IL · county
Cook County
Benefit contracts authorised by this sponsor, as recorded on its public agenda platform. A public body is both an employer and, often, a health provider — so each row says whether it is buying drugs for its own staff or for people it serves. Those are different markets, and only the first is a benefit the sponsor could renegotiate for its workforce.
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Awarded July 16, 2026 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION COOK COUNTY HONORED WITH 115 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS WHEREAS, Cook County was honored with 115 Achievement Awards from the National Association of Counties (NACo), the highest number of awards the County has ever received; and WHEREAS, the NACo awards honor innovative, effective county government programs that strengthen services for residents; and WHEREAS, the recognition of so many essential programs and initiatives led by Cook County is a source of pride for the President and Board of Commissioners and provides Cook County employees with well-deserved recognition; and WHEREAS, this level of excellence in innovation and execution is attained through the ingenuity and hard work of the Cook County employees who have launched these critical programs for County residents; and WHEREAS, the Offices Under the President received 75 awards: Office of the President (5): "Digital Inclusion Week 2025 (DIW2025)"; "The Cook County Policy Roadmap 2025 Progress Report"; "Cook County Property Tax Reform Working Group: Property Tax Incentives Study"; "Racial Equity Week in Action: Honoring the Past, Shaping the Future" and "Tech Tip of the Week". Bureau of Administration (19): "Cook County Emergency Management and Regional Security Preparedness Fair"; "Budget Documentation Process"; "Building Infrastructure for Countywide Innovation"; "Co-developing an Environmental Justice Policy Framework with a Community Advisory Committee"; "Cook County District Overview"; "Countywide Vehicle Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL)/GPS Compliance and Exemption Process"; "Innovation Process Design"; "Integrated Initiative Management Dashboard for County Leadership"; "Phased Approach to Countywide Performance Management Reporting"; "Take Home Vehicle Management Process"; "Businesses Reducing Impact on the Environment (BRITE) Grant Program"; "RainReady Green Infrastructure"; "ANDE Rapid DNA Program"; "Innovation Community of Practice"; "Shakman Covered Process Improvements"; "Shakman Exempt Process Improvements"; "‘Paper the Steps’ - Internal Job Aids Initiative"; "Cook County Hazard Identification Risk Assessment (HIRA)" and "Cook County Bike Routes and Trails Map". Bureau of Finance (17): "Equitable Contracting Goal Setting"; "Equitable Contracting Transparency System Improvement"; "Vendor Complaint Resolution Process"; "Bureau of Finance Enterprise Information and Collaboration Hub"; "Cook County Contract Management Effectiveness and Resource Portal"; "Cook County Legislative Coordination and Board Tracking System"; "Department of Budget Management Services Internal Ticket System"; "Employee Benefits Inquiry Management and Service Improvement"; "Employee Travel Reimbursement Modernization Workflow"; "Legistar Request Tracking and Workflow System"; "Procurement Process Stability and Submission Quality Improvement"; "Vacancy Count Dashboard"; "Cook County Procurement Evaluation and Tracking System"; "Solicitation Process Improvement and Automation"; "Unified Cook County Federal Administration Impact Response"; "Cook County Retirement Education and Enrollment Mobilization Campaign" and “Employee No Cost Mental Health Counseling”. Bureau of Asset Management (13): "Build Up Cook Collaborative Vendor Fair"; "Increasing Contract Opportunities for Small Business in Facilities Management"; "Change Management for Asset Management System Implementation"; "Tenant Satisfaction Survey"; "Cook County Green Building Standards 2.0"; "Cook County Recycling Program"; "Harvey Regional Water Supply Emergency Response - Build Up Cook"; "Markham Courthouse Rooftop Solar Project"; "Park Forest Regional Fire Training Site - Build Up Cook"; "Build Up Cook 2025 Grant Guide"; "Artificial Intelligenc (AI) Lease Abstraction"; "Building Safety Training Module" and "Increasing Employment Opportunities for Janitor II