Meeting Name: Health & Hospitals Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/5/2022 12:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Cook County Building, Board Room, 118 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois (Board Room Closed to Public - Meeting Virtual for Public)
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22-2685 1  Committee MinutesCOMMITTEE MINUTES Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 03/09/2022approvePass Action details Not available
22-2686 1  Committee MinutesCOMMITTEE MINUTES Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 03/15/2022approvePass Action details Not available
21-0541 2 Covid-19 Mass Immunization Plan ResolutionResolutionSUBMITTING 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 healthrecommend for deferral as amendedPass Action details Not available
22-1703 1 Health Care Disparities ResolutionResolutionPROPOSED RESOLUTION REQUESTING A MEETING OF THE COOK COUNTY HEALTH & HOSPITALS COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THE COOK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH & 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 anrecommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
22-2245 1 Mental Health Services Quarterly ReportReportREPORT Department: Cook County Health · Departments of Behavioral Health & 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.receive and filePass Action details Not available
22-2198 1 Behavioral Health Services Quarterly ReportReportREPORT 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.receive and filePass Action details Not available
22-2494 1 Quarterly Behavioral Health Services ReportReportREPORT 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 Governmentreceive and filePass Action details Not available
22-2414 1  ReportREPORT 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 Countyreceive and filePass Action details Not available
22-2464 1 Behavioral Health Resolution Quarterly Report for the Law Office of the Cook County Public DefenderReportREPORT 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 Defenderreceive and filePass Action details Not available