97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3791

 

Introduced 6/21/2011, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
25 ILCS 155/5.5 new

    Amends the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability Act. Creates the Illinois Medical Care Advisory Committee within the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability. Provides for members to be appointed by the Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services. The Committee shall review State medical care programs and services provided, arranged, or procured by State agencies, including without limitation the following: the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Public Health, the Department on Aging, the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Central Management Services, the State Board of Education, the Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan, and the University of Illinois. Provides for consultation with committees of the General Assembly, reporting, and making recommendations. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately.


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1    AN ACT concerning State Government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Commission on Government Forecasting and
5Accountability Act is amended by adding Section 5.5 as follows:
 
6    (25 ILCS 155/5.5 new)
7    Sec. 5.5. Illinois Medical Care Advisory Committee.
8    (a) The Illinois Medical Care Advisory Committee is created
9within the Commission on Government Forecasting and
10Accountability.
11    (b) The Committee shall review State medical care programs
12and services provided, arranged, or procured by State agencies,
13including without limitation the following: the Department of
14Healthcare and Family Services, the Department of Human
15Services, the Department of Public Health, the Department on
16Aging, the Department of Children and Family Services, the
17Department of Corrections, the Department of Central
18Management Services, the State Board of Education, the Illinois
19Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan, and the University of
20Illinois.
21    (c) The Committee shall review policies, procedures, and
22operations of the programs and services related to the
23provision, arrangement, or procurement of medical care by the

 

 

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1State. It shall make recommendations to the General Assembly
2concerning those policies, procedures, and operations. By not
3later than January 1 of each year (beginning with 2012), the
4Committee shall submit a report to the General Assembly
5containing the results of its reviews and recommendations
6concerning those policies, procedures, and operations. By not
7later than March 1 of each year (beginning with 2012), the
8Committee shall submit a report to the General Assembly
9containing an examination of issues affecting those programs
10and services, including the implications of changes in health
11care delivery in Illinois and in the United States and changes
12in the market for health care services.
13    (d) The Committee shall consult periodically with the
14chairpersons and members of the appropriate committees of the
15General Assembly regarding the Committee's agenda and progress
16towards achieving that agenda. At the request of a chairperson
17or member of an appropriate committee of the General Assembly,
18or on its own initiative if the Committee deems it appropriate,
19the Committee may conduct additional reviews and may submit
20additional reports to the appropriate committees of the General
21Assembly, from time to time, on topics relating to programs and
22services.
23    (e) The Committee may secure directly from any agency of
24the State of Illinois information necessary to enable the
25Committee to carry out its duties. Upon request of the
26Chairperson, the head of that agency shall furnish that

 

 

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1information to the Committee on an agreed schedule.
2    (f) The Committee shall advise State agencies on priorities
3for health research, particularly as those priorities pertain
4to necessary changes and issues regarding policies,
5procedures, and operations of the medical care provided,
6arranged, or procured under State programs and services. The
7Committee shall have priority access to all raw data and
8research conducted or funded by the State of Illinois,
9including data and research produced by the affected State
10agencies. The Committee shall use existing information, both
11published and unpublished, if possible, collected and assessed
12either by itself or the Commission or under other arrangements
13made in accordance with this Section. State agencies shall
14establish a direct electronic link for raw data, including
15claims data, to be accessed by the Committee for the purposes
16of evaluating and determining recommendations, in accordance
17with applicable privacy laws and data-use agreements.
18    (g) The Committee may request the Commission to carry out
19or award grants or contracts for original research and
20experimentation if existing information is inadequate, and the
21Committee may adopt procedures allowing any interested party to
22submit information for the Committee's use in making reports
23and recommendations.
24    (h) The Committee shall transmit to the affected State
25agencies a copy of each report submitted under this Section and
26shall make those reports available to the public.

 

 

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1    (i) Before making any recommendations, the Committee shall
2examine the budget consequences of those recommendations,
3directly or through consultation with the Commission or other
4appropriate expert entities.
5    (j) The Committee shall be composed of 17 members appointed
6by the Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services, in
7consultation with the Commission on Government Forecasting and
8Accountability. Membership shall include individuals with
9recognition for their expertise in health finance and
10economics, actuarial science, health facility management,
11health plans and integrated delivery systems, reimbursement of
12health facilities, allopathic and osteopathic medicine, and
13provision of health services or other related services and who
14provide a mix of different professionals, broad geographic
15representation, and a balance between urban and rural
16representatives. The membership of the Committee shall
17include, but not be limited to, physicians and other health
18professionals, experts in the area of pharmaco-economics or
19prescription drug benefit programs, employers, third-party
20payers, individuals skilled in the conduct and interpretation
21of biomedical, health services, and health economics research,
22and individuals with expertise in outcomes and effectiveness
23research and technology assessment. The membership shall also
24include representatives of consumers and the elderly.
25Individuals who are directly involved in the provision, or
26management of the delivery, of items and services covered under

 

 

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1this Section shall not constitute a majority of the membership
2of the Committee. The Joint Committee on Legislative Support
3Services shall establish a system for public disclosure by
4members of the Committee of financial and other potential
5conflicts of interest relating to those members. Members of the
6Committee are employees of the General Assembly for purposes of
7the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.
8    (k) The terms of members of the Committee shall be for 3
9years, except that the Joint Committee on Legislative Support
10Services shall designate staggered terms for the members first
11appointed. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring
12before the expiration of the term for which the member's
13predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the
14remainder of that term. A member may serve after the expiration
15of that member's term until a successor has been appointed and
16qualified. A vacancy in the Committee shall be filled in the
17manner in which the original appointment was made.
18    (l) Subject to appropriation, members of the Committee are
19entitled to expense reimbursement as provided in the rules of
20the Legislative Travel Control Board.
21    (m) The Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services
22shall designate a member of the Committee, at the time of
23appointment of the member, as Chairperson and a member as Vice
24Chairperson for that term of appointment, except that in the
25case of vacancy in the office of Chairperson or Vice
26Chairperson, the Joint Committee on Legislative Support

 

 

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1Services may designate another member for the remainder of that
2member's term.
3    (n) The Committee shall meet at the call of the
4Chairperson.
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.