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| The directors of Public Health and Public Aid, and the |
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| Secretary of Human Services, or their designees, and the Chair |
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| and Vice-Chair of the Conference of Women Legislators in |
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| Illinois, or their designees, shall be ex officio members of |
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| the Task Force. The Director of Public Health shall also |
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| consult with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the |
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| Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the President |
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| of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate in the |
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| designation of members of the Illinois General Assembly as |
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| ex-officio members. |
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| Appointments to the Task Force should 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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| (c) The Director of Public Health shall appoint a Chair |
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| from among the members of the Task Force. The Task Force shall |
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| elect a Vice-Chair from its members. Initial appointments to |
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| the Task Force shall be made 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. A majority of the Task Force shall constitute a |
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| quorum for the transaction of its business. The Task Force |
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| shall meet at least quarterly. The Task Force Chair may |
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| establish sub-committees for the purpose of making special |
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| studies; such sub-committees may include non-Task-Force |
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| members as resource persons. |
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| (d) Members of the Task Force shall be reimbursed for their |
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| necessary expenses incurred in performing their duties. The |
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| Department of Public Health shall provide staff and technical |
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| assistance to the Task Force to the extent possible within |
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| annual appropriations for its ordinary and contingent |
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| expenses. |
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| (e) 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, data and analyses regarding the prevalence and |
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| burden of cervical cancer. The Task Force may conduct or |
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| arrange for independent studies and analyses. |
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| (2) To coordinate the efforts of the Task Force with |
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| existing State committees and programs providing cervical |
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| cancer screening, education, and case management. |
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| (3) 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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| (4) To identify priority strategies, new technologies, |
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| and newly introduced vaccines that are effective in |
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| preventing and controlling the risk of cervical cancer. |
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| (5) 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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| (6) 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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| (7) 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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| (f) The Task Force shall submit a report to the Governor |
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| and the General Assembly by April 1, 2005 and by April 1 of |
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| each year thereafter. The report shall include (i) information |
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| regarding the progress being made in fulfilling the duties of |
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| the Task Force and in developing the Cervical Cancer Prevention |
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| Plan and (ii) recommended strategies or actions to reduce the |