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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 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and 
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Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
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amended  by adding Section 2310-353 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-353  new)
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    Sec. 2310-353. Cervical Cancer Elimination Task Force.
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    (a) A standing ad hoc task force on
cervical cancer 
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elimination is established within the Department of Public 
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Health.  The task force shall be called the Cervical
Cancer 
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Elimination Task Force ("the Task Force").  The Task Force
shall 
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perform the duties specified in this
Section.
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    (b) The Task Force shall have 21
members.  The directors of 
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Public Health, Public Aid, and Human Services and the Chair and

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Vice-Chair of the Conference of Women Legislators in Illinois,

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or their designees, shall be ex officio members of the Task 
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Force. The
following additional members shall be appointed:
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        (1) By the President of the Senate, as
            follows:
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            (A) One member of the Senate.
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            (B) A representative of a women's health

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organization.
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            (C) A representative from the American Academy of

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Pediatrics.
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            (D) A certified schoolteacher.
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        (2) By the Minority Leader of the Senate: one member of 
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the Senate.
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        (3)  By the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
            as 
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follows:
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            (A) One member of the House of Representatives.
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            (B) A member of the Illinois Chapter of the 
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American Cancer Society who is
an oncologist.
 


 






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            (C) A member of the health insurance industry.
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            (D) A member from the American College of

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Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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        (4) By the Minority Leader of the House of 
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Representatives: one member of the House of 
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Representatives.
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        (5)  By the Governor, as follows:
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            (A) A member of the American Academy of Family

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Physicians.
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            (B) The State Epidemiologist.
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            (C) Two members at large.
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            (D) A news director of a newspaper or television
or 
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radio station.
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            (E) A licensed registered nurse.
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    The Governor shall appoint a Chair from among the members

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of the Task Force. The Task Force shall elect a Vice-Chair from

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its members.
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    (c)  Each appointing authority shall
ensure, insofar as 
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possible, that its appointees to the Task
Force reflect the 
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composition of the Illinois population
with regard to ethnic, 
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racial, age, and religious composition.
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    (d)  The appointing authorities shall make their 
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appointments to the Task Force not
later than 30 days after the 
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effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General 
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Assembly. In the case of a vacancy on the Task Force, the 
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original appointing
authority, using the criteria set forth in 
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this Section for the
original appointment, shall fill the 
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vacancy.
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    (e)  The Task Force shall meet at least
quarterly or more 
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frequently at the call of the Chair.
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    (f)  The Task Force Chair may establish
committees for the 
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purpose of making special studies pursuant to
its duties and 
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may appoint non-Task Force members to serve on
each committee 
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as resource persons. Resource persons shall be
voting members 
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of the committees.  Committees may meet with the
frequency 
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needed to accomplish the purposes of this Section.
 


 






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    (g)  Members of the Task Force are entitled to a  per diem 
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and reimbursement for their necessary travel and subsistence 
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expenses incurred in performing their duties.
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    (h)  A majority of the Task Force shall
constitute a quorum 
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for the transaction of its business.
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    (i)  The Task Force shall have the
following duties:
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        (1)  To obtain from the Department of Public Health, if 
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available, the
            Department's review of statistical and 
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qualitative
            data on the prevalence and burden of cervical
            
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cancer.  If such a review is not available from the 
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Department, the Task Force shall undertake such a review.
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        (2)  To raise public awareness on the causes and
            nature 
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of cervical cancer, personal risk factors,
            the value of 
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prevention, early detection, options for
            testing, 
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treatment costs, new technology, medical
            care 
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reimbursement, and physician education.
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        (3)  To identify priority strategies, new technologies,
            
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or newly introduced vaccines that are effective in
            
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preventing and controlling the risk of cervical
            cancer.
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        (4)  To identify and examine the limitations of existing
            
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laws, regulations, programs, and services with
            regard to 
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coverage and awareness issues for
            cervical cancer, 
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including requiring insurance or other coverage for Pap 
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smears and mammograms in
            accordance with the most recently 
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published
            American Cancer Society guidelines.
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        (5)  To develop a statewide comprehensive Cervical
            
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Cancer Prevention Plan and strategies for implementing the 
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Plan
            and for promoting the Plan to the
            general public, 
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State and local elected officials,
            and various public and 
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private organizations,
            associations, businesses, 
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industries, and agencies.
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        (6)  To identify strategies to facilitate specific
            
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commitments to help implement the Cervical
            Cancer 
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Prevention Plan from the
            entities listed in paragraph (8).
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        (7)  To facilitate coordination of and communication
            
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between  State and local agencies and organizations
            
 


 






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regarding current or future involvement in
            achieving the 
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aims of the Cervical Cancer Prevention Plan.
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        (8)  To receive and to consider reports and testimony
            
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from individuals, local health departments,
            
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community-based organizations, voluntary health
            
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organizations, and other public and private
            organizations 
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statewide to learn more about their
            contributions to 
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cervical cancer diagnosis,
            prevention, and treatment and 
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more about their
            ideas for improving cervical cancer 
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prevention,
            diagnosis, and treatment in Illinois.
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    (j)  On or before April 1, 2005, and on
or before April 1 
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each year thereafter, the Task Force shall submit a
report to 
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the Governor and the General Assembly. Each annual report shall 
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address the following:
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        (1)  The progress being made in fulfilling the duties of 
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the
            Task Force and in developing the Cervical Cancer
            
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Prevention Plan.
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        (2)  The anticipated time frame for completion of the
            
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Cervical Cancer Prevention Plan.
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        (3)  Recommended strategies or actions to reduce the
            
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occurrence of and burdens suffered from cervical
            cancer by 
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citizens of this State.
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    (k)  The Task Force shall expire on
April 1, 2009, or upon 
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submission of the Task Force's final
report to the Governor and 
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the General Assembly, whichever occurs earlier.
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    (l)  The Department of Public Health shall use moneys

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appropriated to it to implement
this Section.

 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.