SB2416 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB099 16139 RPS 40464 b

99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2416

Introduced 2/9/2016, by Sen. William R. Haine

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

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Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Abolishes the State Board of Health. Transfers responsibility for developing a State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) from the Board to the Department of Public Health. Removes provisions establishing a planning team for the SHIP and provides that the SHIP Implementation Coordination Council shall serve as the planning team. Provides that the SHIP Implementation Coordination Council shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor (instead of the Governor appointing a new SHIP Implementation Coordination Council for each SHIP). Amends the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act. Transfers certain functions under the Act from the Board to the Department of Public Health. Amends the Counties Code. Requires plans for certain facilities to be submitted to and approved by the Director of Public Health (instead of the Secretary of the State Board of Health). Repeals an obsolete provision of the Obesity Prevention Initiative Act. Amends the Hospital Report Card Act. In a provision concerning the retirement of reporting measures by the Department, requires the Department to obtain approval from the Hospital Report Card and Consumer Guide to Health Care Advisory Committee (instead of the Board). Amends the Communicable Disease Prevention Act. In a provision concerning the adoption of rules requiring immunization of children, requires the Department (instead of the Board) to conduct 3 public hearings before the rule is adopted. Effective immediately.

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A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State agencies.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 5-565 as follows:

(20 ILCS 5/5-565) (was 20 ILCS 5/6.06)

Sec. 5-565. In the Department of Public Health.

(a) The General Assembly declares it to be the public policy of this State that all citizens of Illinois are entitled to lead healthy lives. Governmental public health has a specific responsibility to ensure that a public health system is in place to allow the public health mission to be achieved. The public health system is the collection of public, private, and voluntary entities as well as individuals and informal associations that contribute to the public's health within the State. To develop a public health system requires certain core functions to be performed by government, including: . The State Board of Health is to assume the leadership role in advising the Director in meeting the following functions:

(1) Needs assessment.

(2) Statewide health objectives.

(3) Policy development.

(4) Assurance of access to necessary services.

There shall be a State Board of Health composed of 20 persons, all of whom shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate for those appointed by the Governor on and after June 30, 1998, and one of whom shall be a senior citizen age 60 or over. Five members shall be physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, one representing a medical school faculty, one who is board certified in preventive medicine, and one who is engaged in private practice. One member shall be a chiropractic physician. One member shall be a dentist; one an environmental health practitioner; one a local public health administrator; one a local board of health member; one a registered nurse; one a physical therapist; one an optometrist; one a veterinarian; one a public health academician; one a health care industry representative; one a representative of the business community; one a representative of the non-profit public interest community; and 2 shall be citizens at large.

The terms of Board of Health members shall be 3 years, except that members shall continue to serve on the Board of Health until a replacement is appointed. Upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, in the appointment of the Board of Health members appointed to vacancies or positions with terms expiring on or before December 31, 2004, the Governor shall appoint up to 6 members to serve for terms of 3 years; up to 6 members to serve for terms of 2 years; and up to 5 members to serve for a term of one year, so that the term of no more than 6 members expire in the same year. All members shall be legal residents of the State of Illinois. The duties of the Board shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) To advise the Department of ways to encourage public understanding and support of the Department's programs.

(2) To evaluate all boards, councils, committees, authorities, and bodies advisory to, or an adjunct of, the Department of Public Health or its Director for the purpose of recommending to the Director one or more of the following:

(i) The elimination of bodies whose activities are not consistent with goals and objectives of the Department.

(ii) The consolidation of bodies whose activities encompass compatible programmatic subjects.

(iii) The restructuring of the relationship between the various bodies and their integration within the organizational structure of the Department.

(iv) The establishment of new bodies deemed essential to the functioning of the Department.

(3) To serve as an advisory group to the Director for public health emergencies and control of health hazards.

(4) To advise the Director regarding public health policy, and to make health policy recommendations regarding priorities to the Governor through the Director.

(5) To present public health issues to the Director and to make recommendations for the resolution of those issues.

(6) To recommend studies to delineate public health problems.

