Subject to specific appropriations for this purpose, the Illinois Department of Public Health shall create and maintain within the Office of Health Protection the Children’s Environmental Health Officer. The Officer shall:
         (1) serve as the chief advisor to the Director of
    
Public Health on matters within the jurisdiction of the Department relating to environmental health and environmental protection concerning children;
        (2) assist the boards, departments, and other offices
    
within the Department in assessing the effectiveness of statutes, rules, and programs designed to protect children from environmental hazards;
        (3) coordinate, within the Department and with other
    
State agencies, especially the Environmental Protection Agency, regulatory efforts, research and data collection, and other programs and services that impact the environmental health of children, and coordinate with appropriate federal agencies conducting related regulatory efforts and research and data collection; and
        (4) lead and coordinate these efforts among the
    
various Department Offices and programs, as well as among other State agencies.

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 20 ILCS 2313/5

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
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