Public Act 097-0424
 
SB1945 EnrolledLRB097 09184 RPM 49319 b


  
    AN ACT concerning health.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
    Section 1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the 
Comprehensive Healthcare Workforce Planning Act. 
 
    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
    "Council" means the State Healthcare Workforce Council 
created by this Act.
    "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
 
    Section 10. Purpose. Implementation of this Act is entirely 
subject to the availability and appropriation of funds from 
federal grant money applied for by the Department of Public 
Health. The State Healthcare Workforce Council is hereby 
established to provide an ongoing assessment of healthcare 
workforce trends, training issues, and financing policies, and 
to recommend appropriate State government and private sector 
efforts to address identified needs. The work of the Council 
shall focus on: healthcare workforce supply and distribution; 
cultural competence and minority participation in health 
professions education; primary care training and practice; and 
data evaluation and analysis. The Council shall work in 
coordination with the State Health Improvement Plan 
Implementation Coordination Council to ensure alignment with 
the State Health Improvement Plan.
 
    Section 15. Members. 
    (a) The following 10 persons or their designees shall be 
members of the Council:  the Director of the Department; a 
representative of the Governor's Office; the Secretary of Human 
Services; the Directors of the Departments of Commerce and 
Economic Opportunity, Employment Security, Financial and 
Professional Regulation, and Healthcare and Family Services; 
and the executive director of the Illinois Board of Higher 
Education, the President of the Illinois Community College 
Board, and the State Superintendent of Education.
    (b) The Governor shall appoint 8 additional members, who 
shall be healthcare workforce experts, including 
representatives of practicing physicians, nurses, pharmacists, 
and dentists, State and local health professions 
organizations, schools of medicine and osteopathy, nursing, 
dental, allied health, and public health; public and private 
teaching hospitals; health insurers, business; and labor. The 
Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, the President 
of the Illinois Senate, the Minority Leader of the Illinois 
House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the 
Illinois Senate may each appoint 2 representatives to the 
Council.  Members appointed under this subsection (b) shall 
serve 4-year terms and may be reappointed.
    (c) The Director of the Department shall serve as Chair of 
the Council. The Governor shall appoint a healthcare workforce 
expert from the non-governmental sector to serve as Vice-Chair.

 
    Section 20. Five-year comprehensive healthcare workforce 
plan. 
    (a) Every 5 years, the Department, in cooperation with the 
Council, shall prepare a comprehensive healthcare workforce 
plan.
    (b) The comprehensive healthcare workforce plan shall 
include, but need not be limited to, the following:
        (1) 25-year projections of the demand and supply of 
    health professionals to meet the needs of healthcare within 
    the State.
        (2) The identification of all funding sources for which 
    the State has administrative control that are available for 
    health professions training.
        (3) Recommendations on how to rationalize and 
    coordinate the State-supported programs for health 
    professions training.
        (4) Recommendations on actions needed to meet the 
    projected demand for health professionals over the 25 years 
    of the plan.
    (c) Each year in which a comprehensive healthcare workforce 
plan is not due, the Department, on behalf of the Council, 
shall prepare a report by July 1 of that year to the Governor 
and the General Assembly on the progress made toward achieving 
the projected goals of the current comprehensive healthcare 
workforce plan during the previous calendar year.
    (d) The Department shall provide staffing to the Council.

 
    Section 25. Reimbursement. The members of the Council shall 
receive no compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement 
for any necessary expenses incurred in connection with the 
performance of their duties.
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on July 
1, 2012.

Effective Date:  7/1/2012