(410 ILCS 212/20)
Sec. 20. Maternal and Child Health Advisory Board.
(a) The Maternal and Child Health Advisory Board ("the Board") is created within the Department to advise the Department on the implementation of this Act, including assessments and advice regarding rate structure, and other activities related to maternal and child health and infant mortality reduction programs in the State of Illinois. The Board shall consist of the Secretary of Human Services (or his or her designee), who shall serve as chairman, and one additional representative of the Department of Human Services designated by the Secretary who has direct responsibility with the family case management program; one representative each from the Departments of Children and Family Services, Public Health, and Public Aid; and 4 members of the Illinois General Assembly, one each appointed by the President and Minority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. In addition, the Governor shall appoint 20 additional members of the Board. Of the members appointed by the Governor, 2 shall be physicians licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches who currently serve patients enrolled in the family case management program, one of whom shall be an individual with a specialty in obstetrics and gynecology and one of whom shall be an individual with a specialty in pediatric medicine; 5 representatives, one each from certified local health departments within the 5 counties with the largest number of family case management enrollees; 5 representatives from certified local health departments outside the Chicago metropolitan and collar counties areas that shall include a balance of urban and rural health departments; a registered professional nurse serving as a public health nurse within a certified local health department; 5 individuals representing community-based programs currently providing family case management services within Cook County that are not certified local health departments; and 2 consumers who are receiving or have received family case management services.
Legislative members shall serve during their term of office in the Illinois General Assembly. Members appointed by the Governor shall serve a term of 3 years or until their successors are appointed. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his or her predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term. Members of the Board shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
(b) The Board shall advise the Secretary on efforts related to maternal and child health programs, including infant mortality reduction, in the State of Illinois. In addition, the Board shall review and make recommendations to the Department and the Governor in regard to the system for maternal and child health programs, collaboration, and interrelation between and delivery of programs, including but not limited to Family Case Management, Targeted Intensive Prenatal Case Management, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), and HealthWorks, and the adequacy of family case management funding and reimbursement levels. In performing its duties, the Board may hold hearings throughout the State and advise and receive advice from any local advisory bodies created to address the infant mortality problem.
(c) The Board shall report to the General Assembly, on January 1 of each year, a listing of activities taken in regard to this Act, other efforts to address maternal and child health and infant mortality in Illinois, and proposed recommendations regarding funding and reimbursement levels to adequately support the family case management program.
(Source: P.A. 94-407, eff. 8-2-05.)
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