Positions". Bureau of Economic Development (10): "Cook County Arts - Creative Placemaking Program"; "2024 Source Impact Assessment"; "Cook County Leak Repair"; "Cook County Solar Synergy"; "Down Payment Assistance Program"; "Good Job Standards"; "Modular Homes Pilot Program"; "Road Home: Work Opportunities for Justice-Involved Job Seekers"; "Cook County Legal Aid for Housing and Debt - Eviction Early Resolution Program" and "Cross-Department Management Matters Series". Bureau of Technology (7): "Open Data Portal Home Page and User Resources Redesign"; "Automation of Awarded Contract Data Publishing"; "Brownfields Public Viewer Application"; "Cook County AI Procurement Risk Assessment and Mitigation Application"; "Cook County Generative Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework"; "Cook County’s License Matching Dashboard for Improved Software Asset Management" and "Suburban Health Data Publication Initiative: Automated Birth and Mortality Data Modernization". Human Rights and Ethics (2): "Improving User Accessibility and Department Transparency on Cook County Commission on Human Rights’ Website Application Packet" and "Cook County Equity Landscape Review - Equity Fund Recommendation 6.3". Bureau of Human Resources (1): "Vacation as a Talent Strategy: Advancing Workforce Competitiveness Through Paid Time Off Reform". Justice Advisory Council (1): "Pretrial Programs that Change Lives: Supporting Education and Employment Development (SEED)". WHEREAS, Cook County Health received 27 awards: "Content Strategy Project - Digital Marketing Growth"; "Fight the Bite West Nile Virus Prevention Campaign"; "Lead-Safe Cook County"; "The Essential Respiratory Dashboards"; "Regional Learning and Action Network"; "Automating EpiPen and Albuterol Standing Order Requests for Suburban Cook County Schools"; "Cook County Health ExpressCare"; "Cook County Good Food Purchasing Program: Food Waste Prevention, Diversion and Recovery Project"; "Cook County Good Food Purchasing Program: Scratch Cooking Project"; "Cook County Health Medicaid Working Group"; "Cook County Health Tele Stroke Network"; "Cook County Opioid Epidemiology Surveillance and Rapid Response System"; "CountyCare in the Community - Redetermination Events, Health Fairs, Baby Showers and Member Stories"; "Crisis Care System Assessment"; "Developing a Division Trauma Recovery and Injury Prevention (TRIP)"; "Get Naloxone Community Box Program"; "Optimizing Workforce While Protecting Patient Safety: A Virtual Observation Model for County Health Systems"; "Providing Quality, Preventive and Equitable Health Care for Cook County Residents with Medicaid"; "The Cook County Maternal and Child Health Collaborative: Integrated Surveillance, Policy and Care Initiative"; "Total Health Talks"; "Cook County Health Camera System Modernization and Command Center Initiative"; "Community Health Worker (CHW) High School Pipeline Program"; "CHW Learning Collaborative"; "Cook County Behavioral Health Apprenticeship and Retention Hub" and "Creative Culture and Wellness Initiative". WHEREAS, the Cook County Assessor’s Office received five awards: "Targeted Campaign to Reach Homeowners Experiencing a Property Tax Spike"; "Kiosks and Callbacks: Using Better Technology for More Efficient, Informed Public Service"; "New IT Helpdesk Centralizing Standardized Technical Support Services"; "Internship Program Builds a Talent Pipeline" and "Leading with Digital Data Integrity". WHEREAS, the Cook County Land Bank Authority received five awards: "Cook County Land Bank Authority ‘Working with the Land Bank’ Seminar Series"; "Home Sweet Homan"; "Modular Housing Program"; "10 Year Impact Report" and "Tolemi - An Improvement to Internal Efficiency and External Transparency in Community Development". WHEREAS, the Clerk of the Court received one award: "e-Citation". WHEREAS, the Cook County Clerk’s Office received one award: "Defenders of DA’mocracy High School Voting Program". WHEREAS, the Forest Preserves of Cook County received one award: "Seed Amplification Program". NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners do hereby extend hearty congratulations to the Cook County employees who have worked so diligently to ensure the success of the 115 programs recognized by the NACo Achievement Awards. More information about the awards can be found on the NACo website (www.naco.org).
