Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

Filed: 5/4/2004

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2424

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2424 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and
5 Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6 amended by adding Section 2310-353 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 2310/2310-353 new)
8     Sec. 2310-353. Cervical Cancer Elimination Task Force.
9     (a) A standing Task Force on Cervical Cancer Elimination
10 ("Task Force") is established within the Illinois Department of
11 Public Health.
12     (b) The Task Force shall have 12 members appointed by the
13 Director of Public Health as follows:
14         (1) A representative of an organization relating to
15     women and cancer.
16         (2) A representative of an organization providing
17     health care to women.
18         (3) A health educator.
19         (4) A representative of a national organization
20     relating to cancer treatment who is an oncologist.
21         (5) A representative of the health insurance industry.
22         (6) A representative of a national organization of
23     obstetricians and gynecologists.
24         (7) A representative of a national organization of

 

 

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1     family physicians.
2         (8) The State Epidemiologist.
3         (9) A member at-large with an interest in women's
4     health.
5         (10) A social marketing expert on health issues.
6         (11) A licensed registered nurse.
7         (12) A member of the Illinois Breast and Cervical
8     Cancer Medical Advisory Committee.
9     The directors of Public Health and Public Aid, and the
10 Secretary of Human Services, or their designees, and the Chair
11 and Vice-Chair of the Conference of Women Legislators in
12 Illinois, or their designees, shall be ex officio members of
13 the Task Force. The Director of Public Health shall also
14 consult with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
15 Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the President
16 of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate in the
17 designation of members of the Illinois General Assembly as
18 ex-officio members.
19     Appointments to the Task Force should reflect the
20 composition of the Illinois population with regard to ethnic,
21 racial, age, and religious composition.
22     (c) The Director of Public Health shall appoint a Chair
23 from among the members of the Task Force. The Task Force shall
24 elect a Vice-Chair from its members. Initial appointments to
25 the Task Force shall be made not later than 30 days after the
26 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
27 Assembly. A majority of the Task Force shall constitute a
28 quorum for the transaction of its business. The Task Force
29 shall meet at least quarterly. The Task Force Chair may
30 establish sub-committees for the purpose of making special
31 studies; such sub-committees may include non-Task-Force
32 members as resource persons.
33     (d) Members of the Task Force shall be reimbursed for their
34 necessary expenses incurred in performing their duties. The

 

 

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1 Department of Public Health shall provide staff and technical
2 assistance to the Task Force to the extent possible within
3 annual appropriations for its ordinary and contingent
4 expenses.
5     (e) The Task Force shall have the following duties:
6         (1) To obtain from the Department of Public Health, if
7     available, data and analyses regarding the prevalence and
8     burden of cervical cancer. The Task Force may conduct or
9     arrange for independent studies and analyses.
10         (2) To coordinate the efforts of the Task Force with
11     existing State committees and programs providing cervical
12     cancer screening, education, and case management.
13         (3) To raise public awareness on the causes and nature
14     of cervical cancer, personal risk factors, the value of
15     prevention, early detection, options for testing,
16     treatment costs, new technology, medical care
17     reimbursement, and physician education.
18         (4) To identify priority strategies, new technologies,
19     and newly introduced vaccines that are effective in
20     preventing and controlling the risk of cervical cancer.
21         (5) To identify and examine the limitations of existing
22     laws, regulations, programs, and services with regard to
23     coverage and awareness issues for cervical cancer,
24     including requiring insurance or other coverage for PAP
25     smears and mammograms in accordance with the most recently
26     published American Cancer Society guidelines.
27         (6) To develop a statewide comprehensive Cervical
28     Cancer Prevention Plan and strategies for implementing the
29     Plan and for promoting the Plan to the general public,
30     State and local elected officials, and various public and
31     private organizations, associations, businesses,
32     industries, and agencies.
33         (7) To receive and to consider reports and testimony
34     from individuals, local health departments,

 

 

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1     community-based organizations, voluntary health
2     organizations, and other public and private organizations
3     statewide to learn more about their contributions to
4     cervical cancer diagnosis, prevention, and treatment and
5     more about their ideas for improving cervical cancer
6     prevention, diagnosis, and treatment in Illinois.
7     (f) The Task Force shall submit a report to the Governor
8 and the General Assembly by April 1, 2005 and by April 1 of
9 each year thereafter. The report shall include (i) information
10 regarding the progress being made in fulfilling the duties of
11 the Task Force and in developing the Cervical Cancer Prevention
12 Plan and (ii) recommended strategies or actions to reduce the
13 occurrence of cervical cancer and the burdens from cervical
14 cancer suffered by citizens of this State.
15     (g) The Task Force shall expire on April 1, 2009, or upon
16 submission of the Task Force's final report to the Governor and
17 the General Assembly, whichever occurs earlier.
 
18     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.".