(7) To make recommendations to the Governor through the Director regarding the coordination of State public health activities with other State and local public health agencies and organizations.

(8) To report on or before February 1 of each year on the health of the residents of Illinois to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the public.

(9) To review the final draft of all proposed administrative rules, other than emergency or preemptory rules and those rules that another advisory body must approve or review within a statutorily defined time period, of the Department after September 19, 1991 (the effective date of Public Act 87-633). The Board shall review the proposed rules within 90 days of submission by the Department. The Department shall take into consideration any comments and recommendations of the Board regarding the proposed rules prior to submission to the Secretary of State for initial publication. If the Department disagrees with the recommendations of the Board, it shall submit a written response outlining the reasons for not accepting the recommendations.

In the case of proposed administrative rules or amendments to administrative rules regarding immunization of children against preventable communicable diseases designated by the Director under the Communicable Disease Prevention Act, after the Immunization Advisory Committee has made its recommendations, the Board shall conduct 3 public hearings, geographically distributed throughout the State. At the conclusion of the hearings, the State Board of Health shall issue a report, including its recommendations, to the Director. The Director shall take into consideration any comments or recommendations made by the Board based on these hearings.

The Department of Public Health (in place of the former State Board of Health) shall (10) To deliver to the Governor for presentation to the General Assembly a State Health Improvement Plan. The first 3 such plans shall be delivered to the Governor on January 1, 2006, January 1, 2009, and January 1, 2016 and then every 5 years thereafter.

The Plan shall recommend priorities and strategies to improve the public health system and the health status of Illinois residents, taking into consideration national health objectives and system standards as frameworks for assessment.

The Plan shall also take into consideration priorities and strategies developed at the community level through the Illinois Project for Local Assessment of Needs (IPLAN) and any regional health improvement plans that may be developed. The Plan shall focus on prevention as a key strategy for long-term health improvement in Illinois.

The Plan shall examine and make recommendations on the contributions and strategies of the public and private sectors for improving health status and the public health system in the State. In addition to recommendations on health status improvement priorities and strategies for the population of the State as a whole, the Plan shall make recommendations regarding priorities and strategies for reducing and eliminating health disparities in Illinois; including racial, ethnic, gender, age, socio-economic and geographic disparities.

The Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health shall appoint a Planning Team that includes a range of public, private, and voluntary sector stakeholders and participants in the public health system. This Team shall include: the directors of State agencies with public health responsibilities (or their designees), including but not limited to the Illinois Departments of Public Health and Department of Human Services, representatives of local health departments, representatives of local community health partnerships, and individuals with expertise who represent an array of organizations and constituencies engaged in public health improvement and prevention.

The SHIP Implementation Coordination Council, appointed by the Governor, shall serve as the planning team for the State Health Improvement Plan. The SHIP Implementation Coordination Council, with the leadership of the Director of Public Health, shall develop the State Health Improvement Plan.

The Department State Board of Public Health shall hold at least 3 public hearings addressing drafts of the Plan in representative geographic areas of the State. Members of the SHIP Implementation Coordination Council Planning Team shall receive no compensation for their services, but may be reimbursed for their necessary expenses.

The Upon the delivery of each State Health Improvement Plan, the Governor shall appoint a SHIP Implementation Coordination Council that includes a range of public, private, and voluntary sector stakeholders and participants in the public health system. The Council shall include the directors or secretaries of State agencies and entities with public health system responsibilities (or their designees), including, but not limited to, the Department of Public Health, Department of Human Services, Department of Healthcare and Family Services, Environmental Protection Agency, Illinois State Board of Education, Department on Aging, Illinois Violence Prevention Authority, Department of Agriculture, Department of Insurance, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Department of Transportation, and Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the Chair of the State Board of Health. The Council shall include representatives of local health departments and individuals with expertise who represent an array of organizations and constituencies engaged in public health improvement and prevention, including non-profit public interest groups, health issue groups, faith community groups, health care providers, businesses and employers, academic institutions, and community-based organizations. The Governor shall endeavor to make the membership of the Council representative of the racial, ethnic, gender, socio-economic, and geographic diversity of the State. The Governor shall designate one State agency representative and one other non-governmental member as co-chairs of the Council. The Governor shall designate a member of the Governor's office to serve as liaison to the Council and one or more State agencies to provide or arrange for support to the Council. The members of the SHIP Implementation Coordination Council for each State Health Improvement Plan shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor until the delivery of the subsequent State Health Improvement Plan, whereupon a new Council shall be appointed. Members of the SHIP Planning Team may serve on the SHIP Implementation Coordination Council if so appointed by the Governor.

