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Cook County of Board of Directors Audit and Compliance Committee met Jan. 19.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

The Audit and Compliance Committee of the Board of Directors of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System will meet on Friday, January 19, 2024 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 Committee will consider the following: 

Time/Presenter 

(times are approximate) 

I. Attendance/Call to Order 9:00 A.M./Chair Harrington 

II. Public Testimony 9:00-9:10 

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 written testimony or registration to testify should be  submitted prior to January 18, 2024 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/ 

III. Report from Chief Corporate Compliance and Privacy Officer 9:10-9:45/Nicole Almiro 

A. Action Items – Receive and File the following reports: 

• CountyCare Compliance Program – FY2023 Annual Report 

• Cook County Health System (Provider) Compliance Program –FY2023 Annual Report 

IV. Action Items 

A. Accept Minutes of the Audit and Compliance Committee Meeting, October 20, 2023 9:45-9:45/Chair Harrington

B. Any item listed under Sections III and IV 

V. Closed Meeting Items 9:45-10:20 

A. Report from Director of Internal Audit 

B. Discussion of Personnel Matters 

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,” and 

5 ILCS 120/2(c)(29), regarding “meetings between internal or external auditors and governmental audit committees, finance committees, and their equivalents, when the discussion involves internal control weaknesses, identification of  potential fraud risk areas, known or suspected frauds, and fraud interviews conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards of the United States of America.”

VI. Adjourn 

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