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Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors met May 26

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

The Board of Directors of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System (CCHHS) will meet on Friday, May 26, 2023 at the hour of 9:00 A.M. The meeting will be held at 1950 West Polk Street, Room 5301, in Chicago, Illinois. The live proceedings of the meeting can be accessed at this link at the start time of the meeting. At the meeting, the Board will consider the following:

Time/Presenter(times are approximate)

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

II. Overview of Covid-19 Protocol and Guidelines for In-Person Public Meetings of the CCH Board and its Committees - 9:00-9:05/Sharon Welbel, MD 

III. Employee Recognition - 9:05-9:20/Israel Rocha, Jr.

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

Members of the public can submit written testimony to be included in the official meeting record, or can register to present in-person or virtual oral testimony at the meeting. The deadline to submit written testimony or to register to testify is May 25, 2023 at 3:00 P.M. Testimony is limited to three (3) minutes per person. Further information on how to submit written testimony or register to provide virtual oral testimony is included in the Meeting Notice and on the CCH website at https://cookcountyhealth.org/about/board-of-directors/

V. Board and Committee Reports

A. Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, April 28, 2023 - 9:35-9:35/Chair Taylor

B. Human Resources Committee Meeting, May 18, 2023 - 9:35-9:40/Director Garza

i. Meeting Minutes

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

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

D. Quality and Patient Safety Committee Meeting, May 18, 2023 - 9:50-9:55/Director Garza

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

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

E. Finance Committee Meeting, May 18, 2023 - 9:55-10:00/Director Reiter

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

• Contracts and Procurement Items• Receive and file Grant Award-Related Items

• Receive and file transfers of funds

VI. Action Items

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

B. Any items listed under Sections V, VI and IX

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

VIII. Report from Chief Executive Officer 10:10-10:50/Israel Rocha, Jr.

IX. Closed Meeting Items

A. Claims and Litigation

B. Discussion of Personnel Matters

C. Update on Labor Negotiations

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.”

X. Adjourn

The next regular meeting of the CCH Board of Directors is scheduled for Friday, June 30, 2023 at 9:00 A.M.

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