The SHIP Implementation Coordination Council shall coordinate the efforts and engagement of the public, private, and voluntary sector stakeholders and participants in the public health system to implement each SHIP. The Council shall serve as a forum for collaborative action; coordinate existing and new initiatives; develop detailed implementation steps, with mechanisms for action; implement specific projects; identify public and private funding sources at the local, State and federal level; promote public awareness of the SHIP; advocate for the implementation of the SHIP; and develop an annual report to the Governor, General Assembly, and public regarding the status of implementation of the SHIP. The Council shall not, however, have the authority to direct any public or private entity to take specific action to implement the SHIP.

(11) Upon the request of the Governor, to recommend to the Governor candidates for Director of Public Health when vacancies occur in the position.

(12) To adopt bylaws for the conduct of its own business, including the authority to establish ad hoc committees to address specific public health programs requiring resolution.

(13) To review and comment upon the Comprehensive Health Plan submitted by the Center for Comprehensive Health Planning as provided under Section 2310-217 of the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.

Upon appointment, the Board shall elect a chairperson from among its members.

Members of the Board shall receive compensation for their services at the rate of $150 per day, not to exceed $10,000 per year, as designated by the Director for each day required for transacting the business of the Board and shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The Board shall meet from time to time at the call of the Department, at the call of the chairperson, or upon the request of 3 of its members, but shall not meet less than 4 times per year.

(b) (Blank).

(c) An Advisory Board on Necropsy Service to Coroners, which shall counsel and advise with the Director on the administration of the Autopsy Act. The Advisory Board shall consist of 11 members, including a senior citizen age 60 or over, appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall be designated as chairman by a majority of the members of the Board. In the appointment of the first Board the Governor shall appoint 3 members to serve for terms of 1 year, 3 for terms of 2 years, and 3 for terms of 3 years. The members first appointed under Public Act 83-1538 shall serve for a term of 3 years. All members appointed thereafter shall be appointed for terms of 3 years, except that when an appointment is made to fill a vacancy, the appointment shall be for the remaining term of the position vacant. The members of the Board shall be citizens of the State of Illinois. In the appointment of members of the Advisory Board the Governor shall appoint 3 members who shall be persons licensed to practice medicine and surgery in the State of Illinois, at least 2 of whom shall have received post-graduate training in the field of pathology; 3 members who are duly elected coroners in this State; and 5 members who shall have interest and abilities in the field of forensic medicine but who shall be neither persons licensed to practice any branch of medicine in this State nor coroners. In the appointment of medical and coroner members of the Board, the Governor shall invite nominations from recognized medical and coroners organizations in this State respectively. Board members, while serving on business of the Board, shall receive actual necessary travel and subsistence expenses while so serving away from their places of residence.

(Source: P.A. 97-734, eff. 1-1-13; 97-810, eff. 1-1-13; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)

Section 10. The Department of Public Health Act is amended by changing Section 8.2 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2305/8.2)

Sec. 8.2. Osteoporosis Prevention and Education Program.

(a) The Department of Public Health, utilizing available federal funds, State funds appropriated for that purpose, or other available funding as provided for in this Section, shall establish, promote, and maintain an Osteoporosis Prevention and Education Program to promote public awareness of the causes of osteoporosis, options for prevention, the value of early detection, and possible treatments (including the benefits and risks of those treatments). The Department may accept, for that purpose, any special grant of money, services, or property from the federal government or any of its agencies or from any foundation, organization, or medical school.

(b) The program shall include the following:

(1) Development of a public education and outreach campaign to promote osteoporosis prevention and education, including, but not limited to, the following subjects:

(A) The cause and nature of the disease.

