Full Text of HR0141 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Public health issues are of paramount importance | 3 | | to the State and its units of local government; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Health disparities have a systemic and critical | 5 | | impact on morbidity and mortality rates in communities | 6 | | throughout the State; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The State is in need of a comprehensive review of | 8 | | its public health policymaking and regulatory framework in | 9 | | order to meet the needs of its diverse citizenry; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The State has the resources through its agencies, | 11 | | public and private universities, and community-based | 12 | | organizations to conduct a comprehensive review of its public | 13 | | health policies and policymaking infrastructure; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Population health status and health services | 15 | | needs unique to Illinois should be reflected in the research | 16 | | and policy analysis work of researchers, planners, and policy | 17 | | analysts; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The Community Engagement and Research Core is a | 19 | | federally-funded component of the University of Illinois at | 20 | | Chicago Center for Clinical and Translational Science, engaged |
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| 1 | | in broad-based, action-oriented public health policy research | 2 | | and dissemination; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, This comprehensive review of the State's public | 4 | | health policies and
policymaking infrastructure is critical | 5 | | and necessary in order to fully benefit from federal health | 6 | | care reform, demonstrate additional efficiencies in the | 7 | | delivery of health care services to those most in need, and | 8 | | foster the relationship of public health to the larger | 9 | | community in terms of human, physical, fiscal, and program | 10 | | resources; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, State policymakers will benefit from a | 12 | | comprehensive and well-developed study of the State's public | 13 | | health policies and policymaking infrastructure; therefore, be | 14 | | it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | the Public Health Policy Task Force is hereby established to | 18 | | prepare a comprehensive report to the General Assembly on the | 19 | | State's public health policies and its public health | 20 | | policymaking infrastructure that shall include an Illinois | 21 | | policy agenda; and be it further | 22 | | RESOLVED, That members of the Public Health Policy Task |
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| 1 | | Force shall include representatives from the House Healthcare | 2 | | and Health Disparities Committee; State agencies, including, | 3 | | without limitation, the Department of Public Health, the | 4 | | Department of Human Services, and the Department of Healthcare | 5 | | and Family Services; the Office of the Governor; research | 6 | | universities; relevant community-based organizations; and the | 7 | | provider community; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That the Community Engagement and Research Core | 9 | | housed at the University of Illinois at Chicago is designated | 10 | | as the lead agency for administering the work of the Public | 11 | | Health Policy Task Force; and be it further | 12 | | RESOLVED, That members of the Public Health Policy Task | 13 | | Force shall be recommended to the General Assembly by the | 14 | | Chairman of the House Healthcare and Health Disparities | 15 | | Committee, which recommendations shall be submitted to the | 16 | | Governor for formal establishment of the Task Force; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall hold subject-matter | 19 | | hearings as necessary under the auspices of the House Health | 20 | | Care and Health Disparities Committee and shall prepare a | 21 | | report to be presented to members of the House Health Care and | 22 | | Health Disparities Committee on or before December 31, 2011; | 23 | | and be it further |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the directors of the Community Engagement and | 3 | | Research Code.
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