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Awarded May 14, 2026 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION COOK COUNTY COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION INITIATIVE 2026 WHEREAS, the Cook County Justice Advisory Council (JAC), as an office under the Cook County Board President, works to promote equitable, human-centered, community-driven justice system innovation and practice through rigorous stakeholder engagement, policy work, service coordination, and grantmaking that increases community safety and reduces reliance on incarceration; and WHEREAS, the JAC supports Cook County’s commitment to advancing equity throughout Cook County by investing in programs and strategies to improve community safety in communities disproportionately impacted by violence and incarceration; and WHEREAS, Cook County Ordinance Sec. 2-527 establishes the JAC’s authority to administer violence prevention, intervention and reduction grants to nonprofit community-based organizations in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code; and WHEREAS, building on historic levels of investment in the areas of violence prevention and community safety, JAC grant initiatives will sustain key services beyond American Rescue Plan Act funding, supporting organizations that work to ensure those closest to the gun violence epidemic can access critical programs and services that contribute to increased community safety throughout Cook County; and WHEREAS, gun violence dramatically affects physical, cognitive, mental, emotional wellbeing and development of those exposed to it: direct survivors of gun violence and the communities impacted by incidences of gun violence; and WHEREAS direct and indirect survivors are at greater risk of perpetrating violence, experiencing further victimization or exposure to violence; and WHEREAS our communities are less safe when those at risk of perpetrating or being impacted by gun violence cannot access critical services essential to violence prevention; and WHEREAS, Cook County Community Violence Intervention (CC-CVI) and Cook County Wraparound Services for Survivors of Gun Violence (CC-SGV) have been developed as complementary grant initiatives designed to improve community safety in Cook County: and WHEREAS, CC-CVI funding is working in partnership with the Government Alliance for Safe Communities (GASC) in alignment with the philanthropic and business communities and our collaborative investment strategy to maximize the impact of state and local funding for violence prevention; and WHEREAS, the GASC strategy and CC-CVI initiative represent a comprehensive approach to violence prevention, utilizing innovative, emerging programming and services, supported by evidence-based research from institutions such as Northwestern University’s Center for Neighborhood Engaged Research & Science CORNERS, to engage individuals at the highest risk of firearm violence; and WHEREAS, Cook County saw over a 50% drop in gun homicides from their peak in 2021, notably following these historic levels of investment in community-based approaches to violence prevention; and WHEREAS, the CC-CVI initiative awards will be made to applicants providing funds community organizations to provide services in each of the following categories: · Street Outreach: Street outreach workers mediate conflicts and prevent retaliatory violence between those who are at risk of being involved in gun violence. Street outreach workers engage with individuals at highest risk of violence in a variety of settings, including parks, homes, street corners, community centers, schools, hospitals at all hours of the day. · Case Management: Case management includes developing case plans based on individuals unique needs and providing or connecting individuals to identified resources and services. Services can be provided directly or through linkages with other providers and include, but are not limited to: effective emotional or trauma related therapies, legal aid services, housing services, employment training, job placement services, family engagement, and other support services. · Victim Services: Victim service advocates help families and victims of violence recover from physical and emotional trauma by empowering them with skills, services, and opportunities; and WHEREAS, the CC-CVI awards initiative is designed to provide services in the geographic areas defined as communities impacted by gun violence in the Reimagine Public Safety Act (RPSA) (430 ILCS 69); and WHEREAS, the RPSA calls for a comprehensive approach to reducing firearm violence through targeted, integrated behavioral health services; and WHEREAS, the JAC released the notice of funding opportunity for CC-CVI on March 17, 2025 and the Cook County Board of Commissioners authorized awards for 18 organizations on July 24, 2025 via resolution #25-0704; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners authorized the allocation of $20 million in Equity Funds for the JAC in the FY2026 budget to support community violence intervention programming; and WHEREAS, this resolution represents $5 million to be distributed to additional organizations for the CC-CVI grant initiative administered by the JAC. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Cook County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the Justice Advisory Council to issue 1-year agreements with two (2) one-year renewal options with the following organizations: 1. Cook County Southland Juvenile Justice Council UCAN in an aggregate amount up to $573,000.00 2. Lost Boyz Inc. in an aggregate amount up to $571,699.50 3. New Eclipse Community Alliance in an aggregate amount up to $431,131.88 4. New Life Centers of Chicagoland NFP in an aggregate amount up to $561,500.00 5. OAI, Inc. in an aggregate amount up to $568,674.33 6. Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation (PBMR) in an aggregate amount up to $573,000.00 7. Rincon Family Services in an aggregate amount up to $572,999.99 8. Second Chance Initiative Inc. in an aggregate amount up to $573,000.00 9. Unstacked, Inc. in an aggregate amount up to $573,000.00