(B) Risk factors.

(C) The role of hysterectomy.

(D) Prevention of osteoporosis, including nutrition, diet, and physical exercise.

(E) Diagnostic procedures and appropriate indications for their use.

(F) Hormone replacement, including benefits and risks.

(G) Environmental safety and injury prevention.

(H) Availability of osteoporosis diagnostic treatment services in the community.

(2) Development of educational materials to be made available for consumers, particularly targeted to high-risk groups, through local health departments, local physicians, other providers (including, but not limited to, health maintenance organizations, hospitals, and clinics), and women's organizations.

(3) Development of professional education programs for health care providers to assist them in understanding research findings and the subjects set forth in paragraph (1).

(4) Development and maintenance of a list of current providers of specialized services for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Dissemination of the list shall be accompanied by a description of diagnostic procedures, appropriate indications for their use, and a cautionary statement about the current status of osteoporosis research, prevention, and treatment. The statement shall also indicate that the Department does not license, certify, or in any other way approve osteoporosis programs or centers in this State.

(c) (Blank). The State Board of Health shall serve as an advisory board to the Department with specific respect to the prevention and education activities related to osteoporosis described in this Section. The State Board of Health shall assist the Department in implementing this Section.

(Source: P.A. 88-622, eff. 1-1-95.)

Section 15. The Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Sections 2310-217 and 2310-350 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-217)

Sec. 2310-217. Center for Comprehensive Health Planning.

(a) The Center for Comprehensive Health Planning ("Center") is hereby created to promote the distribution of health care services and improve the healthcare delivery system in Illinois by establishing a statewide Comprehensive Health Plan and ensuring a predictable, transparent, and efficient Certificate of Need process under the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. The objectives of the Comprehensive Health Plan include: to assess existing community resources and determine health care needs; to support safety net services for uninsured and underinsured residents; to promote adequate financing for health care services; and to recognize and respond to changes in community health care needs, including public health emergencies and natural disasters. The Center shall comprehensively assess health and mental health services; assess health needs with a special focus on the identification of health disparities; identify State-level and regional needs; and make findings that identify the impact of market forces on the access to high quality services for uninsured and underinsured residents. The Center shall conduct a biennial comprehensive assessment of health resources and service needs, including, but not limited to, facilities, clinical services, and workforce; conduct needs assessments using key indicators of population health status and determinations of potential benefits that could occur with certain changes in the health care delivery system; collect and analyze relevant, objective, and accurate data, including health care utilization data; identify issues related to health care financing such as revenue streams, federal opportunities, better utilization of existing resources, development of resources, and incentives for new resource development; evaluate findings by the needs assessments; and annually report to the General Assembly and the public.

The Illinois Department of Public Health shall establish a Center for Comprehensive Health Planning to develop a long-range Comprehensive Health Plan, which Plan shall guide the development of clinical services, facilities, and workforce that meet the health and mental health care needs of this State.

(b) Center for Comprehensive Health Planning.

(1) Responsibilities and duties of the Center include:

(A) providing technical assistance to the Health Facilities and Services Review Board to permit that Board to apply relevant components of the Comprehensive Health Plan in its deliberations;

(B) attempting to identify unmet health needs and assist in any inter-agency State planning for health resource development;

(C) considering health plans and other related publications that have been developed in Illinois and nationally;

(D) establishing priorities and recommend methods for meeting identified health service, facilities, and workforce needs. Plan recommendations shall be short-term, mid-term, and long-range;

(E) conducting an analysis regarding the availability of long-term care resources throughout the State, using data and plans developed under the Illinois Older Adult Services Act, to adjust existing bed need criteria and standards under the Health Facilities Planning Act for changes in utilization of institutional and non-institutional care options, with special consideration of the availability of the least-restrictive options in accordance with the needs and preferences of persons requiring long-term care; and

(F) considering and recognizing health resource development projects or information on methods by which a community may receive benefit, that are consistent with health resource needs identified through the comprehensive health planning process.

