Full Text of SB2012 95th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning public health.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| 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 2310-76 as follows: | 7 |
| (20 ILCS 2310/2310-76 new) | 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 | 17 |
| determinants of chronic illness. It is fully documented by | 18 |
| national and State data that significant disparity exists | 19 |
| between racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups and that the | 20 |
| incidence and impact of many of these conditions | 21 |
| disproportionately affect these populations. | 22 |
| Chronic diseases can take away a person's quality of life | 23 |
| or his or her ability to work. The Centers for Disease Control |
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| and Prevention reports that 7 out of 10 Americans who die each | 2 |
| year, or more than 1.7 million people, die of a chronic | 3 |
| disease. In Illinois, studies have indicated that during the | 4 |
| study period the State has spent more than $12.5 billion in | 5 |
| health care dollars to treat chronic diseases in our State. The | 6 |
| financial burden for Illinois from the impact of lost work days | 7 |
| and lower employee productivity during the same time period | 8 |
| related to chronic diseases resulted in an annual economic loss | 9 |
| of $43.6 billion. These same studies have concluded that | 10 |
| improvements in preventing and managing chronic diseases could | 11 |
| drastically reduce future costs associated with chronic | 12 |
| disease in Illinois and that the most effective way to trim | 13 |
| healthcare spending in Illinois and across the U.S. is to take | 14 |
| measures aimed at preventing diseases before we have to treat | 15 |
| them. Furthermore, by addressing health disparities and by | 16 |
| targeting chronic disease prevention and health promotion | 17 |
| services toward the highest risk groups, especially in | 18 |
| communities where racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic factors | 19 |
| indicate high rates of these diseases, the goals of improving | 20 |
| the overall health status for all Illinois residents can be | 21 |
| achieved. Health promotion and prevention programs and | 22 |
| activities are scattered throughout a number of State agencies | 23 |
| with various streams of funding and little coordination. While | 24 |
| the State has been looking at making significant changes to | 25 |
| healthcare coverage for a portion of the population, in order | 26 |
| to have the most effective impact, any changes to the |
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| healthcare delivery system in Illinois should take into | 2 |
| consideration and integrate the role of prevention and health | 3 |
| promotion in that system. | 4 |
| (b) Subject to appropriation, within 6 months after the | 5 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General | 6 |
| Assembly, a Task Force on Chronic Disease Prevention and Health | 7 |
| Promotion shall be convened to study and make recommendations | 8 |
| regarding the structure of the chronic disease prevention and | 9 |
| health promotion system in Illinois, as well as changes that | 10 |
| should be made to the system in order to integrate and | 11 |
| coordinate efforts in the State and ensure continuity and | 12 |
| consistency of purpose and the elimination of disparity in the | 13 |
| delivery of this care in Illinois. | 14 |
| (c) The Department of Public Health shall have primary | 15 |
| responsibility for, and shall provide staffing and technical | 16 |
| and administrative support for the Task Force in its efforts. | 17 |
| The other State agencies represented on the Task Force shall | 18 |
| work cooperatively with the Department of Public Health to | 19 |
| provide administrative and technical support to the Task Force | 20 |
| in its efforts. Membership of the Task Force shall consist of | 21 |
| 18 members as follows: the Director of Public Health, who shall | 22 |
| serve as Chair; the Secretary of Human Services or his or her | 23 |
| designee; the Director of Aging or his or her designee; the | 24 |
| Director of Healthcare and Family Services or his designee; 4 | 25 |
| members of the General Assembly, one from the State Senate | 26 |
| appointed by the President of the Senate, one from the State |
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| Senate appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate, one from | 2 |
| the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the | 3 |
| House, and one from the House of Representatives appointed by | 4 |
| the Minority Leader of the House; and 10 members appointed by | 5 |
| the Director of Public Health and who shall be representative | 6 |
| of State associations and advocacy organizations with a primary | 7 |
| focus that includes chronic disease prevention, public health | 8 |
| delivery, medicine, health care and disease management, or | 9 |
| community health. | 10 |
| (d) The Task Force shall seek input from interested parties | 11 |
| and shall hold a minimum of 3 public hearings across the State, | 12 |
| including one in northern Illinois, one in central Illinois, | 13 |
| and one in southern Illinois. | 14 |
| (e) On or before July 1, 2010, the Task Force shall, at a | 15 |
| minimum, make recommendations to the Director of Public Health | 16 |
| on the following: reforming the delivery system for chronic | 17 |
| disease prevention and health promotion in Illinois; ensuring | 18 |
| adequate funding for infrastructure and delivery of programs; | 19 |
| addressing health disparity; and the role of health promotion | 20 |
| and chronic disease prevention in support of State spending on | 21 |
| health care. | 22 |
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 23 |
| becoming law.
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