(410 ILCS 255/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7551)
Sec. 1.
This Act may be cited as the WIC Vendor Management Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-138; 86-1475.)
(410 ILCS 255/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7552)
Sec. 2.
The purpose of this Act is to establish the statutory authority
for the authorization, limitation, education and compliance review of WIC
retail vendors by the Department of Human Services, and
to enable the
Department to carry out its responsibilities for fiscal management and
accountability for the food delivery system under its jurisdiction.
(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
(410 ILCS 255/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7553)
Sec. 3.
As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) "Department" means the Illinois Department of Human Services.
(b) "Women, Infants and Children nutrition program" and "WIC" mean the
federal Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and
Children created by federal Public Law 92-433, as amended.
(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
(410 ILCS 255/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7554)
Sec. 4.
The Department shall establish criteria and procedures,
consistent with federal requirements, whereby retail food establishments
may apply to become retail food vendors under the WIC program.
(Source: P.A. 86-138.)
(410 ILCS 255/5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7555)
Sec. 5.
(a) The Department shall establish criteria for the
authorization, education, geographic distribution and number of WIC
retail vendors.
(b) The Department shall establish criteria for the minimum number of
educational activities a vendor must attend. Such education shall include,
but shall not be limited to, standards for the acceptance of food vouchers
from clients and the standards for the submission of said vouchers for
payment.
(Source: P.A. 86-138.)
(410 ILCS 255/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7556)
Sec. 6.
Vendor compliance with law.
(a) The Department shall develop a system for monitoring the
operations of all WIC retail food vendors to ensure compliance with federal
and State laws and rules governing the WIC program.
(b) The Department shall review the alleged
violations of the
federal and State laws and the rules promulgated thereunder.
(c) The Department shall develop, by rule, a system of monetary
penalties and other sanctions for any vendor, former vendor, individual,
firm, corporation,
partnership, sole proprietorship, association, commercial enterprise, business
entity, or legal entity
determined to be in
violation of this Act or program regulations. The level and severity of
the sanctions
shall be consistent with the type and frequency of violations, and may
include, but shall not be limited to, suspension or termination from the
program as well as monetary penalties.
(Source: P.A. 91-691, eff. 4-13-00.)
(410 ILCS 255/7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7557)
Sec. 7.
USDA Women, Infants and Children Fund.
(a) The moneys received by the Department as training fees or
monetary penalties under this Act shall be deposited into the USDA Women,
Infants and Children Fund.
(b) (Blank)
(c) Upon the completion of any audit of the Department as prescribed by
the Illinois State Auditing Act, which audit includes an audit of the USDA
Women, Infants and Children Fund, the Department shall make a copy of the
audit open to inspection by any interested person, which copy shall be
submitted to the Department by the Auditor General, in addition to the
copies of audit reports required to be submitted to other State officers
and agencies by Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.
(Source: P.A. 91-691, eff. 4-13-00.)
(410 ILCS 255/8) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7558)
Sec. 8.
Rules.
(a) The Department shall promulgate such rules as it deems
necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this Act and under
relevant federal laws and regulations. Such rules shall include provisions
governing the administrative appeal process for any vendor, former vendor,
individual, firm,
corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, association, commercial
enterprise, business entity, or legal entity that
accepts Food Instruments or receives credit or payment for Food Instruments and
that is subject to
sanctions for violations of this Act or the rules
promulgated thereunder. If there is
a conflict between the provisions relating to penalties and the conduct of
administrative hearings under this Act and federal law, the provisions of
federal law shall prevail.
(b) The provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act are hereby
expressly adopted and shall apply to all administrative
rules and procedures of the Department under this Act,
except that in case of conflict between the Illinois Administrative
Procedure Act and this Act the provisions of this Act shall control, and
except that Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative
Procedure Act relating to procedures for rule-making does not apply to the
adoption of any rule required by federal law in connection with which the
Department is precluded by law from exercising any discretion.
(Source: P.A. 91-691, eff. 4-13-00.)
(410 ILCS 255/8.1)
Sec. 8.1.
Validation.
All otherwise lawful actions taken and expenditures
made before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly in reliance
on the provisions of this Act included in Public Act 88-680 are hereby
validated.
(Source: P.A. 91-691, eff. 4-13-00.)
(410 ILCS 255/9) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7559)
Sec. 9.
