Full Text of HJR0077 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 77
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The citizens of Illinois have agreed that there is | 3 | | an immediate need for an
improved and sustainable health care | 4 | | system; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly strives to promote a | 6 | | healthy community
through partnerships and collaboration with | 7 | | all health care entities within the State; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Innovation in health care delivery is essential in | 9 | | improving health
and decreasing costs; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Many examples exist in other states of Mobile | 11 | | Integrated Healthcare
or Community Paramedicine programs; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, These programs have demonstrated a significant | 13 | | change in
health care delivery, using nontraditional roles, | 14 | | improving patient outcomes and
decreasing health care costs, | 15 | | each to individual citizens, Medicare, and Medicaid; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, There is an immediate opportunity to incorporate | 17 | | these types of
programs in Illinois in order to help the people | 18 | | of our State achieve healthier lives while
recognizing these | 19 | | decreased costs; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 3 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the Mobile | 4 | | Integrated Healthcare Task Force to identify and recommend ways | 5 | | that the State of Illinois can incorporate changes in our | 6 | | health care delivery system in order to increase the | 7 | | collaboration and utilization of our current health care | 8 | | workers while decreasing the associated costs; and be it | 9 | | further | 10 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the | 11 | | following members: one member appointed by the Speaker of the | 12 | | House of Representatives, who shall serve as a
Co-Chairperson | 13 | | of the Task Force; one member representing Illinois fire | 14 | | chiefs, appointed by
the Speaker of the House of | 15 | | Representatives; one member representing Illinois professional | 16 | | firefighters, appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 17 | | Representatives; one member representing
Illinois fire | 18 | | protection districts, appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 19 | | Representatives;
one member appointed by the Minority Leader of | 20 | | the House of Representatives; one member
representing | 21 | | providers of ambulance services in Illinois, appointed by the | 22 | | Minority Leader of the
House of Representatives;
one member | 23 | | appointed by the President of the Senate, who shall serve as a | 24 | | Co-Chairperson of
the Task Force; one member representing | 25 | | Illinois volunteer firefighters, appointed by the
President of |
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| 1 | | the Senate; one member representing Chicago firefighters, | 2 | | appointed by the
President of the Senate; one member | 3 | | representing Illinois Emergency Medical Service workers,
| 4 | | appointed by the President of the Senate;
one member appointed | 5 | | by the Minority Leader of the Senate; one member representing | 6 | | Illinois
hospitals, appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 7 | | Senate;
one member representing the Illinois Department of | 8 | | Public Health, appointed by the Director of
Public Health; one | 9 | | member representing Illinois nurses, appointed by the Director | 10 | | of Public
Health; one member representing Illinois emergency | 11 | | physicians, appointed by the Director of
Public Health; and one | 12 | | member representing physicians licensed to practice medicine | 13 | | in all its
branches in Illinois, appointed by the Director of | 14 | | Public Health;
and be it further | 15 | | RESOLVED, That all appointments to the Task Force shall be | 16 | | made within 60 days after the adoption of this resolution; | 17 | | vacancies in the Task Force shall be filled by their respective | 18 | | appointing
authorities within 30 days after the vacancy occurs; | 19 | | and be it further | 20 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force members shall serve without | 21 | | compensation; and be it further | 22 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall receive the cooperation | 23 | | of any
State agencies it deems appropriate to assist the Task |
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| 1 | | Force in carrying out its duties; and be it further | 2 | | RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall be | 3 | | considered members with voting rights; a quorum of the Task | 4 | | Force shall consist of a majority of the members of the
Task | 5 | | Force; and be it further | 6 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall meet initially at the | 7 | | call of the Co-Chairpersons, no later than
90 days after the | 8 | | adoption of this resolution, and shall thereafter meet at the | 9 | | call of
the Co-Chairpersons; and be it further | 10 | | RESOLVED, That the Department of Public Health shall | 11 | | provide administrative and other support to the Task Force; and | 12 | | be it further | 13 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall research, analyze, and | 14 | | consider:
| 15 | | (1) the benefits of a Mobile Integrated Healthcare | 16 | | System within the State
of Illinois through a redefined role of | 17 | | our healthcare providers with
special attention given towards | 18 | | the expanded use of Emergency
Medical Services; | 19 | | (2) actions of other states as they pertain to | 20 | | instituting Mobile Integrated
Healthcare; | 21 | | (3) opportunities for grant funding of such services; | 22 | | and |
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| 1 | | (4) reimbursement models needed to sustain an | 2 | | expansion or change of
services; and be it further | 3 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall present its findings | 4 | | and recommendations in a report to the
General Assembly on or | 5 | | before January 1, 2017.
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