Full Text of HB2345 94th General Assembly
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Human Services Committee
Adopted in House Comm. on Feb 24, 2005
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2345
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2345 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "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.
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| 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 |
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| consumers, and information technology providers. | 2 |
| Section 15. EHR plan. The EHR plan shall include, but not | 3 |
| be limited to, a consideration of all of the following: | 4 |
| (1) key components of and standards for comprehensive | 5 |
| EHR systems for recording, storing, analyzing and | 6 |
| accessing patient health information, assisting with | 7 |
| health care decision-making and quality assurance, and | 8 |
| providing for online health care; | 9 |
| (2) consistent data elements, definitions, and formats | 10 |
| that should be incorporated in EHR systems; | 11 |
| (3) analysis of costs and benefits in implementing EHR | 12 |
| by various types and sizes of health care providers; | 13 |
| (4) survey of equipment, technical assistance, and | 14 |
| resources that would be necessary to assist smaller health | 15 |
| care providers with EHR implementation and utilization; | 16 |
| (5) standards, technology platforms, and issues | 17 |
| related to patient access to their individual medical and | 18 |
| health data; | 19 |
| (6) a potential phase-in plan for implementing EHR by | 20 |
| health care providers throughout Illinois; and | 21 |
| (7) patient privacy, security, and compliance with | 22 |
| applicable rules set forth in the federal Health Insurance | 23 |
| Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 25 |
| becoming law.".
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