Bill Text: IL HR0141 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the Public Health Policy Task Force to prepare a report to the General Assembly on the State's public health policies and policymaking infrastructure.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HR0141 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0141-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Public health issues are of paramount importance | ||||||
3 | to the State and its units of local government; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Health disparities have a systemic and critical | ||||||
5 | impact on morbidity and mortality rates in communities | ||||||
6 | throughout the State; and
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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