Public Act 096-1073
 
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    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
    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 changing Section 2310-76 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-76)
    Sec. 2310-76. Chronic Disease Prevention and Health 
Promotion Task Force.
    (a) In Illinois, as well as in other parts of the United 
States, chronic diseases are a significant health and economic 
problem for our citizens and State government.  Chronic diseases 
such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and 
arthritis are largely preventable non-communicable conditions 
associated with risk factors such as poor nutrition, physical 
inactivity, tobacco or alcohol abuse, as well as other social 
determinants of chronic illness. It is fully documented by 
national and State data that significant disparity exists 
between racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups and that the 
incidence and impact of many of these conditions 
disproportionately affect these populations.
    Chronic diseases can take away a person's quality of life 
or his or her ability to work.  The Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention reports that  7 out of 10 Americans who die each 
year, or more than 1.7 million people, die of a chronic 
disease.  In Illinois, studies have indicated that during the 
study period the State has spent more than $12.5 billion in 
health care dollars to treat chronic diseases in our State.  The 
financial burden for Illinois from the impact of lost work days 
and lower employee productivity during the same time period 
related to chronic diseases resulted in an annual economic loss 
of $43.6 billion.  These same studies have concluded that 
improvements in preventing and managing chronic diseases could 
drastically reduce future costs associated with chronic 
disease in Illinois and that the most effective way to trim 
healthcare spending in Illinois and across the U.S. is to take 
measures aimed at preventing diseases before we have to treat 
them.  Furthermore, by addressing health disparities and by 
targeting chronic disease prevention and health promotion 
services toward the highest risk groups, especially in 
communities where racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic factors 
indicate high rates of these diseases, the goals of improving 
the overall health status for all Illinois residents can be 
achieved. Health promotion and prevention programs and 
activities are scattered throughout a number of State agencies 
with various streams of funding and little coordination.  While 
the State has been looking at making significant changes to 
healthcare coverage for a portion of the population, in order 
to have the most effective impact, any changes to the 
healthcare delivery system in Illinois should take into 
consideration and integrate the role of prevention and health 
promotion in that system.
    (b) Subject to appropriation, a  within 6 months after the 
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General 
Assembly, a Task Force on Chronic Disease Prevention and Health 
Promotion shall be convened to study and make recommendations 
regarding the structure of the chronic disease prevention and 
health promotion system in Illinois, as well as changes that 
should be made to the system in order to integrate and 
coordinate efforts in the State and ensure continuity and 
consistency of purpose and the elimination of disparity in the 
delivery of this care in Illinois.
    (c) The Department of Public Health shall have primary 
responsibility for, and shall provide staffing and technical 
and administrative support for, the Task Force in its efforts.  
The other State agencies represented on the Task Force shall 
work cooperatively with the Department of Public Health to 
provide administrative and technical support to the Task Force 
in its efforts.   Membership of the Task Force shall consist of 
19 18 members as follows:  the Public Health Advocate, appointed 
by the Governor; the Director of Public Health, who shall serve 
as Chair; the Secretary of Human Services or his or her 
designee; the Director of  Aging or his or her designee; the 
Director of Healthcare and Family Services or his or her 
designee; 4 members of the General Assembly, one from the State 
Senate appointed by the President of the Senate, one from the 
State Senate appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate, 
one from the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker 
of the House, and one from the House of Representatives 
appointed by the Minority Leader of the House; and 10 members 
appointed by the Director of Public Health and who shall be 
representative of State associations and advocacy 
organizations with a primary focus that includes chronic 
disease prevention, public health delivery, medicine, health 
care and disease management,  or community health.
    (d) The Task Force shall seek input from interested parties 
and shall hold a minimum of 3 public hearings across the State, 
including one in northern Illinois, one in central Illinois, 
and one in southern Illinois.
    (e) On or before December 31 July 1, 2010, the Task Force 
shall, at a minimum, make recommendations to the General 
Assembly and the Director of Public Health on the following: 
reforming the delivery system for chronic disease prevention 
and health promotion in Illinois; ensuring adequate funding for 
infrastructure and delivery of programs; addressing health 
disparity; and the role of health promotion and chronic disease 
prevention in support of State spending on health care.

(Source: P.A. 95-900, eff. 8-25-08; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.