IPHA 2011-2012 Annual Report - Illinois Public Health Association

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Governmen Relations & Health Policy14Legislative ReportLegislative Review for Spring Session 2012Or, not much good, a lot of bad and some really uglyOne of the best things you can say about thissession is that it ended on time. Legislators neededto get out of Springfield to campaign for re-electionafter having passed one of the toughest budgets inyears while at the same time failing to get a handleon some important topics like pension reform.For the Illinois Public Health Association (IPHA),all in all we did well with the agenda we put forththis Spring Session.IPHA started with an aggressive move tore-organize the State Public Health Departmentby bringing home to public health, the maternaland child health programs currently housed at theDepartment of Human Services (DHS). HB 5363was heard in committee but was not voted upon.This bill was counter to the recommendationsof the Human Services Commission which hasagreed to the reorganization suggested by DHS inwhich MCH programs were further marginalizedby placing them in a downgraded welfare network.A position that IPHA and most all public healthagrees is counterproductive to good practice.We agreed to work with the Human ServicesCommission, but in SB 278, the bill to permanentlyauthorize the Commission, we held firm andnegotiated for two new seats dedicated to representativesof maternal and child health programs.Based on the feedback we get, a decision will bemade by the IPHA Legislative Committee aboutfurther action on the proposal to bring home topublic health the MCH programs. The bill awaitsthe Governor’s signature.IPHA had a very successful collaboration with theIllinois Lung Association by passing HB 4606 thatrequires licensed day care centers to test for radonevery three years or when applying for an initiallicense. The radon testing results must be postedallowing parents and caregivers the ability to seethe results. Additionally IPHA supported HB 4665that requires all new residential construction toinclude passive radon resistant materials. It alsoallows for the enforcement by local officials of theAct. Both Bills await the Governor’s signature.We also worked to pass a new $ 1.00 a pack taxon cigarettes in Illinois with the Illinois Lung Association.Funds raised from this tax, estimated at$700 million with a federal match, are designed tohelp Illinois’ Medicaid funding situation. GovernorQuinn has signed the Bill into law as PA 97-0688.After the October meeting of the IPHA Board atwhich Dr. Arnold’s departure for The State HealthDepartment was discussed, the IPHA Boardagreed to pursue legislation that would allow for theappointment by the Governor of a non-physicianas Director of Public Health. IPHA language wascarried in SB 2578 and was widely supported byvarious health interests groups. The bill set forththe requirements for a non-physician both in educationand experience and passed both Chamberswith ease. The Bill awaits the Governor’s signature.Efforts to regulate Fracking in SB 3280 havestalled in the House and a subsequent two-yearmoratorium on new drilling failed. Land easementsare being purchased in southern andeastern Illinois. IPHA has supported sensibleregulation of waste by products and regulationof the drilling. This is viewed as a jobs bill in aneconomically depressed area of Illinois; but IPHAhas gone on record supporting sensible environmentaloversight. The Bill will be held over till fallveto session.The Illinois budget as passed is found in ten differentBills that are generally by programmatic areaand for budget implementation. The total revenueagreed to is $33.7 billion for FY 2013. This budgetallows for $1.3 billion to pay unpaid bills, $17.3billion for non-discretionary spending and $16.4billion for state programs. Medicaid was hard hitwith the Legislature working with the Governor toreduce the liability by more than $2 billion. TheState Public Health Department was not heldharmless, seeing a 5% reduction in administrativefunding.
