Full Text of HB3286 95th General Assembly
HB3286ren 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 |
| Illinois Health Policy Center Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Legislative intent. Illinois legislators and | 7 |
| other governmental officials are charged with an increasingly | 8 |
| complex task of creating and implementing laws and regulations | 9 |
| to advance the health and health care of the people of | 10 |
| Illinois.
The challenge has grown because of escalating costs | 11 |
| of health care that take an increasingly large share of State | 12 |
| resources and because of the increasingly complex nature of | 13 |
| treating illnesses that makes monitoring and ensuring quality | 14 |
| more difficult.
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| As Illinois' statewide public institution of higher | 16 |
| learning, with the nation's largest medical school, and | 17 |
| graduate programs in health and public policy, health services | 18 |
| research, pharmacy, public administration, and health | 19 |
| economics, the University of Illinois has the breadth and depth | 20 |
| of expertise as well as a mission to serve as an authoritative | 21 |
| and objective information resource to the legislative branches | 22 |
| of government and to State agencies.
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| Section 10. Center created; goals. | 2 |
| (a) The Illinois Health Policy Center is created within the | 3 |
| University of Illinois, to be sponsored by the University of | 4 |
| Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and the University of | 5 |
| Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs. In | 6 |
| implementing this Act, the University shall also consult with | 7 |
| and seek the participation of all other public universities in | 8 |
| Illinois. | 9 |
| (b) The goals of the Illinois Health Policy Center are: | 10 |
| (1) To support legislators and other government | 11 |
| officials in developing and implementing health policy to | 12 |
| address critical issues facing the State of Illinois. | 13 |
| (2) To focus on identifying "best practices" | 14 |
| appropriate for Illinois through careful and objective | 15 |
| review of the latest scientific research and through | 16 |
| comparative analyses of other states' policies. | 17 |
| Section 15. Center's duties. The Illinois Health Policy | 18 |
| Center shall do the following: | 19 |
| (1) Respond to requests from State government | 20 |
| officials and agencies requiring analytical support and | 21 |
| guidance in matters related to the development and | 22 |
| implementation of health policy. | 23 |
| (2) Provide data collection, data analysis, program | 24 |
| planning, program implementation, and program evaluation. | 25 |
| (3) Identify critical issues in health policy in need |
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| of timely action. | 2 |
| (4) Produce timely and objective information to help | 3 |
| guide policy development and implementation. | 4 |
| (5) Operate a phone line and interactive website | 5 |
| available to legislative staff or other policymakers | 6 |
| seeking rapid and timely information. | 7 |
| (6) Pursue a research agenda that focuses on State | 8 |
| health care policy. | 9 |
| Section 20. Advisory Panel. | 10 |
| (a) The Illinois Health Policy Center Advisory Panel is | 11 |
| created. The Advisory Panel shall consist of 13 members as | 12 |
| follows: | 13 |
| (1) Four legislators, appointed one each by the | 14 |
| President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, | 15 |
| the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the | 16 |
| Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. | 17 |
| (2) One representative of each of the following groups, | 18 |
| appointed by consensus of the President of the Senate, the | 19 |
| Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of | 20 |
| Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House of | 21 |
| Representatives upon the recommendations of those 4 | 22 |
| legislative leaders: hospitals; medical societies; managed | 23 |
| care companies; and insurance companies. | 24 |
| (3) One representative of patient advocacy groups, | 25 |
| appointed by the Governor. |
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| (4) The Director of the Department of Human Services, | 2 |
| or his designee. | 3 |
| (5) The Director of the Department of Healthcare and | 4 |
| Family Services, or his designee. | 5 |
| (6) The Director of the Department of Public Health, or | 6 |
| his designee. | 7 |
| (7) One additional member, appointed by the Governor. | 8 |
| (b) The Advisory Panel shall provide advice and oversight | 9 |
| concerning the creation and operation of the Illinois Health | 10 |
| Policy Center. | 11 |
| (c) The Illinois Health Policy Center shall submit a report | 12 |
| each calendar year to the Governor and the General Assembly. | 13 |
| The report shall contain: | 14 |
| (1) An itemized list of the source and amount of funds | 15 |
| of the Illinois Health Policy Center.
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| (2) An itemized list of expenditures made by the | 17 |
| Illinois Health Policy Center. | 18 |
| (3) A summary of research activities undertaken since | 19 |
| the submission of the preceding report. | 20 |
| (4) A description of advocacy activities undertaken | 21 |
| since the submission of the preceding report.
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