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Awarded March 12, 2026 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT AMENDMENT Department: Cook County Sheriff’s Office Other Part(ies): Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization to enter into and execute Eighth Amendment to an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Goods or Services The Sheriff’s Office seeks to expand and maintain the Prescription Drug Take-Back Program, which pharmaceutical drugs prevented from entering the Chicago Area Waterway System. Agreement Number(s): N/A Agreement Period: Original Start Date: 1/1/2018 - 12/31/20218. First Renewal Period: 1/1/2019 - 12/31/2019. Second Renewal Period: 1/1/2020 -12/31/2020. Third Renewal Period: 1/1/2021 - 12/31/2021. Fourth Renewal Period: 1/1/2022 - 12/31/2022. Fifth Renewal Period: 1/1/2023 - 12/31/2023. Sixth Renewal Period: 1/1/2024 - 12/31/2024. Seventh Renewal Period: 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2025. This Renewal Period: 1/1/2026 - 12/31/2026 Fiscal Impact: None - Revenue Neutral Accounts: 11277.1210.10150.404065 (Revenue) Summary: Authorization for the County of Cook on behalf of the Sheriff’s Office to enter into and execute an Eighth Amendment to an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, to provide funding to allow agencies to expand participation in the Prescription Drug Take-Back Program as follows: Up to $76,406.62 annually for the personnel and administrative costs associated with operating the program. Up to $3,593.38 annually for the reimbursement of the purchase and installation of collection receptacles
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Awarded January 15, 2026 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN HONOR AND RECOGNITION OF LASHON R. DEFELL, ESQ. FOR HER EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS WHEREAS, Ms. LaShon R. DeFell, Esq. has served Cook County for 24½ years in multiple capacities, beginning her career as a Pharmacy Technician and Chief Union Steward at Provident Hospital from 1993-2007, later returning to serve as Senior Labor Counsel and ultimately rising to Deputy Chief Human Resources Officer/Director of Labor Relations; and WHEREAS, Ms. DeFell earned her Bachelor of Arts in Labor Relations from the National Labor College, a Master of Public Administration in Labor Studies from the University of Baltimore, and a Juris Doctor with a Health Law Certificate from DePaul University College of Law, collectively forming the academic foundation that underpinned her distinguished labor-relations career; and WHEREAS, throughout her tenure, Ms. DeFell distinguished herself through her dual mastery of strategy and execution in managing high-stakes labor negotiations, serving as both Chief Labor Strategist and Chief Labor Spokesperson for Cook County; and WHEREAS, she led the County through numerous crisis negotiations, organizational transitions, and collective-bargaining cycles, securing bipartisan support for labor agreements in 2017 and in subsequent years, all while advancing the County’s mission of public service, fiscal responsibility, and operational stability; and WHEREAS, Ms. DeFell assumed leadership of Cook County Health’s labor relations in 2019, guiding labor strategy for one of the nation’s largest public health systems (and the second largest public health system in Illinois) guiding critical labor strategy during the unprecedented operational and workforce challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic; and WHEREAS, Ms. DeFell brought a rare blend of legal expertise, strategic insight, and lived experience, including her prior certification and work as an NFL Contract Advisor, enhancing her reputation as a principled negotiator, and further advanced the County by developing her LRD360° leadership framework, emphasizing loyalty, respect, and dignity, which has influenced leaders, colleagues, and labor partners across the County and beyond; and WHEREAS, her commitment to public service has left an enduring impact on Cook County government, shaping its labor-relations philosophy, strengthening collaborative structures, and fostering a more stable, equitable, and respectful environment that benefits both the County’s 18,000 unionized employees and its 5.2 million residents; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners wishes to express its profound gratitude for Ms. DeFell’s decades of service, leadership, and integrity, and to honor the lasting legacy she leaves within the County and the broader labor-relations community; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the President and Members of the Cook County Board of Commissioners do hereby honor and celebrate La’Shon R. DeFell for her extraordinary service and extend their best wishes for continued success in her future endeavors; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a suitable copy of this Resolution be presented to Ms. DeFell as a token of appreciation for her exemplary contributions to Cook County and her enduring commitment to public service.
