Health Care Availability and Access Committee

Filed: 5/15/2007

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 547

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 547 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and
5 Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6 amended by adding Section 2310-367 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 2310/2310-367 new)
8     Sec. 2310-367. Health Data Task Force; purpose;
9 implementation plan.
10     (a) In accordance with the recommendations of the 2007
11 State Health Improvement Plan, it is the policy of the State
12 that, to the extent possible and consistent with privacy and
13 other laws, State public health data and health-related
14 administrative data are to be used to understand and report on
15 the scope of health problems, plan prevention programs, and
16 evaluate program effectiveness at the State and community

 

 

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1 level. It is a priority to use data to address racial, ethnic,
2 and other health disparities. This system is intended to
3 support State and community level public health planning, and
4 is not intended to supplant or replace data-use agreements
5 between State agencies and academic researchers for more
6 specific research needs.
7     (b) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
8 amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, a Health Data Task
9 Force shall be convened to create a system for public access to
10 integrated health data. The Task Force shall consist of the
11 following: the Director of Public Health or his or her
12 designee; the Director of Healthcare and Family Services or his
13 or her designee; the Secretary of Human Services or his or her
14 designee; the Director of the Department on Aging or his or her
15 designee; the Director of Children and Family Services or his
16 or her designee; the State Superintendent of Education or his
17 or her designee; and other State officials as deemed
18 appropriate by the Governor.
19     The Task Force shall be advised by a public advisory group
20 consisting of community health data users, minority health
21 advocates, local public health departments, and private data
22 suppliers such as hospitals and other health care providers.
23 Each member of the Task Force shall appoint 3 members of the
24 public advisory group. The public advisory group shall assist
25 the Task Force in setting goals, articulating user needs, and
26 setting priorities for action.

 

 

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1     The Department of Public Health is primarily responsible
2 for providing staff and administrative support to the Task
3 Force. The other State agencies represented on the Task Force
4 shall work cooperatively with the Department of Public Health
5 to provide administrative support to the Task Force. The
6 Department of Public Health shall have ongoing responsibility
7 for monitoring the implementation of the plan and shall have
8 ongoing responsibility to identify new or emerging data or
9 technology needs.
10     The State agencies represented on the Task Force shall
11 review their health data, data collection, and dissemination
12 policies for opportunities to coordinate and integrate data and
13 make data available within and outside State government in
14 support of this State policy. To the extent possible, existing
15 data infrastructure shall be used to create this system of
16 public access to data. The Illinois Department of Health Care
17 and Family Services data warehouse and the Illinois Department
18 of Public Health IPLAN Data System may be the foundation of
19 this system.
20     (c) The Task Force shall produce a plan with a phased and
21 prioritized implementation timetable focusing on assuring
22 access to improving the quality of data necessary to understand
23 health disparities. The Task Force shall submit an initial
24 report to the General Assembly no later that July 1, 2008, and
25 shall make annual reports to the General Assembly on or before
26 July 1 of each year through 2011 of the progress toward

 

 

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1 implementing the plan.
 
2     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3 becoming law.".