Illinois § 15

§ 15.

Health Care Workforce Task Force. (a) The Health Care Workforce Task Force is created within the Department of Public Health. (b) The Task Force shall consist of the following members (1) the Director of Public Health or the Director's designee; (2) the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation or the Secretary's designee; (3) the Director of Healthcare and Family Services or the Director's designee; (4) the Attorney General or the Attorney General's designee; (5) one member of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate; (6) one member of the Senate, appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate; (7) one member of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; (8) one member of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; and (9) the following members, appointed by the Governor: (A) one representative of a statewide organization representing physicians; (B) one representative of a statewide organization representing nurses; (C) one representative of a statewide organization representing a majority of hospitals; (D) one representative of a statewide organization representing organized labor; (E) one representative of a statewide organization representing long-term care facilities; (F) one representative of an organization that represents the interests of allied health professionals; (G) one representative of an Illinois nursing school; (H) one representative of a statewide organization representing emergency physicians; and (I) one representative of a statewide organization representing federally qualified health centers. (c) All members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. Members shall be appointed within 120 days after the effective date of this Act. At the initial meeting of the Task Force, the members of the Task Force shall elect 2 co-chairs from the members appointed by the leadership of the General Assembly. (Source: P.A. 104-359, eff. 1-1-26.)