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Awarded November 20, 2025 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION APPROVAL OF AN EXTENSION AGREEMENT EXTENDING THE TERM OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF COOK AND THE COOK COUNTY PHARMACY ASSOCIATION, CHICAGO JOINT BOARD/RETAIL, WHOLESALE AND DEPARTMENT STORE UNION (RWDSU) LOCAL 200, REPRESENTING PHARMACISTS, POST GRADUATE PHARMACIST RESIDENTS AND PHARMACY TECHNICIANS WHEREAS, the Illinois Public Employee Labor Relations Act (5 ILCS 315/1 et seq.) has established regulations regarding collective bargaining with a union; and WHEREAS, the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board/Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), Local 200, representing Pharmacists, Post Graduate Pharmacist Residents and Pharmacy Technicians will expire November 30, 2025; and an Extension Agreement has been entered into between the County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board/Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), Local 200, representing Pharmacists, Post Graduate Pharmacist Residents and Pharmacy Technicians to extend the term of the Collective Bargaining Agreement for the period of December 1, 2025 through November 30, 2027; WHEREAS, salary adjustments and general wage increases are reflected in the salary schedules included in the collective bargaining agreement negotiated between the County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board/Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), Local 200, representing Pharmacists, Post Graduate Pharmacist Residents and Pharmacy Technicians; and The Rates of Pay provision in the extended collective bargaining agreement shall be amended as follows: (a) All employees actively employed on December 1, 2025, shall receive a one-time lump sum payment in the amount of $2,500. (b) Effective the first full pay period on or after December 1, 2025, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 2.0%. (c) Effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2026, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 2.0%. (d) Effective the first full pay period on or after December 1, 2026, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 4.0%. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby approve the terms of the Extension Agreement as negotiated between the County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board/Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), Local 200.
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Awarded November 20, 2025 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION APPROVAL OF AN EXTENSION AGREEMENT EXTENDING THE TERM OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF COOK AND THE COOK COUNTY PHARMACY ASSOCIATION, CHICAGO JOINT BOARD/RETAIL, WHOLESALE AND DEPARTMENT STORE UNION (RWDSU) LOCAL 200, REPRESENTING ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF WHEREAS, the Illinois Public Employee Labor Relations Act (5 ILCS 315/1 et seq.) has established regulations regarding collective bargaining with a union; and WHEREAS, the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board/Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) Local 200, representing Administrative Staff will expire November 30, 2025; and an Extension Agreement has been entered into between the County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board/Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) Local 200, representing Administrative Staff to extend the term of the Collective Bargaining Agreement for the period of December 1, 2025 through November 30, 2027; WHEREAS, salary adjustments and general wage increases are reflected in the salary schedules included in the collective bargaining agreement negotiated between the County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board/Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) Local 200, representing Administrative Staff; and The Rates of Pay provision in the extended collective bargaining agreement shall be amended as follows: (a) All employees actively employed on December 1, 2025, shall receive a one-time lump sum payment in the amount of $2,500. (b) Effective the first full pay period on or after December 1, 2025, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 2.0%. (c) Effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2026, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 2.0%. (d) Effective the first full pay period on or after December 1, 2026, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 4.0%. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby approve the terms of the Extension Agreement as negotiated between the County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board/Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) Local 200.
