<?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 4/5/2022 at 12:00 PM</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=CalendarDetail&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=953225&amp;GUID=FFDF2D9D-1449-48BC-A454-94DFE62313CB</link><description /><generator>Legistar</generator><ttl>15</ttl><atom:link href="https://cook-county.legistar.com/Feed.ashx?GUID=FFDF2D9D-1449-48BC-A454-94DFE62313CB&amp;ID=953225&amp;M=CalendarDetail" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><item><title>22-2685</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=5538076&amp;GUID=3DE07C0D-F2F0-4B2E-B875-D57D4B6DE40F</link><guid isPermaLink="false">3DE07C0D-F2F0-4B2E-B875-D57D4B6DE40F-2023-01-30-17-40-29</guid><description>File #: 22-2685&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 03/09/2022&lt;br /&gt;Action: approve&lt;br /&gt;Result: Pass</description><category>Committee Minutes</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:40:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>22-2686</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=5538077&amp;GUID=94623B19-B4F7-4FC5-8C82-DE32AD2A06E2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">94623B19-B4F7-4FC5-8C82-DE32AD2A06E2-2023-01-30-17-40-29</guid><description>File #: 22-2686&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 03/15/2022&lt;br /&gt;Action: approve&lt;br /&gt;Result: Pass</description><category>Committee Minutes</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:40:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>21-0541</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=4734464&amp;GUID=B4917DA3-21A3-4217-93BB-A31D584D4855</link><guid isPermaLink="false">B4917DA3-21A3-4217-93BB-A31D584D4855-2025-04-24-15-28-26</guid><description>File #: 21-0541&lt;br /&gt;Ver.: 2&lt;br /&gt;Agenda #: &lt;br /&gt;Type: Resolution&lt;br /&gt;Title: SUBMITTING A PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE #21-0541 
(Health and Hospitals Committee 1/26/2021) 

PROPOSED RESOLUTION 

REQUESTING A MEETING OF THE COOK COUNTY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS COMMITTEE TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM THE COOK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ON THEIR COVID-19 MASS IMMUNIZATION 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, COVID-19 continues to be a serious threat across the U.S. and Cook County, and 

WHEREAS, many hospitals across the U.S. already have a higher load of COVID-19 patients than ever before since the pandemic began, and the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Robert Redfield, warned last month that the next few months of the pandemic would be among “the most difficult in the public health&lt;br /&gt;Action: recommend for deferral as amended&lt;br /&gt;Result: Pass</description><category>Resolution</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:28:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>22-1703</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=5438153&amp;GUID=38BFAC53-20D3-441B-A5CC-0A6380F524A1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">38BFAC53-20D3-441B-A5CC-0A6380F524A1-2023-01-30-17-40-29</guid><description>File #: 22-1703&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 &amp; HOSPITALS COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THE COOK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH &amp; COOK COUNTY HEALTH ANALYSES OF HEALTH OUTCOME DISPARITIES IN COOK COUNTY AND RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS

WHEREAS, Chicago and Cook County has seen an unprecedented level of disparities in healthcare outcomes during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic especially in black and brown communities reflecting national data; and

WHEREAS, African Americans have been historically disproportionately impacted by some of the underlying conditions that have affected the severity of the virus, including chronic cardiovascular and kidney diseases, diabetes, asthma, and obesity; and

WHEREAS, this crisis has shined a light on the causes of these disparities, which are rooted in generations of systemic disadvantages in health care delivery and health care access in communities of color, and in African American communities in particular; and

WHEREAS, learning lessons from this crisis and how it has adversely affected the black and brown communities an&lt;br /&gt;Action: recommend for approval&lt;br /&gt;Result: Pass</description><category>Resolution</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:40:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>22-2245</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=5522389&amp;GUID=49B0D1CE-6D04-4049-A008-D86E2BE285EB</link><guid isPermaLink="false">49B0D1CE-6D04-4049-A008-D86E2BE285EB-2023-01-30-17-40-29</guid><description>File #: 22-2245&lt;br /&gt;Ver.: 1&lt;br /&gt;Agenda #: &lt;br /&gt;Type: Report&lt;br /&gt;Title: REPORT