(2) A Comprehensive Health Planner shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to supervise the Center and its staff for a paid 3-year term, subject to review and re-approval every 3 years. The Planner shall receive an annual salary of $120,000, or an amount set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater. The Planner shall prepare a budget for review and approval by the Illinois General Assembly, which shall become part of the annual report available on the Department website.

(c) Comprehensive Health Plan.

(1) The Plan shall be developed with a 5 to 10 year range, and updated every 2 years, or annually, if needed.

(2) Components of the Plan shall include:

(A) an inventory to map the State for growth, population shifts, and utilization of available healthcare resources, using both State-level and regionally defined areas;

(B) an evaluation of health service needs, addressing gaps in service, over-supply, and continuity of care, including an assessment of existing safety net services;

(C) an inventory of health care facility infrastructure, including regulated facilities and services, and unregulated facilities and services, as determined by the Center;

(D) recommendations on ensuring access to care, especially for safety net services, including rural and medically underserved communities; and

(E) an integration between health planning for clinical services, facilities and workforce under the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act and other health planning laws and activities of the State.

(3) Components of the Plan may include recommendations that will be integrated into any relevant certificate of need review criteria, standards, and procedures.

(d) Within 60 days of receiving the Comprehensive Health Plan, the State Board of Health shall review and comment upon the Plan and any policy change recommendations. The first Plan shall be submitted to the Director State Board of Health within one year after hiring the Comprehensive Health Planner. The Plan shall be submitted to the General Assembly by the following March 1. The Center and State Board shall hold public hearings on the Plan and its updates. The Center shall permit the public to request the Plan to be updated more frequently to address emerging population and demographic trends.

(e) Current comprehensive health planning data and information about Center funding shall be available to the public on the Department website.

(f) The Department shall submit to a performance audit of the Center by the Auditor General in order to assess whether progress is being made to develop a Comprehensive Health Plan and whether resources are sufficient to meet the goals of the Center for Comprehensive Health Planning.

(Source: P.A. 96-31, eff. 6-30-09.)

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-350) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.70)

Sec. 2310-350. Penny Severns Breast, Cervical, and Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. From funds appropriated from the Penny Severns Breast, Cervical, and Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, the Department shall award grants to eligible physicians, hospitals, laboratories, education institutions, and other organizations and persons to enable organizations and persons to conduct research. Disbursements from the Penny Severns Breast, Cervical, and Ovarian Cancer Research Fund for the purpose of ovarian cancer research shall be subject to appropriations. For the purposes of this Section, "research" includes, but is not limited to, expenditures to develop and advance the understanding, techniques, and modalities effective in early detection, prevention, cure, screening, and treatment of breast, cervical, and ovarian cancer and may include clinical trials.

Moneys received for the purposes of this Section, including but not limited to income tax checkoff receipts and gifts, grants, and awards from private foundations, nonprofit organizations, other governmental entities, and persons shall be deposited into the Penny Severns Breast, Cervical, and Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, which is hereby created as a special fund in the State treasury.

The Department shall create an advisory committee with members from, but not limited to, the Illinois Chapter of the American Cancer Society, Y-Me, and the Susan G. Komen Foundation, and the State Board of Health for the purpose of awarding research grants under this Section. Members of the advisory committee shall not be eligible for any financial compensation or reimbursement.

(Source: P.A. 94-119, eff. 1-1-06.)

Section 20. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section 5-23010 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/5-23010) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23010)

