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Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors met Aug. 25.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

I. Attendance/Call to Order 9:00/Acting Chair Deer 

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

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

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 August 24, 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 in-person or virtual oral testimony is included in the Meeting Notice and on the CCH website at https://cookcountyhealth.org/about/board-of-directors/ 

IV. Board and Committee Reports 

A. Board of Directors Annual Meeting Minutes, July 28, 2023 9:30-9:30/Acting Chair Deer

B. Human Resources Committee Meeting, August 17, 2023 9:30-9:35/Director Garza 

i. Meeting Minutes

C. Managed Care Committee 9:35-9:50/Director Currie 

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

D. Quality and Patient Safety Committee Meeting, August 17, 2023 9:50-9:55/Director Bhatt 

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

•Two (2) Stroger Hospital Division Chair Initial Appointments

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

E. Finance Committee 9:55-10:20/Director Reiter 

i. August 8, 2023 Special Meeting Minutes, for introduction of the and Pamela Cassara proposed CCH FY2024 Preliminary Budget and public hearings held on August 10, 2023 at 6:00 P.M. and August 15, 2023 at 9:00 A.M.

ii. August 17, 2023 Meeting Minutes, which include the following action items:

• Approval of proposed CCH FY2024 Preliminary Budget (presentation to be reviewed by Pamela Cassara)

• Contracts and Procurement Items

• Receive and file Grant Award-Related Items

V. Action Items 

A. Contracts and Procurement Items 10:20-10:25/Charles Jones 

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

VI. Report from Chair of the Board 10:25-10:30/Acting Chair Deer 

VII. Report from Chief Executive Officer 10:30-11:10/Israel Rocha, Jr.

VIII. 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.”

IX. Adjourn 

The next regular meeting of the CCH Board of Directors is scheduled for Friday, September 29, 2023 at 9:00 A.M. 

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