Illinois 95th Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 547 — HEALTH DATA TASK FORCE

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0418

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 08, 2007. Enacted.

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Summary

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Health Data Task Force in the Department of Public Health. Provides that the Task Force shall develop a plan to create a linked health data system that measures, analyzes, and reports on the health status of Illinois residents. Sets out the contents of the plan and the composition of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall contract with an independent, not-for-profit organization in developing the plan. Requires the Task Force to submit the plan to the Governor and the General Assembly. Effective immediately.

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Plain-language change summary

The updated version of Bill SB 547 introduces the Health Data Task Force and outlines its purpose more clearly. Key changes include a focus on making public health data accessible to help identify and address health disparities, particularly those affecting racial and ethnic groups. The revised text emphasizes that this initiative is about supporting public health planning at various levels, rather than replacing existing research agreements. This matters because it aims to enhance the state's ability to use health data effectively to improve community health outcomes.

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SB0547 Engrossed LRB095 08128 CMK 28293 b AN ACT concerning State government.
SB0547 Enrolled LRB095 08128 CMK 28293 b AN ACT concerning State government.
Health Data Task Force.
Health Data Task Force;
(a) Subject to an appropriation or the availability of other funds identified for this purpose, the Health Data Task Force is created.
purpose;
In accordance with the recommendations of the 2007 Illinois State Health Improvement Plan, the Health Data Task Force shall develop a plan to create a linked health data system that measures, analyzes, and reports on the health status of Illinois residents, including those impacted by health disparities.
implementation plan.
The plan shall include, but not be limited to all of the following:
(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.
(1) Approaches to assuring adequate data on race, ethnicity, geographic location, gender, age, sexual orientation, and other populations affected by health disparities.
It is a priority to use data to address racial, ethnic, and other health disparities.
(2) Identification of and proposals for addressing privacy and other legal issues.
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.
SB0547 Engrossed - 2 - LRB095 08128 CMK 28293 b (3) Identification of and approaches to solving compatibility issues, including software, hardware, platform, and other information systems issues.
(b) Within 30 days after the effective date of this SB0547 Enrolled - 2 - LRB095 08128 CMK 28293 b 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.
(4) Identification of needs and approaches to standardizing definitions of indicators across systems to assure comparability.
The Task Force shall consist of the following:
(5) Approaches that assure the highest quality data collection.
(6) Development of methods to increase the timeliness and availability of health data.
(7) Integration of methods to increase the timeliness and availability of health data.
(8) Methods for effective dissemination and use of the health data to non-governmental organizations for program development and policy planning.
(b) The Health Data Task Force shall be composed of the following members:
the Director of Children and Family Services or his or her designee;
the Director of Healthcare and Family Services or his or her designee;
the Director of Central Management 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;
and a maximum of 20 public members appointed by the Governor including, but not be limited to, representatives of health care provider organizations, local health departments, minority health organizations, and other users and providers of public health data.
and other State officials as deemed appropriate by the Governor.
SB0547 Engrossed - 3 - LRB095 08128 CMK 28293 b (c) The Task Force members shall serve without compensation, but public members shall be reimbursed for their reasonable travel expenses incurred in performing their duties in connection with the Task Force.
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.
(d) The Department of Public Health shall be the primary agency in providing staff and administrative support to the Task Force.
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.
(e) Within 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, the Department of Public Health may contract with an independent vendor that has expertise in public health data management, analysis, and information systems.
The Department of Public Health shall have ongoing responsibility for monitoring the implementation of the plan and shall have SB0547 Enrolled - 3 - LRB095 08128 CMK 28293 b ongoing responsibility to identify new or emerging data or technology needs.
In addition, the Department may contract with a vendor to provide the Task Force with logistical and process support in the development of the plan to create a linked health data system.
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.
(f) The Task Force shall submit its plan to the Governor and to the General Assembly no later than December 31, 2008.
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.
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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0418

  2. Effective Date August 24, 2007

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000

  7. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Public Health; 010-000-000

  8. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Public Health

  9. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules

  10. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. William Delgado

  11. Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - May 31, 2007

  12. Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01

  13. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000

  14. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan

  15. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford

  16. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

  17. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  18. Second Reading - Short Debate

  19. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  20. Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Availability and Access Committee; 013-000-000

  21. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Availability and Access Committee; by Voice Vote

  22. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Health Care Availability and Access Committee

  23. Assigned to Health Care Availability and Access Committee

  24. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos

  25. Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Elizabeth Coulson

  26. Referred to Rules Committee

  27. First Reading

  28. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos

  29. Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Julie Hamos

  30. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos

  31. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  32. Arrived in House

  33. Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000

  34. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul

  35. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

  36. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

  37. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 14, 2007

  38. Second Reading

  39. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 8, 2007

  40. Do Pass as Amended Public Health; 008-000-000

  41. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted

  42. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Public Health

  43. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules

  44. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado

  45. Assigned to Public Health

  46. Referred to Rules

  47. First Reading

  48. Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado

Sponsors

  • William Delgado · Cosponsor

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Sponsors (0)

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Co-sponsors (1)

  • William Delgado

Not signed on (182)

182 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Concurrence

Passed 58 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 48001
Democrat 9000
Republican 1000
Total 58001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Halvorson — Yea
Hendon — Not Voting
Link — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Millner — Yea
Noland — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Brady — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Forby — Yea
Frerichs — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
Sandoval — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Bond — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 116 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 9000
Unaffiliated 103002
Republican 4000
Total 116002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Jefferies — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Krause — Yea
Lang — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Lindner — Yea
Mathias — Yea
Mautino — Yea
May — Yea
Reitz — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Lyons — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Meyer — Yea
Ramey — Yea
Schock — Yea
Scully — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Bradley, John — Yea
Bradley, Richard — Yea
Brady — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Burke — Yea
Dugan — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Durkin — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Flider — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Fortner — Yea
Franks — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Golar — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Granberg — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Harris — Yea
Madigan — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Molaro — Yea
Mulligan — Yea
Munson — Yea
Myers — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Watson — Yea
Howard — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Patterson — Not Voting
Pihos — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Tryon — Yea
Turner — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Wait — Yea
Washington — Yea
Winters — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Younge — Yea
Coladipietro — Yea
Cole — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Coulson — Yea
Cross — Yea
Cultra — Yea
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Graham — Not Voting
Hamos — Yea
Hassert — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Kosel — Yea
Osmond — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Poe — Yea
Pritchard — Yea
Reboletti — Yea
Reis — Yea
Riley — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Sacia — Yea
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Soto — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Arroyo — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Beaubien — Yea
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Black — Yea
Boland — Yea
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Fred Crespo Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Yea
Chapin Rose Republican Yea
Chris Miller Republican Yea
Jil Tracy Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 57 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 47002
Democrat 9000
Republican 1000
Total 57002
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Halvorson — Yea
Noland — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Millner — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Forby — Yea
Frerichs — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Meeks — Not Voting
Peterson — Yea
Trotter — Not Voting
Wilhelmi — Yea
Dahl — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
Sandoval — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Link — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Bond — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Cronin — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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What does SB 547 do?
Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Health Data Task Force in the Department of Public Health. Provides that the Task Force shall develop a plan to create a linked health data system that measures, analyzes, and reports on the health status of Illinois residents. Sets out the contents of the plan and the composition of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall contract with an independent, not-for-profit organization in developing the plan. Requires the Task Force to submit the plan to the Governor and the General Assembly. Effective immediately.
Who sponsors SB 547?
SB 547 is sponsored by William Delgado.
What is the current status of SB 547?
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