Public Act 093-0956
 		





SB2424 Enrolled
LRB093 20684 DRJ 46553 b






    AN ACT concerning health.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and 
Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
amended  by adding Section 2310-353 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-353  new)
    Sec. 2310-353. Cervical Cancer Elimination Task Force.
    (a) A standing Task Force on Cervical Cancer Elimination 
("Task Force") is established within the Illinois Department of 
Public Health.
    (b) The Task Force shall have 12 members appointed by the 
Director of Public Health as follows:
        (1) A representative of an organization relating to 
    women and cancer.
        (2) A representative of an organization providing 
    health care to women.
        (3) A health educator.
        (4) A representative of a national organization 
    relating to cancer treatment who is an oncologist.
        (5) A representative of the health insurance industry.
        (6) A representative of a national organization of 
    obstetricians and gynecologists.
        (7) A representative of a national organization of 
    family physicians.
        (8) The State Epidemiologist.
        (9) A member at-large with an interest in women's 
    health.
        (10) A social marketing expert on health issues.
        (11) A licensed registered nurse.
        (12) A member of the Illinois Breast and Cervical 
    Cancer Medical Advisory Committee.
    The directors of Public Health and Public Aid, and the 
Secretary of Human Services, or their designees, and the Chair 
and Vice-Chair of the Conference of Women Legislators in 
Illinois, or their designees, shall be ex officio members of 
the Task Force.  The Director of Public Health shall also 
consult with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the 
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the President 
of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate in the 
designation of members of the Illinois General Assembly as 
ex-officio members.
    Appointments to the Task Force should reflect the 
composition of the Illinois population with regard to ethnic, 
racial, age, and religious composition.
    (c) The Director of Public Health shall appoint a Chair 
from among the members of the Task Force. The Task Force shall 
elect a Vice-Chair from its members.  Initial appointments to 
the Task Force shall be made not later than 30 days after the 
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General 
Assembly.  A majority of the Task Force shall constitute a 
quorum for the transaction of its business.  The Task Force 
shall meet at least quarterly.  The Task Force Chair may 
establish sub-committees for the purpose of making special 
studies; such sub-committees may include non-Task-Force 
members as resource persons.
    (d) Members of the Task Force shall be reimbursed for their 
necessary expenses incurred in performing their duties.  The 
Department of Public Health shall provide staff and technical 
assistance to the Task Force to the extent possible within 
annual appropriations for its ordinary and contingent 
expenses.
    (e) The Task Force shall have the following duties:
        (1) To obtain from the Department of Public Health, if 
    available, data and analyses regarding the prevalence and 
    burden of cervical cancer.  The Task Force may conduct or 
    arrange for independent studies and analyses.
        (2) To coordinate the efforts of the Task Force with 
    existing State committees and programs providing cervical 
    cancer screening, education, and case management.
        (3) To raise public awareness on the causes and nature 
    of cervical cancer, personal risk factors, the value of 
    prevention, early detection, options for testing, 
    treatment costs, new technology, medical care 
    reimbursement, and physician education.
        (4) To identify priority strategies, new technologies, 
    and newly introduced vaccines that are effective in 
    preventing and controlling the risk of cervical cancer.
        (5) To identify and examine the limitations of existing 
    laws, regulations, programs, and services with regard to 
    coverage and awareness issues for cervical cancer, 
    including requiring insurance or other coverage for PAP 
    smears and mammograms in accordance with the most recently 
    published American Cancer Society guidelines.
        (6) To develop a statewide comprehensive Cervical 
    Cancer Prevention Plan and strategies for implementing the 
    Plan and for promoting the Plan to the general public, 
    State and local elected officials, and various public and 
    private organizations, associations, businesses, 
    industries, and agencies.
        (7) To receive and to consider reports and testimony 
    from individuals, local health departments, 
    community-based organizations, voluntary health 
    organizations, and other public and private organizations 
    statewide to learn more about their contributions to 
    cervical cancer diagnosis, prevention, and treatment and 
    more about their ideas for improving cervical cancer 
    prevention, diagnosis, and treatment in Illinois.
    (f) The Task Force shall submit a report to the Governor 
and the General Assembly by April 1, 2005 and by April 1 of 
each year thereafter.  The report shall include (i) information 
regarding the progress being made in fulfilling the duties of 
the Task Force and in developing the Cervical Cancer Prevention 
Plan and (ii) recommended strategies or actions to reduce the 
occurrence of cervical cancer and the burdens from cervical 
cancer suffered by citizens of this State.
    (g) The Task Force shall expire on April 1, 2009, or upon 
submission of the Task Force's final report to the Governor and 
the General Assembly, whichever occurs earlier.

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.