Sec. 5-23010. Organization of board; powers. Said directors shall, immediately after appointment, meet and organize, by the election of one of their number as president and one as secretary, and by the election of such other officers as they may deem necessary. They shall make and adopt such by-laws, rules, and regulations, for their own guidance and for the government of the sanitarium and the branches, dispensaries, and auxiliary institutions and activities connected therewith, as may be expedient, not inconsistent with this Division. They shall have the exclusive control of the expenditure of all moneys collected to the credit of the tuberculosis sanitarium fund, and of the construction of any sanitarium building, or other buildings necessary for its branches, dispensaries, or other auxiliary institutions or activities in connection with said institution, and of the supervision, care and custody of the grounds, rooms or buildings constructed, leased, or set apart for that purpose: Provided, that all moneys received for such sanitarium with the exception of moneys the title to which rests in the board of directors in accordance with Section 5-23017, shall be deposited in the treasury of said county to the credit of the tuberculosis sanitarium fund, and shall not be used for any other purpose, and shall be drawn upon by the proper officers of said county upon the properly authenticated vouchers of said board of directors. Said board of directors shall have the power to purchase or lease ground within the limits of such county, and to occupy, lease or erect an appropriate building or buildings for the use of said sanitarium, branches, dispensaries and other auxiliary institutions and activities connected therewith, by and with the approval of the county board: Provided, however, that no such building shall be constructed until detailed plans therefor shall have been submitted to and approved by the Director of Public Health to the secretary of the State Board of Health, and shall have been approved by him: And, provided, further, that no building in which tuberculosis patients are to be housed shall be built on the grounds of a county poor farm, but shall have separate and distinct grounds of its own. Said board of directors shall have the power to appoint suitable superintendents or matrons, or both, and all necessary assistants, and to fix their compensation, and shall also have the power to remove such appointees, and shall in general carry out the spirit and intent of this Division in establishing and maintaining a county tuberculosis sanitarium: Provided: that no sanitarium or branch, or dispensary, or auxiliary institution, or activity, under this Division, for tuberculosis patients shall be under the same management as a county poor farm, or infirmary, but shall, on the contrary, be under a management separate and distinct in every particular. One or more of said directors shall visit and examine said sanitarium, and all branches, dispensaries, auxiliary institutions, and activities at least twice in each month, and shall make monthly reports of the condition thereof to the county board.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

Section 25. The Alternative Health Care Delivery Act is amended by changing Sections 10 and 25 as follows:

(210 ILCS 3/10)

Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Ambulatory surgical treatment center" or "ASTC" means any institution, place, or building licensed under the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act.

"Alternative health care model" means a facility or program authorized under Section 35 of this Act.

"Board" means the State Board of Health.

"Department" means the Illinois Department of Public Health.

"Demonstration program" means a program to license and study alternative health care models authorized under this Act.

"Director" means the Director of Public Health.

(Source: P.A. 97-987, eff. 1-1-13.)

(210 ILCS 3/25)

Sec. 25. Department responsibilities. The Department shall have the responsibilities set forth in this Section.

(a) The Department shall adopt rules for each alternative health care model authorized under this Act that shall include but not be limited to the following:

(1) Further definition of the alternative health care models.

(2) The definition and scope of the demonstration program, including the implementation date and period of operation, not to exceed 5 years.

(3) License application information required by the Department.

(4) The care of patients in the alternative health care models.

(5) Rights afforded to patients of the alternative health care models.

(6) Physical plant requirements.

(7) License application and renewal fees, which may cover the cost of administering the demonstration program.

(8) Information that may be necessary for the Board and the Department to monitor and evaluate the alternative health care model demonstration program.

(9) Administrative fines that may be assessed by the Department for violations of this Act or the rules adopted under this Act.

(b) The Department shall issue, renew, deny, suspend, or revoke licenses for alternative health care models.

(c) The Department shall perform licensure inspections of alternative health care models as deemed necessary by the Department to ensure compliance with this Act or rules.

(d) The Department shall deposit application fees, renewal fees, and fines into the Regulatory Evaluation and Basic Enforcement Fund.

(e) (Blank). The Department shall assist the Board in performing the Board's responsibilities under this Act.

(f) (Blank).

(g) (Blank).

(h) The Department shall investigate new health care delivery models and recommend to the Governor and the General Assembly, through the Department, those models that should be authorized as alternative health care models for which demonstration programs should be initiated. In its deliberations, the Department shall use the following criteria:

(1) The feasibility of operating the model in Illinois, based on a review of the experience in other states, including the impact on health professionals of other health care programs or facilities.

(2) The potential of the model to meet an unmet need.

(3) The potential of the model to reduce health care costs to consumers, costs to third party payors, and aggregate costs to the public.