Final administrative decisions after hearing shall be subject
to judicial review exclusively as provided in the Administrative Review
Law, as now or hereafter amended, except that any petition for judicial
review of Department action under this Act shall be filed within 15 days
after receipt of notice of the final agency determination. The term
"administrative decision" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3-101
of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Source: P.A. 86-138.)
Structure Illinois Compiled Statutes
410 ILCS 1/ - Antifreeze Bittering Act.
410 ILCS 2/ - Arthritis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act.
410 ILCS 3/ - Atherosclerosis Prevention Act.
410 ILCS 4/ - Automated External Defibrillator Act.
410 ILCS 5/ - Burial of Dead Bodies Act.
410 ILCS 10/ - Choke-Saving Methods Act.
410 ILCS 15/ - Coal Mine Medical Emergencies Act.
410 ILCS 18/ - Crematory Regulation Act.
410 ILCS 25/ - Environmental Barriers Act.
410 ILCS 27/ - Epinephrine Injector Act.
410 ILCS 30/ - Elevator Tactile Identification Act.
410 ILCS 35/ - Equitable Restrooms Act.
410 ILCS 37/ - Construction Site Temporary Restroom Facility Act.
410 ILCS 39/ - Restroom Access Act.
410 ILCS 43/ - Comprehensive Lead Education, Reduction, and Window Replacement Program Act.
410 ILCS 45/ - Lead Poisoning Prevention Act.
410 ILCS 46/ - Mercury-added Product Prohibition Act.
410 ILCS 47/ - Poison Control System Act.
410 ILCS 48/ - Brominated Fire Retardant Prevention Act.
410 ILCS 50/ - Medical Patient Rights Act.
410 ILCS 51/ - Mercury-Free Vaccine Act.
410 ILCS 53/ - Suicide Prevention, Education, and Treatment Act.
410 ILCS 54/ - Tattoo and Body Piercing Establishment Registration Act.
410 ILCS 55/ - Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf Act.
410 ILCS 60/ - Toxicological Laboratory Service Act.
410 ILCS 65/ - Illinois Rural/Downstate Health Act.
410 ILCS 66/ - Community Health Center Expansion Act.
410 ILCS 68/ - Safe and Hygienic Bed Act.
410 ILCS 70/ - Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act.
410 ILCS 75/ - Smokeless Tobacco Outdoor Advertising Act.
410 ILCS 76/ - Tobacco Products Compliance Act.
410 ILCS 82/ - Smoke Free Illinois Act.
410 ILCS 83/ - Illinois Clean Public Elevator Air Act.
410 ILCS 85/ - Cigarette Health Warning Act.
410 ILCS 86/ - Preventing Youth Vaping Act.
410 ILCS 87/ - Indoor Air Quality Act.
410 ILCS 90/ - Pest and Predatory Animal Control Act.
410 ILCS 95/ - Vector Control Act.
410 ILCS 100/ - Reduction of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Act.
410 ILCS 105/ - Mold Remediation Registration Act.
410 ILCS 110/ - Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning Prohibition Act.
410 ILCS 115/ - Obesity Prevention Initiative Act.
410 ILCS 120/ - MRSA Prevention, Control, and Reporting Act.
410 ILCS 125/ - Public Health Standing Orders Act,
410 ILCS 130/ - Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act.
410 ILCS 135/ - Public Self-Care of Diabetes Act.
410 ILCS 140/ - Lactation Accommodation in Airports Act.
410 ILCS 145/ - Youth Sports Concussion Safety Act.
410 ILCS 150/ - Autism and Co-Occurring Medical Conditions Awareness Act.
410 ILCS 155/ - Health in All Policies Act.
410 ILCS 160/ - Dense Breast Tissue Act.
410 ILCS 170/ - Coal Tar Sealant Disclosure Act.
410 ILCS 175/ - Feminine Hygiene Products for the Homeless Act.
410 ILCS 180/ - Latex Glove Ban Act.
410 ILCS 185/ - Abortion Care Clinical Training Program Act.
410 ILCS 201/ - Autism Spectrum Disorders Reporting Act.
410 ILCS 205/ - Child Vision and Hearing Test Act.
410 ILCS 210/ - Consent by Minors to Health Care Services Act.
410 ILCS 212/ - Illinois Family Case Management Act.
410 ILCS 213/ - Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act.
