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Cook County Board of Directors Health and Hospitals System Human Resources Committee met May 20

Here is the agenda provided by the committee:

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 written testimony or registration to testify should be submitted prior to May 19, 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 Interim Chief Human Resources Officer

IV. Action Items 

A. Minutes of the Human Resources Committee Meeting, February 15, 2024 

B. Any Action Items listed under Sections IV and V 

V. Closed Meeting Items  

A. Discussion of personnel matters 

B. Update on labor negotiations 

C. Discussion of litigation 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,” 

V. Closed Meeting Items (continued) 

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,” 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.”  

VI. Adjourn 

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