(4) The potential of the model to maintain or improve the standards of health care delivery in some measurable fashion.

(5) The potential of the model to provide increased choices or access for patients.

In carrying out its responsibilities under this subsection, the Department shall seek the advice of other Department advisory boards or committees that may be impacted by the alternative health care model or the proposed model of health care delivery. The Department shall also seek input from other interested parties, which may include holding public hearings.

(i) The Department shall evaluate and make recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly regarding alternative health care model demonstration programs established under this Act, at the midpoint and end of the period of operation of the demonstration programs. The report shall include, at a minimum, the following:

(1) Whether the alternative health care models improved access to health care for their service populations in the State.

(2) The quality of care provided by the alternative health care models as may be evidenced by health outcomes, surveillance reports, and administrative actions taken by the Department.

(3) The cost and cost effectiveness to the public, third-party payors, and government of the alternative health care models, including the impact of pilot programs on aggregate health care costs in the area.

(4) The impact of the alternative health care models on the health care system in that area, including changing patterns of patient demand and utilization, financial viability, and feasibility of operation of service in inpatient and alternative models in the area.

(5) The implementation by alternative health care models of any special commitments made during application review to the Health Facilities and Services Review Board.

(6) The continuation, expansion, or modification of the alternative health care models.

In carrying out its responsibilities under this subsection, the Department shall seek the advice of other Department advisory boards or committees that may be impacted by the alternative health care model or the proposed model of health care delivery. The Department shall also seek input from other interested parties, which may include holding public hearings.

(Source: P.A. 96-669, eff. 8-25-09.)

(210 ILCS 3/20 rep.)

Section 30. The Alternative Health Care Delivery Act is amended by repealing Section 20.

Section 35. The Hospital Report Card Act is amended by changing Section 25 as follows:

(210 ILCS 86/25)

Sec. 25. Hospital reports.

(a) Individual hospitals shall prepare a quarterly report including all of the following:

(1) Nursing hours per patient day, average daily census, and average daily hours worked for each clinical service area.

(2) Infection-related measures for the facility for the specific clinical procedures and devices determined by the Department by rule under 2 or more of the following categories:

(A) Surgical procedure outcome measures.

(B) Surgical procedure infection control process measures.

(C) Outcome or process measures related to ventilator-associated pneumonia.

(D) Central vascular catheter-related bloodstream infection rates in designated critical care units.

(3) Information required under paragraph (4) of Section 2310-312 of the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.

(4) Additional infection measures mandated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that are reported by hospitals to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network surveillance system, or its successor, and deemed relevant to patient safety by the Department.

The infection-related measures developed by the Department shall be based upon measures and methods developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, or the National Quality Forum. The Department may align the infection-related measures with the measures and methods developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, and the National Quality Forum by adding reporting measures based on national health care strategies and measures deemed scientifically reliable and valid for public reporting. The Department shall receive approval from the Hospital Report Card and Consumer Guide to Health Care Advisory Committee State Board of Health to retire measures deemed no longer scientifically valid or valuable for informing quality improvement or infection prevention efforts. The Department shall notify the Chairs and Minority Spokespersons of the House Human Services Committee and the Senate Public Health Committee of its intent to have the Hospital Report Card and Consumer Guide to Health Care Advisory Committee State Board of Health take action to retire measures no later than 7 business days before the meeting of the Hospital Report Card and Consumer Guide to Health Care Advisory Committee State Board of Health.

The Department shall include interpretive guidelines for infection-related indicators and, when available, shall include relevant benchmark information published by national organizations.

(b) Individual hospitals shall prepare annual reports including vacancy and turnover rates for licensed nurses per clinical service area.

(c) None of the information the Department discloses to the public may be made available in any form or fashion unless the information has been reviewed, adjusted, and validated according to the following process:

(1) The Department shall organize an advisory committee, including representatives from the Department, public and private hospitals, direct care nursing staff, physicians, academic researchers, consumers, health insurance companies, organized labor, and organizations representing hospitals and physicians. The advisory committee must be meaningfully involved in the development of all aspects of the Department's methodology for collecting, analyzing, and disclosing the information collected under this Act, including collection methods, formatting, and methods and means for release and dissemination.