2012 IPHA Affiliate MembersMembershipAARPAdams County Health DepartmentAIDS Foundation of ChicagoAlivio Medical CenterAmerican Lung Association of IllinoisAssociation of Community Mental HealthAuthorities of Illinois (ACMHAI)Benedictine University, Masters of PublicHealth CenterBerwyn Public Health DistrictBureau County Health DepartmentCalhoun County Health DepartmentCass County Health DepartmentCentral Counties Health Centers, Inc.Chicago Department of Public HealthChildren’s Memorial HospitalChristian County Health DepartmentClark County Health DepartmentClay County Health DepartmentColes County Health DepartmentCommunity Health & EmergencyServices, Inc.Cook County Department of PublicHealthCrawford County Health DepartmentDeKalb County Health DepartmentDeWitt-Piatt Bi-County Health DepartmentDouglas County Health DepartmentDuPage County Health DepartmentEdgar County Public Health DepartmentEgyptian Public/Mental Health DepartmentEvanston Health DepartmentFayette County Health DepartmentFranklin-Williamson Bi-County HealthDepartmentGovernor’s State University – College ofHealth and Human ServicesGreene County Health DepartmentHancock County Health DepartmentHealth & Medicine Policy ResearchGroupHeartland International Health Center(HIHC)Henry County Health DepartmentIllinois Chapter of the American Academyof PediatricsIllinois Coalition Against Sexual AssaultIllinois Department of Human ServicesIllinois Department of Public HealthIllinois Dietetic AssociationIllinois HomeCare-Hospice CouncilIllinois Maternal and Child Health CoalitionIllinois Public Health InstituteIllinois Society for the Prevention ofBlindnessJackson County Health DepartmentJersey County Health DepartmentJo Daviess County Health DepartmentKane County Health DepartmentKankakee County Health DepartmentKendall County Health DepartmentLake County Health DepartmentLaSalle County Health DepartmentLawrence County Health DepartmentLee County Health DepartmentLivingston County Health DepartmentLogan County Department of PublicHealthMacon County Health DepartmentMacoupin County Health DepartmentMadison County Health DepartmentMarion County Health DepartmentMason County Health DepartmentMcDonough County Health DepartmentMcLean County Health DepartmentMenard County Health DepartmentMetropolitan Chicago Breast CancerTask ForceMorgan County Health DepartmentMoultrie County Health DepartmentNear North Health Service Corp.Oak Park Health DepartmentPerry County Health DepartmentPike County Health DepartmentPlanned Parenthood of IllinoisPrimeCare Community Health, Inc.Respiratory Health Association ofMetropolitan ChicagoRock Island County Health DepartmentSangamon County Department of PublicHealthSchuyler County Health DepartmentScott County Health DepartmentShawnee Health ServiceShelby County Health DepartmentSkokie Health DepartmentSouthern IL Healthcare Foundation, Inc.Springfield Urban LeagueSt. Clair County Health DepartmentStephenson County Health DepartmentStickney Township Public Health DistrictSusan G. Komen for the CureUICU/MPH ProgramUniversity of Illinois at Chicago SPHVermilion County Health DepartmentVillage of Arlington HeightsVisiting Nurse Association of Fox ValleyWayne County Health DepartmentWhiteside County Health DepartmentWinnebago County Health DepartmentIPHA’s membership is the Association’sstrength and spirit representingpublic health nurses, dietitians,epidemiologists, administrators,researchers, academia, emergencyresponse and management professionals,and public health officialsat the state and local levels. Byproviding expertise, these membersgive IPHA credibility, direction andauthority. In return, the Associationrepresents their interests oncritical and strategic public healthissues that impact Illinoisans andalso provides an important forum fordiscussion and debate. Membershipin IPHA represents 16 disciplines,encompassing the breadth anddepth of the Association’s workon issues of significance to publichealth’s front line and at the stateand local level. IPHA is keenly interestedin supporting an active, newgeneration of public health leaders.The Association’s organizationalmembership has grown, thanks inlarge part to the educational opportunitiesand services provided by theAssociation.We are pleased to highlight thefollowing organizations that havejoined forces with IPHA as newaffiliate members in 2011-12:• Advocate Trinity Hospital• Alzheimer’s Association –Greater Illinois Chapter• Community Health andEmergency Services, Inc.• Heartland International HealthCenter• Metropolitan Chicago BreastCancer Task Force• Oak Park Health Department• PrimeCare Community Health,Inc.• University of Illinois atChampaign/Urbana –MPH Program2011-2012 IPHA Annual Report 15
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