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Cook County Board of Directors CEO Search Special Committee met Jan. 18.

Here is the agenda provided by the committee:

The CEO Search Special Committee of the Board of Directors of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System (CCHHS)  will convene a meeting on Thursday, January 18, 2024 at the hour of 12:00 P.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: 

I. Attendance/Call to Order 

II. Public Speaker Testimony 

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 January 17, 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. Action Items 

A. Any items listed under Sections III and IV 

IV. Closed Meeting Item 

A. Recruitment of Permanent Chief Executive Officer for the Cook County Health and Hospitals System  

Closed Meeting 

Motion to recess the open meeting to go into a series of closed meetings to discuss the recruitment of a permanent Chief  Executive Officer for the Cook County Health and Hospitals System, pursuant to the following exceptions to the Illinois 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)(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.”

V. Adjourn

Special Committee Members:

Chair: Garza

Members: Directors Deer, Reiter, Story and Taylor M. Hill Hammock (Non-Director Member)

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