(2) The entire methodology for collecting and analyzing the data shall be disclosed to all relevant organizations and to all hospitals that are the subject of any information to be made available to the public before any public disclosure of such information.

(3) Data collection and analytical methodologies shall be used that meet accepted standards of validity and reliability before any information is made available to the public.

(4) The limitations of the data sources and analytic methodologies used to develop comparative hospital information shall be clearly identified and acknowledged, including but not limited to the appropriate and inappropriate uses of the data.

(5) To the greatest extent possible, comparative hospital information initiatives shall use standard-based norms derived from widely accepted provider-developed practice guidelines.

(6) Comparative hospital information and other information that the Department has compiled regarding hospitals shall be shared with the hospitals under review prior to public dissemination of such information and these hospitals have 30 days to make corrections and to add helpful explanatory comments about the information before the publication.

(7) Comparisons among hospitals shall adjust for patient case mix and other relevant risk factors and control for provider peer groups, when appropriate.

(8) Effective safeguards to protect against the unauthorized use or disclosure of hospital information shall be developed and implemented.

(9) Effective safeguards to protect against the dissemination of inconsistent, incomplete, invalid, inaccurate, or subjective hospital data shall be developed and implemented.

(10) The quality and accuracy of hospital information reported under this Act and its data collection, analysis, and dissemination methodologies shall be evaluated regularly.

(11) Only the most basic identifying information from mandatory reports shall be used, and information identifying a patient, employee, or licensed professional shall not be released. None of the information the Department discloses to the public under this Act may be used to establish a standard of care in a private civil action.

(d) Quarterly reports shall be submitted, in a format set forth in rules adopted by the Department, to the Department by April 30, July 31, October 31, and January 31 each year for the previous quarter. Data in quarterly reports must cover a period ending not earlier than one month prior to submission of the report. Annual reports shall be submitted by December 31 in a format set forth in rules adopted by the Department to the Department. All reports shall be made available to the public on-site and through the Department.

(e) If the hospital is a division or subsidiary of another entity that owns or operates other hospitals or related organizations, the annual public disclosure report shall be for the specific division or subsidiary and not for the other entity.

(f) The Department shall disclose information under this Section in accordance with provisions for inspection and copying of public records required by the Freedom of Information Act provided that such information satisfies the provisions of subsection (c) of this Section.

(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, under no circumstances shall the Department disclose information obtained from a hospital that is confidential under Part 21 of Article VIII of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(h) No hospital report or Department disclosure may contain information identifying a patient, employee, or licensed professional.

(Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 99-326, eff. 8-10-15.)

(410 ILCS 115/10 rep.)

Section 40. The Obesity Prevention Initiative Act is amended by repealing Section 10.

Section 45. The Communicable Disease Prevention Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:

(410 ILCS 315/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 22.12)

Sec. 2. The Department of Public Health shall promulgate rules and regulations requiring immunization of children against preventable communicable diseases designated by the Director. After the Immunization Advisory Committee has made its recommendations, but before Before any regulation or amendment thereto is prescribed, the Department shall conduct a public hearing regarding such regulation. In addition, before any regulation or any amendment to a regulation is adopted, and after the Immunization Advisory Committee has made its recommendations, the State Board of Health shall conduct 3 public hearings, geographically distributed throughout the State, regarding the regulation or amendment to the regulation. At the conclusion of the hearings, the State Board of Health shall issue a report, including its recommendations, to the Director. The Director shall take into consideration any comments or recommendations made by the Board based on these hearings. The Department may prescribe additional rules and regulations for immunization of other diseases as vaccines are developed.

The provisions of this Act shall not apply if:

1. The parent or guardian of the child objects thereto on the grounds that the administration of immunizing agents conflicts with his religious tenets or practices or,

2. A physician employed by the parent or guardian to provide care and treatment to the child states that the physical condition of the child is such that the administration of one or more of the required immunizing agents would be detrimental to the health of the child.

(Source: P.A. 90-607, eff. 6-30-98.)

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