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Awarded October 23, 2025 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED TRANSFER OF FUNDS Department: Cook County Health and Hospital Services Request: FY25 CCH Transfer of Funds - October Reason: County Care Professional Services/Registry; Pharmaceuticals and Opioid Fund Transfers From Account(s): Department Budget Account - Description Transfer Justification Amount 4890 - Health System Admin 501166 - Planned Salary Adjustment $1,000,000 Surplus in HSA salary accounts 4897 - Stroger Hospital 501166 - Planned Salary Adjustment $10,000,000 Surplus in Stroger salary accounts 4240 - Cermak 501296 - Sal/Wag Of Per Diem Empl $1,000,000 Surplus in Cermak salary accounts 4897 - Stroger Hospital 501296 - Sal/Wag Of Per Diem Empl $3,900,000 Surplus in Stroger salary accounts 4897 - Stroger Hospital 501421 - Sal/Wag Of Empl Per Contract $3,000,000 Surplus in Stroger salary accounts 4897 - Stroger Hospital 501010 - Sal/Wag Of Empl With Benefits $5,600,000 Surplus in Stroger salary accounts 4240 - Cermak 501010 - Sal/Wag Of Empl With Benefits $1,000,000 Surplus in Cermak salary accounts 4896 - CountyCare 521160 - Managed Care Claims $7,500,000 FY26 membership has exceeded budget resulting in increased claims and capitation 11290 - Opioid Fund 530910 - Pharmaceuticals Supplies $16,835 Pharmaceuticals surplus To Account(s): Department Budget Account - Transfer Area of Justification Description Amount Operations 4896 - County Care 520830 - Professional Services $5,000,000 CountyCare FY26 membership has exceeded budget resulting in increased expenses. Budget transfer is needed to cover administrative cost associated with higher membership, such as TPA fees, benefit managers, etc. 4896 - County Care 521120 - Registry Services $2,500,000 CountyCare Budget transfer needed to cover cost associated with care management functions that have required staffing ratios under state contract based on membership. 4240 - Cermak 530910 - Pharmaceuticals Supplies $890,000 Cermak Increase medication cost Pharmacy and specialty medications 4891 - Provident Hospital 530910 - Pharmaceuticals Supplies $1,220,000 Provident Increase in utilization Pharmacy and expense for (17630/17620) contract pharmacy purchases, specialty medication cost, and non formulary medication requests. 4893 - ACHN 530910 - Pharmaceuticals Supplies $600,000 Blue Island Increase in utilization and Pharmacy expense for contract pharmacy purchases, specialty medication cost, and non formulary medication requests. 4897 - Stroger Hospital 530910 - Pharmaceuticals Supplies $22,790,000 Stroger Increase in utilization and Pharmacy expense for contract (17630/17620) pharmacy Central Fill purchases, specialty (17635) medication cost, and non formulary medication requests. 11290 - Opioid Fund 520830 - Professional Services $16,835 The Sanctuary- for Substance Use Disorder and Recovery Support Services will begin in FY25 and continue in FY26 Total Amount of Transfer: $33,016,835 On what date did it become apparent that the receiving account would require an infusion of funds in order to meet current obligations? What was the balance in the account on that date, and what was the balance 30 days prior to that date? See the tables above for justification of transfers How was the account used for the source of transferred funds identified? List any other accounts that were also considered (but not used) as the source of the transferred funds. CCH Budget to Actual & Hyperion reports Identify any projects, purchases, programs, contracts, or other obligations that will be deferred, delayed, or canceled as a result of the reduction in available spending authority that will result in the account that funds are transferred from. None If the answer to the above question is “none” then please explain why this account was originally budgeted in a manner that caused an unobligated surplus to develop at this point in the fiscal year. FY26 membership has exceeded budget resulting in increased expenses. Budget transfer is needed to cover administrative cost associated with higher membership, such as TPA fees, benefit managers, etc. Increase in utilization and expense for contract pharmacy purchases, specialty medication cost, and non formulary medication requests. The Sanctuary-for Substance Use Disorder and Recovery Support Services will begin in FY25 and continue in FY26
