<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Board of Commissioners of Cook County - Meeting of Health &amp; Hospitals Committee on 3/14/2023 at 2:00 PM</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=CalendarDetail&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=1085003&amp;GUID=EFC68267-FBBD-4938-934C-07CBAE8A6179</link><description /><generator>Legistar</generator><ttl>15</ttl><atom:link href="https://cook-county.legistar.com/Feed.ashx?GUID=EFC68267-FBBD-4938-934C-07CBAE8A6179&amp;ID=1085003&amp;M=CalendarDetail" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><item><title>23-1775</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=6052670&amp;GUID=F5707653-6786-4D7C-ACD1-62459C0F3CD6</link><guid isPermaLink="false">F5707653-6786-4D7C-ACD1-62459C0F3CD6-2023-03-28-12-35-25</guid><description>File #: 23-1775&lt;br /&gt;Ver.: 1&lt;br /&gt;Agenda #: &lt;br /&gt;Type: Committee Minutes&lt;br /&gt;Title: COMMITTEE MINUTES

Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 01/24/2023&lt;br /&gt;Action: approve&lt;br /&gt;Result: Pass</description><category>Committee Minutes</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:35:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>23-1776</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=6052671&amp;GUID=9815C54B-CBA5-4783-9B20-2AC32856C26C</link><guid isPermaLink="false">9815C54B-CBA5-4783-9B20-2AC32856C26C-2023-03-28-12-35-25</guid><description>File #: 23-1776&lt;br /&gt;Ver.: 1&lt;br /&gt;Agenda #: &lt;br /&gt;Type: Committee Minutes&lt;br /&gt;Title: COMMITTEE MINUTES

Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 02/07/2023&lt;br /&gt;Action: approve&lt;br /&gt;Result: Pass</description><category>Committee Minutes</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:35:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>23-0469</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=5961075&amp;GUID=5FC5576E-4FB1-46B2-9626-74B86AB0E444</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5FC5576E-4FB1-46B2-9626-74B86AB0E444-2023-06-30-20-56-08</guid><description>File #: 23-0469&lt;br /&gt;Ver.: 1&lt;br /&gt;Agenda #: &lt;br /&gt;Type: Resolution&lt;br /&gt;Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION

REQUESTING A MEETING OF THE COOK COUNTY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS COMMITTEE TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM COOK COUNTY HEALTH AND THE COOK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ON THEIR COVID-19 IMMUNIZATION and MITIGATION PLANS IN SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY

WHEREAS, on January 27, 2020, the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services declared that COVID-19, a respiratory illness spread by close contact through respiratory droplets, presents a public health emergency, and the World Health Organization characterized the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic on March 11, 2020; and

WHEREAS, despite advances in treatment protocols and the availability of vaccines, COVID-19 continues to be a serious threat across the U.S. and Cook County, and;

WHEREAS, recently Chicago and Cook County have seen an uptick in COVID-19 cases prompting a medium risk level designation of community spread, and; 

WHEREAS, as of November 30, 2022, there have been 655,646 confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 in Suburban Cook County under the jurisdiction of the Cook County Department of Public Health w&lt;br /&gt;Action: defer&lt;br /&gt;Result: Pass</description><category>Resolution</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 20:56:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>23-0311</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=5960949&amp;GUID=450251E8-AD37-402E-AF24-537528F4448E</link><guid isPermaLink="false">450251E8-AD37-402E-AF24-537528F4448E-2023-05-26-16-16-08</guid><description>File #: 23-0311&lt;br /&gt;Ver.: 1&lt;br /&gt;Agenda #: &lt;br /&gt;Type: Miscellaneous Item of Business&lt;br /&gt;Title: PROPOSED MISCELLANEOUS ITEM OF BUSINESS

Department:   Cook County Health   

Summary:  Updates CCH Severance Policy to come into compliance with state law and update the positions eligible to match current titles.&lt;br /&gt;Action: recommend for deferral&lt;br /&gt;Result: Pass</description><category>Miscellaneous Item of Business</category><pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2023 16:16:08 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>