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Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors met May 27.

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. Board Resolutions 9:15-9:20/Chair Taylor

A. Resolution Celebrating Cook County Health’s Community Vaccination Program

IV. Electronically Submitted Public Speaker Testimony 9:20-9:35

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 May 26, 2022 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.

V. Board and Committee Reports

A. Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, April 29, 2022 9:35-9:35/Chair Taylor

B. Human Resources Committee Meeting, May 19, 2022 9:35-9:40/Director Prendergast

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

•Proposed Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) including an economic package (wage increases and healthcare) between the County of Cook and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 743 representing Provident Hospital employees

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

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

D. Quality and Patient Safety Committee Meeting, May 19, 2022 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

• Proposed Clinical Training Affiliation Agreement

E. Finance Committee Meeting, May 19, 2022 9:55-10:00/Director Reiter

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

• Contracts and Procurement Items

VI. Action Items

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

B. FY23-FY25 Strategic Plan 10:00-10:30 /Israel Rocha, Jr. and Andrea M. Gibson

C. Any items listed under Sections III, V, VI and IX

VII. Report from Chair of the Board 10:30-10:35/Chair Taylor

VIII. Report from Chief Executive Officer 10:35-11:05/Israel Rocha, Jr.

IX. Closed Meeting Items 11:05-11:40

A. Claims and Litigation

B. Discussion of Personnel Matters

C. Update on Labor Negotiations

D. May 19, 2022 Human Resources Committee Meeting Minutes, which include a proposed CBA including an economic package (wage increases and healthcare) between the County of Cook and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 743 representing Provident Hospital employees

E. Evaluation and consideration of FY2022 Executive Incentive Plan for CCHHS CEO

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,”

IX. Closed Meeting Items (continued)

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.”

X. Adjourn

The next regular meeting of the Board of Directors is scheduled for Friday, June 24, 2022 at 9:00 A.M.

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