Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
Filed: 3/13/2008
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3286
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3286 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
5 | Illinois Health Policy Center Act. | ||||||
6 | Section 5. Legislative intent. Illinois legislators and | ||||||
7 | other governmental officials are charged with an increasingly | ||||||
8 | complex task of creating and implementing laws and regulations | ||||||
9 | to advance the health and health care of the people of | ||||||
10 | Illinois.
The challenge has grown because of escalating costs | ||||||
11 | of health care that take an increasingly large share of State | ||||||
12 | resources and because of the increasingly complex nature of | ||||||
13 | treating illnesses that makes monitoring and ensuring quality | ||||||
14 | more difficult.
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15 | As Illinois' statewide public institution of higher | ||||||
16 | learning, with the nation's largest medical school, and |
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1 | graduate programs in health and public policy, health services | ||||||
2 | research, pharmacy, public administration, and health | ||||||
3 | economics, the University of Illinois has the breadth and depth | ||||||
4 | of expertise as well as a mission to serve as an authoritative | ||||||
5 | and objective information resource to the legislative branches | ||||||
6 | of government and to State agencies.
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7 | Section 10. Center created; goals. | ||||||
8 | (a) The Illinois Health Policy Center is created within the | ||||||
9 | University of Illinois, to be sponsored by the University of | ||||||
10 | Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and the University of | ||||||
11 | Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs. In | ||||||
12 | implementing this Act, the University may also consult with and | ||||||
13 | seek the participation of other public universities in | ||||||
14 | Illinois. | ||||||
15 | (b) The goals of the Illinois Health Policy Center are: | ||||||
16 | (1) To support legislators and other government | ||||||
17 | officials in developing and implementing health policy to | ||||||
18 | address critical issues facing the State of Illinois. | ||||||
19 | (2) To focus on identifying "best practices" | ||||||
20 | appropriate for Illinois through careful and objective | ||||||
21 | review of the latest scientific research and through | ||||||
22 | comparative analyses of other states' policies. | ||||||
23 | Section 15. Center's duties. The Illinois Health Policy | ||||||
24 | Center shall do the following: |
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1 | (1) Respond to requests from State government | ||||||
2 | officials and agencies requiring analytical support and | ||||||
3 | guidance in matters related to the development and | ||||||
4 | implementation of health policy. | ||||||
5 | (2) Provide data collection, data analysis, program | ||||||
6 | planning, program implementation, and program evaluation. | ||||||
7 | (3) Identify critical issues in health policy in need | ||||||
8 | of timely action. | ||||||
9 | (4) Produce timely and objective information to help | ||||||
10 | guide policy development and implementation. | ||||||
11 | (5) Operate a phone line and interactive website | ||||||
12 | available to legislative staff or other policymakers | ||||||
13 | seeking rapid and timely information. | ||||||
14 | (6) Pursue a research agenda that focuses on State | ||||||
15 | health care policy. | ||||||
16 | Section 20. Advisory Panel. | ||||||
17 | (a) The Illinois Health Policy Center Advisory Panel is | ||||||
18 | created. The Advisory Panel shall consist of 9 members as | ||||||
19 | follows: | ||||||
20 | (1) Four legislators, appointed one each by the | ||||||
21 | President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, | ||||||
22 | the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the | ||||||
23 | Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. | ||||||
24 | (2) One representative of each of the following groups, | ||||||
25 | appointed by consensus of the President of the Senate, the |
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1 | Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
2 | Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives upon the recommendations of those 4 | ||||||
4 | legislative leaders: hospitals; medical societies; managed | ||||||
5 | care companies; and insurance companies. | ||||||
6 | (3) One representative of patient advocacy groups, | ||||||
7 | appointed by the Governor. | ||||||
8 | (b) The Advisory Panel shall provide advice and oversight | ||||||
9 | concerning the creation and operation of the Illinois Health | ||||||
10 | Policy Center.".
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