Sen. Mattie Hunter
Filed: 4/29/2010
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5752
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5752 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and | ||||||
5 | Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||||
6 | amended by changing Section 2310-76 as follows: | ||||||
7 | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-76) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 2310-76. Chronic Disease Prevention and Health | ||||||
9 | Promotion Task Force. | ||||||
10 | (a) In Illinois, as well as in other parts of the United | ||||||
11 | States, chronic diseases are a significant health and economic | ||||||
12 | problem for our citizens and State government. Chronic diseases | ||||||
13 | such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and | ||||||
14 | arthritis are largely preventable non-communicable conditions | ||||||
15 | associated with risk factors such as poor nutrition, physical | ||||||
16 | inactivity, tobacco or alcohol abuse, as well as other social |
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1 | determinants of chronic illness. It is fully documented by | ||||||
2 | national and State data that significant disparity exists | ||||||
3 | between racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups and that the | ||||||
4 | incidence and impact of many of these conditions | ||||||
5 | disproportionately affect these populations. | ||||||
6 | Chronic diseases can take away a person's quality of life | ||||||
7 | or his or her ability to work. The Centers for Disease Control | ||||||
8 | and Prevention reports that 7 out of 10 Americans who die each | ||||||
9 | year, or more than 1.7 million people, die of a chronic | ||||||
10 | disease. In Illinois, studies have indicated that during the | ||||||
11 | study period the State has spent more than $12.5 billion in | ||||||
12 | health care dollars to treat chronic diseases in our State. The | ||||||
13 | financial burden for Illinois from the impact of lost work days | ||||||
14 | and lower employee productivity during the same time period | ||||||
15 | related to chronic diseases resulted in an annual economic loss | ||||||
16 | of $43.6 billion. These same studies have concluded that | ||||||
17 | improvements in preventing and managing chronic diseases could | ||||||
18 | drastically reduce future costs associated with chronic | ||||||
19 | disease in Illinois and that the most effective way to trim | ||||||
20 | healthcare spending in Illinois and across the U.S. is to take | ||||||
21 | measures aimed at preventing diseases before we have to treat | ||||||
22 | them. Furthermore, by addressing health disparities and by | ||||||
23 | targeting chronic disease prevention and health promotion | ||||||
24 | services toward the highest risk groups, especially in | ||||||
25 | communities where racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic factors | ||||||
26 | indicate high rates of these diseases, the goals of improving |
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1 | the overall health status for all Illinois residents can be | ||||||
2 | achieved. Health promotion and prevention programs and | ||||||
3 | activities are scattered throughout a number of State agencies | ||||||
4 | with various streams of funding and little coordination. While | ||||||
5 | the State has been looking at making significant changes to | ||||||
6 | healthcare coverage for a portion of the population, in order | ||||||
7 | to have the most effective impact, any changes to the | ||||||
8 | healthcare delivery system in Illinois should take into | ||||||
9 | consideration and integrate the role of prevention and health | ||||||
10 | promotion in that system. | ||||||
11 | (b) Subject to appropriation, within 6 months after the | ||||||
12 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General | ||||||
13 | Assembly, a Task Force on Chronic Disease Prevention and Health | ||||||
14 | Promotion shall be convened to study and make recommendations | ||||||
15 | regarding the structure of the chronic disease prevention , | ||||||
16 | management, and health promotion system in Illinois, as well as | ||||||
17 | changes that should be made to the system in order to integrate | ||||||
18 | and coordinate efforts in the State and ensure continuity and | ||||||
19 | consistency of purpose and the elimination of disparity in the | ||||||
20 | delivery of this care in Illinois. | ||||||
21 | (c) The Department of Public Health shall have primary | ||||||
22 | responsibility for, and shall provide staffing and technical | ||||||
23 | and administrative support for , the Task Force in its efforts. | ||||||
24 | The other State agencies represented on the Task Force shall | ||||||
25 | work cooperatively with the Department of Public Health to | ||||||
26 | provide administrative and technical support to the Task Force |
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1 | in its efforts. Membership of the Task Force shall consist of | ||||||
2 | 21 18 members as follows: the Public Health Advocate, appointed | ||||||
3 | by the Governor; the Director of Public Health, who shall serve | ||||||
4 | as Chair; the Secretary of Human Services or his or her | ||||||
5 | designee; the Director of Aging or his or her designee; the | ||||||
6 | Director of Healthcare and Family Services or his or her | ||||||
7 | designee; 4 members of the General Assembly, one from the State | ||||||
8 | Senate appointed by the President of the Senate, one from the | ||||||
9 | State Senate appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate, | ||||||
10 | one from the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker | ||||||
11 | of the House, and one from the House of Representatives | ||||||
12 | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House; and 12 10 | ||||||
13 | members appointed by the Director of Public Health and who | ||||||
14 | shall be representative of State associations and advocacy | ||||||
15 | organizations with a primary focus that includes chronic | ||||||
16 | disease prevention, public health delivery, medicine, health | ||||||
17 | care and disease management, nutrition interventions, or | ||||||
18 | community health. | ||||||
19 | (d) The Task Force shall seek input from interested parties | ||||||
20 | and shall hold a minimum of 3 public hearings across the State, | ||||||
21 | including one in northern Illinois, one in central Illinois, | ||||||
22 | and one in southern Illinois. | ||||||
23 | (e) On or before July 1, 2011 2010 , the Task Force shall, | ||||||
24 | at a minimum, make recommendations to the General Assembly and | ||||||
25 | the Director of Public Health on the following: reforming the | ||||||
26 | delivery system for chronic disease prevention , management, |
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1 | and health promotion in Illinois; ensuring adequate funding for | ||||||
2 | infrastructure and delivery of programs; addressing health | ||||||
3 | disparity; and the role of health promotion and chronic disease | ||||||
4 | prevention and management in support of State spending on | ||||||
5 | health care.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 95-900, eff. 8-25-08; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)
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7 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
8 | becoming law.".
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