97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1945

 

Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. William Delgado

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Comprehensive Healthcare Workforce Planning Act. Establishes the State Healthcare Workforce Council to provide an ongoing assessment of health care workforce trends, training issues, and financing policies and to recommend appropriate State government and private sector efforts to address identified needs. Provides that the Council's work shall focus on health care workforce supply and distribution; cultural competence and minority participation in health professions education; primary care training and practice; and data evaluation and analysis. Contains provisions concerning members; the preparation of a comprehensive healthcare workforce plan by the Department of Public Health and the Council; and reimbursement of Council members.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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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 Article may be cited as the
5Comprehensive Healthcare Workforce Planning Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7    "Council" means the State Healthcare Workforce Council
8created by this Act.
9    "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
 
10    Section 10. Purpose. The State Healthcare Workforce
11Council is hereby established to provide an ongoing assessment
12of health care workforce trends, training issues, and financing
13policies, and to recommend appropriate State government and
14private sector efforts to address identified needs. The work of
15the Council shall focus on: health care workforce supply and
16distribution; cultural competence and minority participation
17in health professions education; primary care training and
18practice; and data evaluation and analysis.
 
19    Section 15. Members.
20    (a) The following 10 persons or their designees shall be
21members of the Council: the Director of the Department; a

 

 

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1representative of the Governor's Office; the Secretary of Human
2Services; the Directors of the Departments of Commerce and
3Economic Opportunity, Employment Security, Financial and
4Professional Regulation, and Healthcare and Family Services;
5and the executive director of the Illinois Board of Higher
6Education, the President of the Illinois Community College
7Board, and the State Superintendent of Education.
8    (b) The Governor shall appoint 8 additional members, who
9shall be health care workforce experts, including
10representatives of practicing physicians, nurses, and
11dentists, State and local health professions organizations,
12schools of medicine and osteopathy, nursing, dental, allied
13health, and public health; public and private teaching
14hospitals; health insurers, business; and labor. The Speaker of
15the Illinois House of Representatives, the President of the
16Illinois Senate, the Minority Leader of the Illinois House of
17Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the Illinois Senate
18may each appoint 2 representatives each to the Council. Members
19appointed under this subsection (b) shall serve 4-year terms
20and may be reappointed.
21    (c) The Director of the Department shall serve as Chair of
22the Council. The Governor shall appoint a health care workforce
23expert from the non-governmental sector to serve as Vice-Chair.
 
24    Section 20. Five-year comprehensive health care workforce
25plan.

 

 

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1    (a) Every 5 years, the Department, in cooperation with the
2Council, shall prepare a comprehensive healthcare workforce
3plan.
4    (b) The comprehensive healthcare workforce plan shall
5include, but need not be limited to, the following:
6        (1) 25-year projections of the demand and supply of
7    health professionals to meet the needs of healthcare within
8    the State.
9        (2) The identification of all funding sources for which
10    the State has administrative control that are available for
11    health professions training.
12        (3) Recommendations on how to rationalize and
13    coordinate the State-supported programs for health
14    professions training.
15        (4) Recommendations on actions needed to meet the
16    projected demand for health professionals over the 25 years
17    of the plan.
18    (c) Each year in which a comprehensive healthcare workforce
19plan is not due, the Department, on behalf of the Council,
20shall prepare a report by July 1 of that year to the Governor
21and the General Assembly on the progress made toward achieving
22the projected goals of the current comprehensive healthcare
23workforce plan during the previous calendar year.
24    (d) The Department shall provide staffing to the Council.
 
25    Section 25. Reimbursement. The members of the Council shall

 

 

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1receive no compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement
2for any necessary expenses incurred in connection with the
3performance of their duties.