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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2345
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2345 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
| 5 | Electronic Health Records Taskforce Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Electronic Health Records Taskforce | ||||||
| 7 | established. There is hereby created the Electronic Health | ||||||
| 8 | Records Taskforce, hereinafter referred to as the EHR | ||||||
| 9 | Taskforce. The EHR Taskforce shall be convened by the | ||||||
| 10 | Department of Public Health, in coordination with the | ||||||
| 11 | Department of Public Aid.
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| 12 | Section 10. Taskforce duties; membership. | ||||||
| 13 | (a) The EHR Taskforce shall create a plan for the | ||||||
| 14 | development and utilization of electronic health records (EHR) | ||||||
| 15 | in the State in order to improve the quality of patient care, | ||||||
| 16 | increase the efficiency of health care practice, improve | ||||||
| 17 | safety, and reduce health care errors. The EHR plan shall | ||||||
| 18 | provide policy guidance for application for federal, State, or | ||||||
| 19 | private grants to phase in utilization of EHR by health care | ||||||
| 20 | providers. | ||||||
| 21 | (b) The Taskforce shall include representatives of | ||||||
| 22 | physicians, hospitals, pharmacies and long-term health care | ||||||
| 23 | facilities, academic health care centers, payors, patients and | ||||||
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| 1 | consumers, and information technology providers. | ||||||
| 2 | Section 15. EHR plan. The EHR plan shall include, but not | ||||||
| 3 | be limited to, a consideration of all of the following: | ||||||
| 4 | (1) key components of and standards for comprehensive | ||||||
| 5 | EHR systems for recording, storing, analyzing and | ||||||
| 6 | accessing patient health information, assisting with | ||||||
| 7 | health care decision-making and quality assurance, and | ||||||
| 8 | providing for online health care; | ||||||
| 9 | (2) consistent data elements, definitions, and formats | ||||||
| 10 | that should be incorporated in EHR systems; | ||||||
| 11 | (3) analysis of costs and benefits in implementing EHR | ||||||
| 12 | by various types and sizes of health care providers; | ||||||
| 13 | (4) survey of equipment, technical assistance, and | ||||||
| 14 | resources that would be necessary to assist smaller health | ||||||
| 15 | care providers with EHR implementation and utilization; | ||||||
| 16 | (5) standards, technology platforms, and issues | ||||||
| 17 | related to patient access to their individual medical and | ||||||
| 18 | health data; | ||||||
| 19 | (6) a potential phase-in plan for implementing EHR by | ||||||
| 20 | health care providers throughout Illinois; and | ||||||
| 21 | (7) patient privacy, security, and compliance with | ||||||
| 22 | applicable rules set forth in the federal Health Insurance | ||||||
| 23 | Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
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| 24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 25 | becoming law.".
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