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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County | ||||||
| 3 | (formerly, Cook County Hospital) provides vital health care | ||||||
| 4 | services to the people of Cook County; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The Hospital has been beset by budgetary | ||||||
| 6 | shortfalls and management difficulties that have undermined | ||||||
| 7 | its ability to deliver timely, adequate health care; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Following a series of management reforms, the | ||||||
| 9 | Hospital was awarded full accreditation by the Joint Commission | ||||||
| 10 | on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations in February 2008; | ||||||
| 11 | and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, A recent ordinance will provide additional | ||||||
| 13 | revenues to the Hospital, as well as establish an independent | ||||||
| 14 | board of trustees that will take over management of the | ||||||
| 15 | Hospital in May 2008, for a period of 3 years; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 17 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Auditor General is | ||||||
| 18 | directed to conduct a management audit of the administration of | ||||||
| 19 | John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County; and be it further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That the audit include, but not be limited to, | ||||||
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| 1 | the following determinations: | ||||||
| 2 | (1) whether the Hospital's procurement processes are | ||||||
| 3 | in compliance with applicable
laws, rules and policies and | ||||||
| 4 | are adequately documented; | ||||||
| 5 | (2) whether the Hospital's internal controls over | ||||||
| 6 | expenditure and revenue processing
appear to be adequate; | ||||||
| 7 | (3) whether the Hospital has developed fraud detection | ||||||
| 8 | programs that appear to be
adequate and designed to | ||||||
| 9 | identify and control fraud risks in its operations; and | ||||||
| 10 | (4) whether the Hospital's short and long range plans | ||||||
| 11 | for staffing administrative
positions are documented and | ||||||
| 12 | appear reasonable; and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That the John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook | ||||||
| 14 | County and any other State, county, or local entity having | ||||||
| 15 | information relevant to this audit cooperate fully and promptly | ||||||
| 16 | with the Auditor General's Office in the conduct of this audit; | ||||||
| 17 | and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as | ||||||
| 19 | soon as possible and report his findings and recommendations | ||||||
| 20 | upon completion in accordance with the provisions of Section | ||||||
| 21 | 314 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.
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