Illinois · Through at least Public Act 104-790

20 ILCS 2310/2310-716: Report on patient access and care.

With a health care landscape shifting dramatically from inpatient, volume-drive care to more outpatient, community-faced care and further exacerbated by HR1 changes that disinvests billions of dollars from the health care system and increase uninsured populations, the Department of Public Health, in partnership with relevant State agencies and with the advice of stakeholders and experts in the field, shall develop a comprehensive report that identifies how the resources of the State and other health care payers may be optimized to protect communities' and patients' access and care and to improve Illinois' population health outcomes.
The Department may engage a third-party experienced and expert research entity to develop this report. The report shall include analysis, findings, and recommendations to reform and strengthen the health care system in Illinois. The report will have emphasis on the needs and vulnerabilities experienced by individuals living in communities with limited access to critical health care services.
The report will include epidemiological analyses and recommendations on policy and resource strategies to protect and improve population health outcomes and health care access including but not limited to:
(1) Patient experience that includes social needs integration, reduced administrative burden, and enhanced digital tools.
(2) Care model transformation that emphasizes continuous, community-based care built to address health access gaps and needs.
(3) Workforce resilience and optimization that highlights partnership and care-delivery opportunities across institutions.
(4) System agility to absorb and recover from unforeseen public health crises and other external factors.
The Department shall have access to all the necessary data from State agencies as well as health care facilities as required to inform on these recommendations, within the bounds of relevance to their mission. Health care facilities will hereby be directed to provide the necessary data to the Department.
The Department shall issue recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor no later than January 31, 2027, including proposed statutory or administrative changes necessary to strengthen health care access, quality, and effectiveness.

Where this section sits in the code

CHAPTER 20 EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law)

The Department may engage a third-party experienced and expert research entity to develop this report. The report shall include analysis, findings, and recommendations to reform and strengthen the health care system in Illinois. The report will have emphasis on the needs and vulnerabilities experienced by individuals living in communities with limited access to critical health care services.

The report will include epidemiological analyses and recommendations on policy and resource strategies to protect and improve population health outcomes and health care access including but not limited to:

(1) Patient experience that includes social needs integration, reduced administrative burden, and enhanced digital tools.

(2) Care model transformation that emphasizes continuous, community-based care built to address health access gaps and needs.

(3) Workforce resilience and optimization that highlights partnership and care-delivery opportunities across institutions.

(4) System agility to absorb and recover from unforeseen public health crises and other external factors.

The Department shall have access to all the necessary data from State agencies as well as health care facilities as required to inform on these recommendations, within the bounds of relevance to their mission. Health care facilities will hereby be directed to provide the necessary data to the Department.

The Department shall issue recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor no later than January 31, 2027, including proposed statutory or administrative changes necessary to strengthen health care access, quality, and effectiveness.

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