010. Organization of board; powers. Said directors shall, immediately after appointment, meet and organize, by the election of one of their number as president and one as secretary, and by the election of such other officer…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23011) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23011) Sec. 5-23011. Additional powers; severability. Said board of directors shall also have power to adapt and equip a sanitarium building or buildings or part thereof to fit the same for the accommodation, reception, detention, care and…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23012) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23012) Sec. 5-23012. Liability insurance. The board of directors may insure against any loss or liability of the county, or of the tuberculosis sanitarium, or the branches, dispensaries or auxiliary institutions of such sanitarium, or of a…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23013) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23013) Sec. 5-23013. Services; regulations. Every sanitarium board established under this Division shall provide sanitarium care and clinical and follow-up services for the benefit of such of the inhabitants of the county who may be afflic…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23014) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23014) Sec. 5-23014. Residence requirements. For the purposes of this Division, a person is a resident of and entitled to receive the benefits provided for in Section 5-23013 from the county: (a) in which he has resided for at least 3 mont…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23015) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23015) Sec. 5-23015. Person afflicted with tuberculosis defined. "Person afflicted with tuberculosis", for the purposes of this Division, means any individual who is diagnosed as suffering from clinical tuberculosis or any individual who, …

(55 ILCS 5/5-23016) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23016) Sec. 5-23016. Donations of money or property. Said board of directors, in the name of the county, may receive from any person any contribution or donation of money or property, and shall pay over to the treasurer of such county all …

(55 ILCS 5/5-23017) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23017) Sec. 5-23017. Trustee of donations. Any person desiring to make any donation or legacy of any money, personal property, or real estate, for the benefit of such sanitarium, shall have the right to vest the title to the money, persona…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23018) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23018) Sec. 5-23018. Physicians, nurses and others subject to rules of the board. When any such sanitarium is established, the physicians, nurses, attendants, the persons sick therein, and all persons approaching or coming within the limit…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23019) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23019) Sec. 5-23019. Equal privileges for all reputable physicians. All reputable physicians shall have equal privileges in treating patients in any county tuberculosis sanitarium. (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-23020) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23020) Sec. 5-23020. Discontinuance of tax. In accordance with the general election law, any county which has adopted the provisions of this Division may discontinue it by a referendum initiated by a petition signed by not less than 5% of …

(55 ILCS 5/5-23021) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23021) Sec. 5-23021. Issuance of bonds. Any county having a population of less than 500,000 inhabitants which has voted or hereafter votes to authorize a tax for tuberculosis sanitarium purposes at a rate in addition to the maximum rate no…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23022) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23022) Sec. 5-23022. Adoption of plans. Before any such county shall be authorized to issue bonds as in this Division provided: (a) The Board of Directors of said tuberculosis sanitarium shall adopt plans and specifications describing the …

(55 ILCS 5/5-23023) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23023) Sec. 5-23023. Bond maturity limitation referendum. Before any such county shall be authorized to issue bonds, as in this Division provided, having a maturity later than January first of the second calendar year following the period …

(55 ILCS 5/5-23024) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23024) Sec. 5-23024. When referendum unnecessary. It shall not be necessary for the County Board to submit to the legal voters of such county the question of issuing such bonds where the final maturity thereof is not beyond the maturity li…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23025) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23025) Sec. 5-23025. Form of proposition. If, in the case of bonds the final maturity date of which is beyond the maturity limitation heretofore mentioned in Section 5-23023, a petition for referendum with the requisite number of signature…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23026) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23026) Sec. 5-23026. Details of bonds. Before issuing any bonds as provided in this Division, the County Board shall adopt a resolution specifying the amount of bonds to be issued, the date, denominations, rate of interest and maturities, …

(55 ILCS 5/5-23027) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23027) Sec. 5-23027. Signatures on bonds. In case any officer whose signature appears on the bonds shall cease to be such officer before delivery of such bonds, such signature shall nevertheless be valid or sufficient for all purposes the …

(55 ILCS 5/5-23028) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23028) Sec. 5-23028. Annual tax to pay bonds. After the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds has been adopted, it shall be the duty of the County Clerk annually to extend taxes against all the taxable property situated in sai…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23029) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23029) Sec. 5-23029. Tax for care and treatment of afflicted persons. The County Board of each County in this State shall have the power to provide for the care and treatment of the inhabitants thereof who may be afflicted with tuberculosi…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23030) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23030) Sec. 5-23030. Petition for tax levy; submission to vote. Whenever 100 legal voters of any county shall present a petition to the County Board of such county asking that an annual tax may be levied for the care and treatment of perso…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23031) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23031) Sec. 5-23031. Appointment of board of directors. When in any county such a proposition, for the levy of a tax for the care and treatment of persons afflicted with tuberculosis has been adopted as aforesaid a board of directors shall…