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Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors met Dec. 17.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

I. Attendance/Call to Order 9:00/Chair Taylor

II. Employee Recognition 9:00-9:15/Israel Rocha, Jr.

III. Electronically Submitted Public Speaker Testimony 9:15-9:30

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 December 16, 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, November 19, 2021 9:30-9:30/Chair Taylor

B. Human Resources Committee 9:30-9:40/Director Prendergast

i. Metrics Review (Committee did not meet in December) and Valarie Amos

C. Managed Care Committee 9:40-9:50/Director Munar

i. Metrics Review (Committee did not meet in December) and Aaron Galeener

D. Quality and Patient Safety Committee Meeting, December 9, 2021 9:50-9:55/Director Gugenheim

i. Meeting Minutes, which include the following action items:

• Stroger Hospital and Provident Hospital Medical Staff Appointments / Reappointments / Changes

E. Finance Committee Meeting, December 9, 2021 9:55-10:00/Director Reiter

i. Meeting Minutes, which include the following action items:

• Contracts and Procurement Items

• Receive and File CCH Grant Award-Related Items

V. Action Items

A. Contracts and Procurement Items 10:00-10:00/Charles Jones

V. Action Items (continued)

B. Proposed Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), including an economic package (wage increases and healthcare), negotiated between the County of Cook and the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), representing Cook County Health and Hospitals System Police Officers / Hospital Security Aides (John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital). Also included as a closed meeting discussion item under Board Agenda Item

VIII(C).

C. Any items listed under Sections IV, V and VIII

VI. Report from Chair of the Board 10:00-10:05/Chair Taylor

VII. Report from Chief Executive Officer 10:05-10:40/Israel Rocha, Jr.

VIII. Closed Meeting Items 10:40-11:15

A. Claims and Litigation

B. Discussion of Personnel Matters

C. Proposed CBA listed under Agenda Item V(C)

D. Stroger Hospital Medical Staff Credentialing Matter

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,”

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, January 28, 2022 at 9:00 A.M.

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