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Awarded July 24, 2025 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING HAYMARKET CENTER’S 50 YEARS OF LIVE-SAVING SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER CARE WHEREAS, Haymarket Center is Chicago’s largest and most comprehensive provider of treatment for substance use and mental health disorders in Chicago and serves about 12,000 individuals each year; and WHEREAS, Haymarket Center marks its 50th anniversary this year, having been founded in 1975 by Monsignor Ignatius McDermott, who was well-known as “Father Mac,”; and WHEREAS, Haymarket Center has grown in scope and impact over the last 50 years, including receiving designation as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FHQC) Look-Alike, resulting in comprehensive, culturally competent, high-quality primary health care services; and WHEREAS, Haymarket Center continues to evolve to meet the needs of its patients, including two new work programs with its West Loop Pharmacy and Mac’s Deli, Chicago’s first restaurant staffed by people in recovery, equipping patients with critical work skills needed to re-enter society; and WHEREAS, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), estimated 1.86 million Illinois residents aged 12+ had a substance use disorder in 2023, including 1 million with a drug use disorder and 1.2 million with an alcohol use disorder; and WHEREAS, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, Cook County saw 1,026 confirmed opioid overdose deaths in 2024, 87% of which involved fentanyl. African Americans accounted for 53%, while 31% were white and just under 14% Latino. Twenty-seven percent of the deaths were aged 50-59; and WHEREAS, Haymarket Center clients typically have the fewest resources and the greatest challenges, with 95% earning $10,000 or less annually, 90% unemployed, 90% with criminal backgrounds, 74% with a history of homelessness; 68% with mental illness, 52% engaging in high risk sexual behaviors, 32% uninsured, and 30% without complete secondary education; and WHEREAS, as a National Health Service Corps site, no one at Haymarket Center will be denied access to services due to inability to pay, with access to services available 24/7 with no need to wait for assessment; and WHEREAS, according to an independent evaluation, Haymarket Center’s whole-person approach results in an 87% reduction in alcohol and drug use, a 64% decrease in mental health symptoms, a 92% reduction in high-risk sexual behaviors, a 91% reduction in criminal activity, and a 74% increase in clients employed, earning the center the prestigious recognition for America’s Best Addiction Treatment Centers in 2023 and 2024 from Newsweek and Statista; and WHEREAS, this honorable body wishes to honor the work done by Haymarket Center to save the lives of Cook County residents for 50 years with its essential life-saving treatment for substance use and mental health disorders; and WHEREAS, this honorable body congratulates Haymarket Center on this important milestone and encourages others to support the care provided by Haymarket Center through civic and philanthropic funds; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby take this opportunity to congratulate Haymarket Center on 50 years of life-saving service to our communities; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the Haymarket Center in honor of this historic milestone and as a tribute to its legacy here in Cook County.