Department: Cook County Health
·	Departments of Behavioral Health &amp; Psychiatry
·	Cermak Health Services
·	Juvenile Temporary Detention Center Health Services
·	Cook County Department of Public Health

Report Title: Mental Health Services Quarterly Report

Report Period: December 2021 - February 2022

Summary: This Quarterly Report is to comply with the requirements of Resolution 21-1189 to Assess needs and Improve the Quality and Effectiveness of Behavioral Health Care Provided by Cook County Government.&lt;br /&gt;Action: receive and file&lt;br /&gt;Result: Pass</description><category>Report</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:40:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>22-2198</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=5527655&amp;GUID=D984F3FD-DA15-4131-BA61-D92E7FDDDD96</link><guid isPermaLink="false">D984F3FD-DA15-4131-BA61-D92E7FDDDD96-2023-01-30-17-40-30</guid><description>File #: 22-2198&lt;br /&gt;Ver.: 1&lt;br /&gt;Agenda #: &lt;br /&gt;Type: Report&lt;br /&gt;Title: REPORT

Department:  Cook County Sheriff’s Office  

Report Title:  Behavioral Health Services Quarterly Report  

Report Period:  December 2021 - February 2022  

Summary:  This Quarterly report is to comply with the requirements of Resolution# 21-1189 to Assess Needs and Improve the Quality and Effectiveness of Behavioral Health Care Provided by the Cook County Government.&lt;br /&gt;Action: receive and file&lt;br /&gt;Result: Pass</description><category>Report</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:40:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>22-2494</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=5527679&amp;GUID=6417D356-3927-49A9-AB93-D0CE7DF4E8BF</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6417D356-3927-49A9-AB93-D0CE7DF4E8BF-2023-01-30-17-40-30</guid><description>File #: 22-2494&lt;br /&gt;Ver.: 1&lt;br /&gt;Agenda #: &lt;br /&gt;Type: Report&lt;br /&gt;Title: REPORT

Department:  State’s Attorney  

Report Title:  Quarterly Behavioral Health Services Report  

Report Period:  12/1/2021 - 2/28/2022  

Summary:  This Quarterly report is to comply with the requirements of Resolution# 21-1189 to Assess Needs and Improve the Quality and Effectiveness of Behavioral Health Care Provided by the Cook County Government&lt;br /&gt;Action: receive and file&lt;br /&gt;Result: Pass</description><category>Report</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:40:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>22-2414</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=5525223&amp;GUID=AB3DDB60-57D0-4285-B90A-970B42CDACA4</link><guid isPermaLink="false">AB3DDB60-57D0-4285-B90A-970B42CDACA4-2023-01-30-17-40-30</guid><description>File #: 22-2414&lt;br /&gt;Ver.: 1&lt;br /&gt;Agenda #: &lt;br /&gt;Type: Report&lt;br /&gt;Title: REPORT

Department:  Office of the Chief Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County  

Report Title:  Behavioral Services Quarterly Report  

Report Period:  December 2021-February 28, 2022 

Summary:  Pursuant to the Cook County Board Resolution to assess needs and improve the quality and effectiveness of behavioral health provided by Cook County government, enclosed are the quarterly reports of behavioral health programs and services provided by the Circuit Court of Cook County&lt;br /&gt;Action: receive and file&lt;br /&gt;Result: Pass</description><category>Report</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:40:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>22-2464</title><link>https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=5527678&amp;GUID=99C210B3-2FF4-47C8-A05D-9C1A3A87B77C</link><guid isPermaLink="false">99C210B3-2FF4-47C8-A05D-9C1A3A87B77C-2023-01-30-17-40-30</guid><description>File #: 22-2464&lt;br /&gt;Ver.: 1&lt;br /&gt;Agenda #: &lt;br /&gt;Type: Report&lt;br /&gt;Title: REPORT

Department: Cook County Public Defender’s Office

Report Period: 12/1/2021 - 2/28/2022

Summary: Behavioral Health Resolution Quarterly Report for the Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender&lt;br /&gt;Action: receive and file&lt;br /&gt;Result: Pass</description><category>Report</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:40:30 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>