Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors met Sept. 24.
Here is the agenda provided by the board:
I. Attendance/Call to Order
II. Employee Recognition
III. Electronically Submitted Public Speaker Testimony
Please be advised that those wishing to provide public testimony will be required to submit it electronically in advance of the meeting; there will not be testimony provided orally by members of the public at this meeting. Written public comment on any of the items listed on the Agenda will be accepted electronically at https://cookcountyhealth.org/about/board-of-directors/ or submitted by email message to the CCH Secretary to the Board at dsantana@cookcountyhhs.org. Written comments provided prior to 5:00 P.M. on September 23, 2021 will be read aloud by staff at the meeting. Three (3) minutes per comment will be allowed, though every effort will be made to read statements in their entirety.
IV. Board and Committee Reports
A. Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting, August 27, 2021
B. Human Resources Committee Special Meeting, September 16, 2021 Prendergast i. Metrics and Valarie Amos ii. Meeting Minutes, which include the following action items: Proposed Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs), including economic packages (wage increases and healthcare), negotiated between the County of Cook and:
• The National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC); and
• The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 31, AFL-CIO, Locals 1111, 1178 and 1276, representing Health Facilities employees
C. Managed Care Committee
i. Metrics
IV. Board and Committee Reports (continued)
D. Quality and Patient Safety Committee Meeting, September 17, 2021
i. Metrics
ii. Meeting Minutes, which include the following action items:
• One (1) Stroger Hospital Division Chair Initial Appointment
• Stroger Hospital and Provident Hospital Medical Staff Appointments
/ Reappointments / Changes
E. Finance Committee Meeting, September 17, 2021
i. July 2021 YTD Financials
ii. Meeting Minutes, which include the following action items:
• Contracts and Procurement Items
• Receive and file CCH grant award-related items
• Proposed Transfer of Funds
• Proposed Resolutions authorizing changes and signatory updates for CCH bank accounts held at JP Morgan Chase Bank
V. Action Items
A. Contracts and Procurement Items 10:40-10:40/Charles Jones
B. Any items listed under Sections IV, V and VIII
VI. Report from Chair of the Board
VII. Report from Chief Executive Officer
VIII. Closed Meeting Items
A. Claims and Litigation
B. Discussion of Personnel Matters
C. September 16, 2021 Minutes of the Human Resources Committee Special Meeting, which include the action items for the proposed CBAs listed under Agenda Item IV(B)
Closed Meeting
Motion to recess the open meeting and convene into a closed meeting, pursuant to the following exceptions to the Open Meetings Act:
5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1), regarding “the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity,”
VIII. Closed Meeting Items (continued)
5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2), regarding “collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees,”
5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11), regarding “litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the particular body has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the public body finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting,”
5 ILCS 120/2(c)(12), regarding “the establishment of reserves or settlement of claims as provided in the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act, if otherwise the disposition of a claim or potential claim might be prejudiced, or the review or discussion of claims, loss or risk management information, records, data, advice or communications from or with respect to any insurer of the public body or any intergovernmental risk management association or self insurance pool of which the public body is a member,” and
5 ILCS 120/2(c)(17), regarding “the recruitment, credentialing, discipline or formal peer review of physicians or other health care professionals, or for the discussion of matters protected under the federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, including 42 C.F.R. Part 3 (73 FR 70732), or the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, including 45 C.F.R. Parts 160, 162, and 164, by a hospital, or other institution providing medical care, that is operated by the public body.”
IX. Adjourn
The next regular meeting of the Board of Directors is scheduled for Friday, October 29, 2021 at 9:00 A.M.
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