093_HB1193
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1 AN ACT concerning health improvement.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Statewide Health Improvement Plan Act.
6 Section 5. Statewide Health Improvement Plan.
7 (a) On January 1, 2005 and every 4 years thereafter, the
8 Governor shall deliver to the General Assembly a Statewide
9 Health Improvement Plan.
10 (b) The Plan shall identify, prioritize, and recommend
11 strategies to improve health status and the public health
12 system, using the National Healthy People goals and
13 objectives and the National Public Health Performance
14 Standards as the frameworks for assessment. The Plan shall
15 focus on prevention as a key strategy for long-term health
16 improvement in Illinois.
17 (c) The Plan shall examine and make recommendations on
18 both public and private/voluntary sector contributions to and
19 strategies for improving health status and public health
20 systems. Planning shall incorporate all State agencies with
21 health and public health related responsibilities, including
22 the Department of Public Health, the Department of Human
23 Services, the Department of Public Aid, the Department on
24 Aging, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Illinois
25 Violence Prevention Authority, and the Department of
26 Insurance, or the successor to any of these agencies, and all
27 other agencies that the Governor deems necessary. The
28 planning shall take into consideration the priorities and
29 strategies developed at the community level through the
30 Illinois Project for Local Assessment of Needs (IPLAN) and
31 other community collaborative planning processes.
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1 (d) The Governor shall appoint a bi-partisan Task Force
2 of public and private/voluntary sector stakeholders to
3 develop the plan. The Task Force shall include a
4 representative of the Governor's office, the Directors of the
5 identified State agencies or their designees, a
6 representative of the State Board of Health, and individuals
7 with expertise who represent a broad array of organizations
8 and constituencies engaged in health improvement, public
9 health, and prevention.