410 ILCS 215/ - Infant Eye Disease Act.
410 ILCS 221/ - Advisory Board for the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Programs Act.
410 ILCS 223/ - Newborn Eye Pathology Act.
410 ILCS 225/ - Prenatal and Newborn Care Act.
410 ILCS 230/ - Problem Pregnancy Health Services and Care Act.
410 ILCS 235/ - Pertussis Vaccine Act.
410 ILCS 240/ - Newborn Metabolic Screening Act.
410 ILCS 245/ - Reye's Syndrome Reporting Act.
410 ILCS 250/ - Developmental Disability Prevention Act.
410 ILCS 255/ - WIC Vendor Management Act.
410 ILCS 260/ - Shaken Baby Prevention Act.
410 ILCS 265/ - Genetic and Metabolic Diseases Advisory Committee Act.
410 ILCS 270/ - Reducing the Risk of Skin Cancer and Excessive UV Exposure in Children Act.
410 ILCS 303/ - African-American HIV/AIDS Response Act.
410 ILCS 305/ - AIDS Confidentiality Act.
410 ILCS 310/ - HIV/AIDS Registry Act.
410 ILCS 312/ - Infectious Disease Testing Act.
410 ILCS 315/ - Communicable Disease Prevention Act.
410 ILCS 316/ - Ryan White Fund Validation Act.
410 ILCS 320/ - Prenatal Syphilis Act.
410 ILCS 325/ - Illinois Sexually Transmissible Disease Control Act.
410 ILCS 330/ - Polio Vaccine Act.
410 ILCS 335/ - Perinatal HIV Prevention Act.
410 ILCS 405/ - Alzheimer's Disease Assistance Act.
410 ILCS 406/ - Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Services Act.
410 ILCS 410/ - Alzheimer's Disease Research, Care, and Support Fund Act
410 ILCS 413/ - Epilepsy Disease Assistance Act.
410 ILCS 415/ - Experimental Cancer Treatment Act.
410 ILCS 416/ - Cancer Clinical Trial Participation Program Act.
410 ILCS 417/ - Reducing Cervical Cancer and Saving Lives Act.
410 ILCS 420/ - Hemophilia Care Act.
410 ILCS 430/ - Renal Disease Treatment Act.
410 ILCS 440/ - Rheumatic Fever and Heart Disease Medicine Act.
410 ILCS 445/ - Rare Disease Commission Act.
410 ILCS 450/ - Lyme Disease Prevention and Protection Act.
410 ILCS 455/ - Parkinson's Disease Public Awareness and Education Act.
410 ILCS 503/ - Arthritis Quality of Life Initiative Act.
410 ILCS 511/ - Down Syndrome Information and Awareness Act.
410 ILCS 513/ - Genetic Information Privacy Act.
410 ILCS 515/ - Head and Spinal Cord Injury Act.
410 ILCS 517/ - Health Care Professional Credentials Data Collection Act.
410 ILCS 520/ - Illinois Health Statistics Act.
410 ILCS 522/ - Illinois Adverse Health Care Events Reporting Law of 2005.
410 ILCS 525/ - Illinois Health and Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
410 ILCS 527/ - Immunization Data Registry Act.
410 ILCS 528/ - Lupus Education and Awareness Act.
410 ILCS 530/ - Marriage, Dissolution, and Invalidity Records Act.
410 ILCS 535/ - Vital Records Act.
410 ILCS 540/ - Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Education Act.
410 ILCS 605/ - Animals Intended for Food Act.
410 ILCS 607/ - Asthma Inhalers at Recreational Camps Act.
410 ILCS 610/ - Butter and Cheese Factories Act.
410 ILCS 615/ - Illinois Egg and Egg Products Act.
410 ILCS 620/ - Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
410 ILCS 625/ - Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act.
410 ILCS 630/ - Food Safety Transportation Act.
410 ILCS 635/ - Grade A Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products Act.
410 ILCS 637/ - Halal Food Act.
410 ILCS 638/ - Healthy Food Program Development Act.
410 ILCS 640/ - Hearth Baked Bread Act.
410 ILCS 642/ - Home Health and Hospice Drug Dispensation and Administration Act.
410 ILCS 645/ - Kosher Food Act.
410 ILCS 647/ - Powdered Caffeine Control and Education Act.
410 ILCS 649/ - Right to Try Act.
410 ILCS 650/ - Sanitary Food Preparation Act.
410 ILCS 655/ - Safe Bottled Water Act.
410 ILCS 705/ - Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
410 ILCS 710/ - Overdose Prevention and Harm Reduction Act.