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Public Act 097-0424 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning 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 1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the | ||||
Comprehensive Healthcare Workforce Planning Act. | ||||
Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||
"Council" means the State Healthcare Workforce Council | ||||
created by this Act. | ||||
"Department" means the Department of Public Health. | ||||
Section 10. Purpose. Implementation of this Act is entirely | ||||
subject to the availability and appropriation of funds from | ||||
federal grant money applied for by the Department of Public | ||||
Health. The State Healthcare Workforce Council is hereby | ||||
established to provide an ongoing assessment of healthcare | ||||
workforce trends, training issues, and financing policies, and | ||||
to recommend appropriate State government and private sector | ||||
efforts to address identified needs. The work of the Council | ||||
shall focus on: healthcare workforce supply and distribution; | ||||
cultural competence and minority participation in health | ||||
professions education; primary care training and practice; and | ||||
data evaluation and analysis. The Council shall work in | ||||
coordination with the State Health Improvement Plan |
Implementation Coordination Council to ensure alignment with | ||
the State Health Improvement Plan. | ||
Section 15. Members. | ||
(a) The following 10 persons or their designees shall be | ||
members of the Council: the Director of the Department; a | ||
representative of the Governor's Office; the Secretary of Human | ||
Services; the Directors of the Departments of Commerce and | ||
Economic Opportunity, Employment Security, Financial and | ||
Professional Regulation, and Healthcare and Family Services; | ||
and the executive director of the Illinois Board of Higher | ||
Education, the President of the Illinois Community College | ||
Board, and the State Superintendent of Education. | ||
(b) The Governor shall appoint 8 additional members, who | ||
shall be healthcare workforce experts, including | ||
representatives of practicing physicians, nurses, pharmacists, | ||
and dentists, State and local health professions | ||
organizations, schools of medicine and osteopathy, nursing, | ||
dental, allied health, and public health; public and private | ||
teaching hospitals; health insurers, business; and labor. The | ||
Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, the President | ||
of the Illinois Senate, the Minority Leader of the Illinois | ||
House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the | ||
Illinois Senate may each appoint 2 representatives to the | ||
Council. Members appointed under this subsection (b) shall | ||
serve 4-year terms and may be reappointed. |
(c) The Director of the Department shall serve as Chair of | ||
the Council. The Governor shall appoint a healthcare workforce | ||
expert from the non-governmental sector to serve as Vice-Chair.
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Section 20. Five-year comprehensive healthcare workforce | ||
plan. | ||
(a) Every 5 years, the Department, in cooperation with the | ||
Council, shall prepare a comprehensive healthcare workforce | ||
plan. | ||
(b) The comprehensive healthcare workforce plan shall | ||
include, but need not be limited to, the following: | ||
(1) 25-year projections of the demand and supply of | ||
health professionals to meet the needs of healthcare within | ||
the State. | ||
(2) The identification of all funding sources for which | ||
the State has administrative control that are available for | ||
health professions training. | ||
(3) Recommendations on how to rationalize and | ||
coordinate the State-supported programs for health | ||
professions training. | ||
(4) Recommendations on actions needed to meet the | ||
projected demand for health professionals over the 25 years | ||
of the plan. | ||
(c) Each year in which a comprehensive healthcare workforce | ||
plan is not due, the Department, on behalf of the Council, | ||
shall prepare a report by July 1 of that year to the Governor |
and the General Assembly on the progress made toward achieving | ||
the projected goals of the current comprehensive healthcare | ||
workforce plan during the previous calendar year. | ||
(d) The Department shall provide staffing to the Council.
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Section 25. Reimbursement. The members of the Council shall | ||
receive no compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement | ||
for any necessary expenses incurred in connection with the | ||
performance of their duties.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on July | ||
1, 2012. |