Full Text of HB5412 98th General Assembly
HB5412eng 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public health.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and | 5 | | Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 6 | | amended by adding Section 2310-685 as follows: | 7 | | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-685 new) | 8 | | Sec. 2310-685. Integrated team-based health care; | 9 | | community health workers; creation of board. | 10 | | (a) In this Section: | 11 | | "Community health worker" or "CHW" means a frontline public | 12 | | health worker who is a trusted member or has an unusually close | 13 | | understanding of the community served. This trusting | 14 | | relationship enables the CHW to serve as a liaison, link, and | 15 | | intermediary between health and social services and the | 16 | | community to facilitate access to services and improve the | 17 | | quality and cultural competence of service delivery. A CHW also | 18 | | builds individual and community capacity by increasing health | 19 | | knowledge and self-sufficiency through a range of activities, | 20 | | including outreach, community education, informal counseling, | 21 | | social support, and advocacy. | 22 | | "Community health worker practice" includes education, | 23 | | training, and experience on the core competencies in order to |
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| 1 | | effectively provide services to the communities and | 2 | | populations served through a variety of distinct roles that are | 3 | | indicative of community health worker best practices. | 4 | | (b) The core competencies of a community health worker | 5 | | include skills and areas of knowledge that are essential to | 6 | | bringing about expanded health and wellness in diverse | 7 | | communities and to reduce health disparities. As members of | 8 | | communities and health teams, the core competencies for | 9 | | effective community health workers may include, but are not | 10 | | limited to: | 11 | | (1) outreach methods and strategies; | 12 | | (2) client and community assessment; | 13 | | (3) effective community-based and participatory | 14 | | methods, including research; | 15 | | (4) culturally competent communication and care; | 16 | | (5) health education for behavior change; | 17 | | (6) support, advocacy, and health system navigation | 18 | | for clients; | 19 | | (7) application of public health concepts and | 20 | | approaches; | 21 | | (8) individual and community capacity building and | 22 | | mobilization; and | 23 | | (9) writing, oral, and technical communication skills. | 24 | | (c) Nothing in this Section shall permit a certified or | 25 | | non-certified community health worker to engage in or perform | 26 | | any act or service for which a license issued by a professional |
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| 1 | | licensing board is required. | 2 | | (d) Within 90 days after the effective date of this | 3 | | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, the Director shall | 4 | | establish and appoint the Illinois Community Health Worker | 5 | | Advisory Board (Board). The Board shall propose to the | 6 | | Department leadership the training and certification processes | 7 | | for community health workers. The Board shall also advise the | 8 | | Department, the Governor, and the General Assembly on all | 9 | | matters that impact the effective work of community health | 10 | | workers. | 11 | | (e) The Board shall be comprised of 11 voting members. At | 12 | | least 6 members of the Board shall be community health workers, | 13 | | representing different racial and ethnic backgrounds and | 14 | | geographic areas, one of whom shall have served as a health | 15 | | insurance marketplace navigator. One member shall be a | 16 | | representative of the community colleges, universities, and | 17 | | educational institutions that may provide CHW training. The | 18 | | remaining positions shall be filled with 4 individual | 19 | | representatives appointed from the following categories, with | 20 | | no fewer than 3 categories being represented: | 21 | | (1) health care or public health professionals, who are | 22 | | not community health workers, with community health and | 23 | | supervision experience, such as nurses and physicians; and | 24 | | (2) training or curriculum specialists; and | 25 | | (3) social service or social science professionals, | 26 | | such as social workers, counselors, anthropologists, and |
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| 1 | | community psychologists; and | 2 | | (4) agency administrators and CHW employer | 3 | | representatives or program administrators, excluding upper | 4 | | management; and | 5 | | (5) health policy advisors, with experience in health | 6 | | care workforce policy. | 7 | | (f) The Board shall also include non-voting, ex-officio | 8 | | members from the following State agencies: | 9 | | (1) the Illinois Community College Board; | 10 | | (2) the Department on Aging; | 11 | | (3) the Department of Children and Family Services; | 12 | | (4) the Department of Commerce and Economic | 13 | | Opportunity; | 14 | | (5) the Department of Employment Security; | 15 | | (6) the Department of Financial and Professional | 16 | | Regulation; | 17 | | (7) the Department of Healthcare and Family Services; | 18 | | (8) the Department of Human Services; and | 19 | | (9) the Department of Public Health. | 20 | | (g) The Director shall designate a chairperson from the 11 | 21 | | voting members of the Board. The Board shall consult with | 22 | | additional experts as needed. | 23 | | (h) The Board shall develop and submit a proposed plan by | 24 | | December 31, 2014 for the certification process of community | 25 | | health workers to the Director of Public Health, the Governor, | 26 | | and the General Assembly within 9 months after their first |
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| 1 | | meeting that shall include: | 2 | | (1) researching best practices and proposing | 3 | | curriculum and training programs as models for designing an | 4 | | Illinois certification process, including the | 5 | | consideration of a multi-tiered educational or training | 6 | | system, which may include statewide certification, | 7 | | non-certification, and degree-based levels, and the | 8 | | requirements for experience-based certification; | 9 | | (2) recommending certification and renewal processes | 10 | | and a system of approval and accreditation for curriculum | 11 | | and training; | 12 | | (3) ensuring that the content, methodology, | 13 | | development, and delivery of any proposed programs is | 14 | | appropriate based on cultural, geographic, and other | 15 | | specialty needs and reflective of relevant CHW scope of | 16 | | practice; and | 17 | | (4) investigating and identifying best practices for | 18 | | reimbursement options and pathways through which secure | 19 | | funding for community health workers may be obtained. | 20 | | (i) Members of the Board shall serve without compensation, | 21 | | but may be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred as a | 22 | | result of their duties as members of the Board from funds | 23 | | appropriated by the General Assembly for that purpose. | 24 | | (j) The Department shall provide administrative and staff | 25 | | support to the Board. | 26 | | (k) The Board shall be dissolved on January 1, 2015.
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