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 1        AN ACT concerning health improvement.

 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    Statewide Health Improvement Plan Act.

 6        Section 5.  Statewide Health Improvement Plan.
 7        (a)  On January 1, 2005 and every 4 years thereafter, the
 8    Governor shall deliver to the General  Assembly  a  Statewide
 9    Health Improvement Plan.
10        (b)  The  Plan  shall identify, prioritize, and recommend
11    strategies to improve health status  and  the  public  health
12    system,   using   the   National  Healthy  People  goals  and
13    objectives  and  the  National  Public   Health   Performance
14    Standards  as  the  frameworks for assessment. The Plan shall
15    focus on prevention as a key strategy  for  long-term  health
16    improvement in Illinois.
17        (c)  The  Plan  shall examine and make recommendations on
18    both public and private/voluntary sector contributions to and
19    strategies for improving  health  status  and  public  health
20    systems.  Planning  shall incorporate all State agencies with
21    health and public health related responsibilities,  including
22    the  Department  of  Public  Health,  the Department of Human
23    Services, the Department of Public  Aid,  the  Department  on
24    Aging,  the  Environmental  Protection  Agency,  the Illinois
25    Violence  Prevention  Authority,  and   the   Department   of
26    Insurance, or the successor to any of these agencies, and all
27    other   agencies  that  the  Governor  deems  necessary.  The
28    planning shall take into  consideration  the  priorities  and
29    strategies  developed  at  the  community  level  through the
30    Illinois Project for Local Assessment of  Needs  (IPLAN)  and
31    other community collaborative planning processes.
 
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 1        (d)  The  Governor shall appoint a bi-partisan Task Force
 2    of  public  and  private/voluntary  sector  stakeholders   to
 3    develop   the   plan.   The   Task   Force  shall  include  a
 4    representative of the Governor's office, the Directors of the
 5    identified   State   agencies   or   their    designees,    a
 6    representative  of the State Board of Health, and individuals
 7    with expertise who represent a broad array  of  organizations
 8    and  constituencies  engaged  in  health  improvement, public
 9    health, and prevention.