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1    AN ACT concerning health.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the 
5Comprehensive Healthcare Workforce Planning Act. 
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7    "Council" means the State Healthcare Workforce Council 
8created by this Act.
9    "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
 
10    Section 10. Purpose. Implementation of this Act is entirely 
11subject to the availability and appropriation of funds from 
12federal grant money applied for by the Department of Public 
13Health. The State Healthcare Workforce Council is hereby 
14established to provide an ongoing assessment of healthcare 
15workforce trends, training issues, and financing policies, and 
16to recommend appropriate State government and private sector 
17efforts to address identified needs. The work of the Council 
18shall focus on: healthcare workforce supply and distribution; 
19cultural competence and minority participation in health 
20professions education; primary care training and practice; and 
21data evaluation and analysis. The Council shall work in 
22coordination with the State Health Improvement Plan 
 
 
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1Implementation Coordination Council to ensure alignment with 
2the State Health Improvement Plan.
 
3    Section 15. Members. 
4    (a) The following 10 persons or their designees shall be 
5members of the Council:  the Director of the Department; a 
6representative of the Governor's Office; the Secretary of Human 
7Services; the Directors of the Departments of Commerce and 
8Economic Opportunity, Employment Security, Financial and 
9Professional Regulation, and Healthcare and Family Services; 
10and the executive director of the Illinois Board of Higher 
11Education, the President of the Illinois Community College 
12Board, and the State Superintendent of Education.
13    (b) The Governor shall appoint 8 additional members, who 
14shall be healthcare workforce experts, including 
15representatives of practicing physicians, nurses, pharmacists, 
16and dentists, State and local health professions 
17organizations, schools of medicine and osteopathy, nursing, 
18dental, allied health, and public health; public and private 
19teaching hospitals; health insurers, business; and labor. The 
20Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, the President 
21of the Illinois Senate, the Minority Leader of the Illinois 
22House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the 
23Illinois Senate may each appoint 2 representatives to the 
24Council.  Members appointed under this subsection (b) shall 
25serve 4-year terms and may be reappointed.
 
 
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1    (c) The Director of the Department shall serve as Chair of 
2the Council. The Governor shall appoint a healthcare workforce 
3expert from the non-governmental sector to serve as Vice-Chair.

 
4    Section 20. Five-year comprehensive healthcare workforce 
5plan. 
6    (a) Every 5 years, the Department, in cooperation with the 
7Council, shall prepare a comprehensive healthcare workforce 
8plan.
9    (b) The comprehensive healthcare workforce plan shall 
10include, but need not be limited to, the following:
11        (1) 25-year projections of the demand and supply of 
12    health professionals to meet the needs of healthcare within 
13    the State.
14        (2) The identification of all funding sources for which 
15    the State has administrative control that are available for 
16    health professions training.
17        (3) Recommendations on how to rationalize and 
18    coordinate the State-supported programs for health 
19    professions training.
20        (4) Recommendations on actions needed to meet the 
21    projected demand for health professionals over the 25 years 
22    of the plan.
23    (c) Each year in which a comprehensive healthcare workforce 
24plan is not due, the Department, on behalf of the Council, 
25shall prepare a report by July 1 of that year to the Governor 
 
 
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1and the General Assembly on the progress made toward achieving 
2the projected goals of the current comprehensive healthcare 
3workforce plan during the previous calendar year.
4    (d) The Department shall provide staffing to the Council.

 
5    Section 25. Reimbursement. The members of the Council shall 
6receive no compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement 
7for any necessary expenses incurred in connection with the 
8performance of their duties.
 

9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on July 
101, 2012.