Public Act 095-0418
 		





SB0547 Enrolled
LRB095 08128 CMK 28293 b






    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and 
Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
amended  by adding Section 2310-367 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-367  new)
    Sec. 2310-367. Health Data Task Force; purpose; 
implementation plan.
    (a) In accordance with the recommendations of the 2007 
State Health Improvement Plan, it is the policy of the State 
that, to the extent possible and consistent with privacy and 
other laws, State public health data and health-related 
administrative data are to be used to understand and report on 
the scope of health problems, plan prevention programs, and 
evaluate program effectiveness at the State and community 
level.  It is a priority to use data to address racial, ethnic, 
and other health disparities.  This system is intended to 
support State and community level public health planning, and 
is not intended to supplant or replace data-use agreements 
between State agencies and academic researchers for more 
specific research needs.
    (b) Within 30 days after the effective date of this 
amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, a Health Data Task 
Force shall be convened to create a system for public access to 
integrated health data.  The Task Force shall consist of the 
following:  the Director of  Public Health or his or her 
designee; the Director  of Healthcare and Family Services or his 
or her designee;  the Secretary of Human Services or his or her 
designee; the Director of the Department on Aging or his or her 
designee; the Director of Children and Family Services or his 
or her designee; the State Superintendent of Education or his 
or her designee; and other State officials as deemed 
appropriate by the Governor.
    The Task Force shall be advised by a public advisory group 
consisting of community health data users, minority health 
advocates, local public health departments, and private data 
suppliers such as hospitals and other health care providers.  
Each member of the Task Force shall appoint 3 members of the 
public advisory group.   The public advisory group shall assist 
the Task Force in setting goals, articulating user needs, and 
setting priorities for action.
    The Department of Public Health is primarily responsible 
for providing staff and administrative support to the Task 
Force.  The other State agencies represented on the Task Force 
shall work cooperatively with the Department of Public Health 
to provide administrative support to the Task Force.  The 
Department of Public Health  shall have ongoing responsibility 
for monitoring the implementation of the plan and shall have 
ongoing responsibility to identify new or emerging data or 
technology needs.
    The State agencies represented on the Task Force shall 
review their health data, data collection, and dissemination 
policies for opportunities to coordinate and integrate data and 
make data available within and outside State government in 
support of this State policy. To the extent possible, existing 
data infrastructure shall be used to create this system of 
public access to data.  The Illinois Department of Health Care 
and Family Services data warehouse and the Illinois Department 
of Public Health IPLAN Data System may be the foundation of 
this system.
    (c) The Task Force shall produce a plan with a phased and 
prioritized implementation timetable focusing on assuring 
access to improving the quality of data necessary to understand 
health disparities.  The Task Force shall submit an initial 
report to the General Assembly no later that July 1, 2008, and 
shall make annual reports to the General Assembly on or before 
July 1 of each year through 2011 of the progress toward 
implementing the plan.

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.