55 ILCS 5/5-21001
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 (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 Section 5-1005, the County Board shall have power:1. To acquire in the name of the county by purchase, grant, gift, or  legacy, a suitable tract or tracts of land upon which to erect and  maintain the home, and in connection therewith a farm or acreage for the  purpose of providing supplies for the home and employment for such  patients as are able to work and benefit thereby.The board shall expend not more than $20,000 for the purchase of any  such land or the erection of buildings without a 2/3 vote of all its   members in counties of 300,000 or more population, or a favorable  vote of at least a majority of all its members in counties under 300,000  population.2. To receive in the name of the county, gifts and  legacies to aid in the erection or maintenance of the home.3. To appoint a superintendent and all necessary employees for the  management and control of the home and to prescribe their compensation  and duties.4. To arrange for physicians' or other health care professionals' services and other medical care for  the patients in the home and prescribe the compensation and duties of  physicians so designated.5. To control the admission and discharge of patients in the home.6. To fix the rate per day, week, or month which it will charge for  care and maintenance of the patients. Rates so established may vary  according to the amount of care required, but the rates shall be uniform  for all persons or agencies purchasing care in the home except rates for  persons who are able to purchase their own care may approximate actual cost.7. To make all rules and regulations for the management of the home  and of the patients therein.8. To make appropriations from the county treasury for the purchase  of land and the erection of buildings for the home, and to defray the  expenses necessary for the care and maintenance of the home and for  providing maintenance, personal care and nursing services to the  patients therein, and to cause an amount sufficient for those purposes  to be levied upon the taxable property of the counties and collected as  other taxes and further providing that in counties with a population of  not more than 1,000,000 to levy and collect  annually a tax of not to exceed .1% of the value, as equalized or  assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all the  taxable property in the county for these purposes.  The tax shall be in  addition to all other taxes which the county is authorized to levy on  the aggregate valuation of the property within the county and shall not  be included in any limitation of the tax rate upon which taxes are  required to be extended, but shall be excluded therefrom and in addition  thereto.  The tax shall be levied and collected in like manner as the  general taxes of the county, and when collected, shall be paid into a  special fund in the county treasury and used only as herein authorized. No  such tax shall be levied or increased from a rate lower than the maximum  rate in any such county until the question of levying  such tax has first been submitted to the voters of such county at an  election held in such county, and has been approved by a majority of such  voters voting thereon.  The corporate authorities shall certify the  question of levying such tax to the proper election officials, who shall  submit the question to the voters at an election held in accordance with  the general election law.The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:  --------------------------------------------------------------Shall ........ County be authorizedto levy and collect a tax at a rate not            YESto exceed .1% for the purpose of          --------------------........ (purchasing, maintaining) a            NOcounty nursing home?--------------------------------------------------------------If a majority of votes cast on the question are in favor, the county shall  be authorized to levy the tax.If the county has levied such tax at a rate lower than the maximum  rate set forth in this Section, the county board may increase the rate of  the tax, but not to exceed such maximum rate, by certifying the proposition  of such increase  to the proper election officials for submission to the voters of the county  at a regular election in accordance with the general election law.  The  proposition shall be in substantially the following form:  --------------------------------------------------------------Shall the maximum rateof the tax levied by........            YESCounty for the purpose of.......(purchasing, maintaining) a      -----------------------------county nursing home beincreased from........ to               NO........ (not to exceed .1%)--------------------------------------------------------------If a majority of all the votes cast upon the proposition are in favor  thereof, the county board may levy the tax at a rate not to exceed the rate  set forth in this Section.9. Upon the vote of a 2/3 majority of all the members of the  board, to sell, dispose of or lease for any term, any part of the home  properties in such manner and upon such terms as it deems best for the  interest of the county, and to make and execute all necessary  conveyances thereof in the same manner as other conveyances of real  estate may be made by a county.  However, if the home was erected after  referendum approval by the voters of the county, it shall not be sold  or  disposed of except after referendum approval thereof by a  majority of the voters of the county voting thereon.If the home was erected after referendum approval by the voters of the  county, the county nursing home may be leased upon the vote of a 3/5 majority  of  all the members of the board.10. To operate a sheltered care home as a part of a county nursing  home provided that a license to do so is obtained pursuant to the  Nursing Home Care Act, as amended.  (Source: P.A. 99-581, eff. 1-1-17.)