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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
ESTABLISHING THE COOK COUNTY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS SYSTEM'S DIRECT ACCESS PROGRAM TO SUPPORT A HEALTHY COOK COUNTY WORKFORCE.
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Chapter 38 Health and Human Services, Article VII, Sec. 38-157 through 38-162 of the Cook County Code, is hereby enacted as follows:
COOK COUNTY DIRECT ACCESS PROGRAM
Sec. 38-157. Short title.
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Ordinance Establishing a Cook County Health and Hospitals System direct access program."
Sec. 38-158. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Cook County Health and Hospitals System also referred to as "CCHHS", means the public health system comprised of the facilities at, and the services provided by or through, the Ambulatory and Community Health Network, Cermak Health Services of Cook County, Community Triage Center, Cook County Department of Public Health, Provident Hospital of Cook County, Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, (collectively, the "CCHHS Facilities") and the CountyCare Health Plan.
County means the County of Cook, a body politic and corporate of Illinois.
County Board means the Board of Commissioners of Cook County, Illinois.
Direct Access Program means the new program established by CCHHS to improve the coordination of care for uninsured residents of Cook County, herein known as "the program." CCHHS may identify an alternative name upon implementation of the program.
Medical home means a health care facility responsible for the provision and coordination of all needed health care services for a patient.
Ordinance means the Ordinance Establishing a Cook County Health and Hospitals System direct access program.
Primary Care Provider means an Illinois licensed independent pra...
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