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1     AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
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.
 
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
24 consumers, and information technology providers.
 
25     Section 15. EHR plan. The EHR plan shall include, but not
26 be limited to, a consideration of all of the following:
27         (1) key components of and standards for comprehensive
28     EHR systems for recording, storing, analyzing and
29     accessing patient health information, assisting with
30     health care decision-making and quality assurance, and

 

 

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1     providing for online health care;
2         (2) consistent data elements, definitions, and formats
3     that should be incorporated in EHR systems;
4         (3) analysis of costs and benefits in implementing EHR
5     by various types and sizes of health care providers;
6         (4) survey of equipment, technical assistance, and
7     resources that would be necessary to assist smaller health
8     care providers with EHR implementation and utilization;
9         (5) standards, technology platforms, and issues
10     related to patient access to their individual medical and
11     health data;
12         (6) a potential phase-in plan for implementing EHR by
13     health care providers throughout Illinois; and
14         (7) patient privacy, security, and compliance with
15     applicable rules set forth in the federal Health Insurance
16     Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
 
17     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18 becoming law.