102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4058

 

Introduced 4/6/2021, by Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Illinois Health Workforce Development Authority Act. Creates the Illinois Health Workforce Development Authority to facilitate the development of a statewide health professions pipeline that identifies, educates, recruits, and retains a diverse, appropriately geographically distributed and culturally competent quality workforce. Provides for the appointment of an executive director, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides for the powers and responsibilities of the Authority, including monitoring, collecting, and tracking data pertaining to health care delivery, training, and education from Illinois educational institutions and other entities as needed, together with assessing policies, engaging in policy development, and making policy recommendations. Provides the Authority with rulemaking authority. Exempts the Authority from the provisions of the Personnel Code and the Illinois Procurement Code. Requires the Authority to make an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly.


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1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Illinois Health Workforce Development Authority Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definition. In this Act, "Authority" means the
7Illinois Health Workforce Development Authority.
 
8    Section 10. Illinois Health Workforce Development
9Authority; mission; responsibilities.
10    (a) There is hereby created a State agency known as the
11Illinois Health Workforce Development Authority. The Authority
12shall be led by an executive director appointed by the
13Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term
14of four years. The compensation of the executive director
15shall be set by the Governor at the time of his or her
16appointment.
17    (b) The mission of the Authority is to facilitate the
18development of a statewide health professions pipeline that
19identifies, educates, recruits, and retains a diverse,
20appropriately geographically distributed and culturally
21competent quality workforce. To accomplish this mission, the
22responsibilities of the Authority include, but are not limited

 

 

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1to:
2        (1) providing the statewide infrastructure required
3    for health workforce needs assessment and planning that
4    maintains engagement by health professions training
5    programs in decision making and program implementation;
6        (2) coordinating with and serving as a resource to
7    relevant State, regional, and local entities including,
8    but not limited to, the Health Facilities and Services
9    Review Board, the Illinois Medical District Commission,
10    the Mid-Illinois Medical District Commission, the
11    Mid-America Medical District Commission, and the Roseland
12    Community Medical District Commission;
13        (3) informing State and local policy development
14    regarding health care delivery, training, and education;
15        (4) identifying and promoting evidence-based
16    strategies for health workforce pipeline development and
17    interdisciplinary health care service models, particularly
18    those affecting rural and other underserved areas;
19        (5) supporting communities in their health workforce
20    recruitment and retention efforts, developing
21    partnerships, and promoting models of participatory
22    engagement with business, community-based, and social
23    organizations to foster integration of health care
24    training and education;
25        (6) advocating for programs that will result in
26    reducing the debt load of newly-trained health

 

 

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1    professionals;
2        (7) identifying high priority target areas within each
3    region of the State and working toward health workforce
4    development initiatives that improve health measurably in
5    those areas; and
6        (8) fostering or creating innovative health workforce
7    development models that provide both health and economic
8    benefits to the regions they serve.
 
9    Section 15. Authorizations; authority; exemptions.
10    (a) The Authority is authorized to serve as the
11incorporated consortium of allopathic and osteopathic medical
12schools in Illinois, as required by federal statute to qualify
13for the receipt of Area Health Education Centers programs,
14legislatively mandated under the federal Public Health Service
15Act, as amended (Title VII, Section 751, and 42 U.S.C. 294a),
16and to administer federal, State, and local programs as needed
17to carry out its public purpose and objectives. The Authority
18is further authorized to exercise independently the powers
19conferred by this Section in furtherance of its mission and
20purposes to benefit all who might be served by the Authority.
21    (b) The Authority is authorized to monitor, collect, and
22track data pertaining to health care delivery, training, and
23education from Illinois educational institutions and other
24entities as needed to carry out its public purpose and
25objectives in areas where such data efforts do not already

 

 

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1exist.
2    (c) The Authority shall assess policies, engage in policy
3development, and make policy recommendations.
4    (d) The Authority has the authority to:
5        (1) apply for and accept federal, State, and local
6    public and private grants, loans, appropriations, and
7    donations;
8        (2) hire and compensate such staff as the Executive
9    Director may determine;
10        (3) rent, lease, buy, own, acquire, and dispose of
11    property, real or personal;
12        (4) participate in joint ventures, including entering
13    into contracts, intergovernmental agreements, and other
14    agreements with public and private entities in order to
15    carry out its mission and purposes; and
16        (5) adopt rules under the Illinois Administrative
17    Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Act.
18    (e) The Authority shall be exempt from the provisions of
19the Personnel Code and the Illinois Procurement Code.
 
20    Section 20. Annual report. The Authority shall report
21annually to the Governor and the General Assembly on its
22activities, including its progress towards achieving its
23mission and carrying out its purposes, together with
24recommendations for legislative or regulatory changes needed
25to better carry out its mission and purposes.