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Awarded April 10, 2025 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION HONORING ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY ON THEIR 80TH ANNIVERSARY WHEREAS, eighty years ago, Roosevelt University was founded by a visionary leader and 62 courageous faculty members who boldly challenged the exclusionary norms of higher education in 1945. Refusing to conform to discriminatory practices based on race, religion and gender, they declared, “We don’t count that way.” Today, Roosevelt’s legacy of inclusion and progress is more vital than ever; and WHEREAS, 2025 marks Roosevelt’s 80th anniversary. This milestone honors their founders’ trailblazing spirit and celebrates the things that make them uniquely Roosevelt; and WHEREAS, Roosevelt University’s namesakes are President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt; and WHEREAS, Roosevelt currently serves 4,281 students across four colleges and two campuses in downtown Chicago and suburban Schaumburg: the Chicago College of Performing Arts; the College of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences; the College of Science, Health and Pharmacy; and the Heller College of Business; and WHEREAS, Roosevelt is an active partner in the social, economic and cultural development of the communities it serves, with a designated Hispanic-Serving Institution, as well as a Minority-Serving Institution; and WHEREAS, Roosevelt has nearly 100,000 alumni worldwide; and WHEREAS, Roosevelt University serves a diverse student body. 28.6% of students identify as Hispanic or Latino, while 18.4% identify as Black or African American. 53% of undergraduate students are the first in their family to pursue a college degree, and 71% of undergraduate students qualify for a Pell Grant; and WHEREAS, full-time student enrollment increased 26% from fall 2022 to spring 2025. In fall of 2024, Roosevelt welcomed their largest first-year class in university history - defying national trends of flat enrollment by securing two consecutive years of enrollment growth; and WHEREAS, Roosevelt recently announced their “Roosevelt Pledge,” providing free tuition to new undergraduate Illinois resident students with an annual household income below $50,000; and WHEREAS, Roosevelt continues to make a college degree more accessible for historically marginalized populations - preparing students to become socially conscious citizens who are leaders in their professions and their communities; and WHEREAS, notable alumni include Harold L. Washington, 51st Mayor of Chicago, and Chicago’s first African American Mayor; Dempsey Travis, real estate entrepreneur, activist and author; Bobby L. Rush, former United States Representative for Illinois’ 1st congressional district; Dr. Carla Hayden, 14th Librarian of Congress; and Frank J. Aguilar, Cook County Commissioner; and WHEREAS, investing in Roosevelt students is an investment in Chicago’s communities and families. A college degree can be a pathway to economic mobility - helping break cycles of poverty. Additionally, when one person attains a college degree, it often encourages future generations within that family to do the same. Graduates who return to or remain in their communities then contribute to local economies, improve public health and civic engagement; and WHEREAS, Roosevelt’s student body may continuously be changing; however, their commitment to access has remained constant since 1945; and WHEREAS, the leadership of President Ali R. Malekzadeh, Ph.D., and Chair of the Board of Trustees J.C. Gonzalez-Mendez should be recognized; and WHEREAS, the faculty and staff of Roosevelt University should be recognized; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Roosevelt University has made an indelible and invaluable impact on the students and communities they serve; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Roosevelt University’s commitment to expanding higher education opportunities should be recognized and honored; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners, on behalf of the residents of Cook County, do hereby honor Roosevelt University on their 80th anniversary in April of 2025.
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Awarded April 10, 2025 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT Department: Cook County Sheriff’s Office Other Part(ies): Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization to enter into and execute Seventh Amendment to an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Goods or Services: The Sheriff’s Office seeks to expand and maintain the Prescription Drug Take-Back Program, which pharmaceutical drugs are prevented from entering the Chicago Area Waterway System. Agreement Number(s): N/A Agreement Period: Original Start Date: 1/1/2018 - 12/31/20218. First Renewal Period: 1/1/2019 - 12/31/2019. Second Renewal Period: 1/1/2020 -12/31/2020. Third Renewal Period: 1/1/2021 - 12/31/2021. Fourth Renewal Period: 1/1/2022 - 12/31/2022. Fifth Renewal Period: 1/1/2023 - 12/31/2023. Sixth Renewal Period: 1/1/2024 - 12/31/2024. This Renewal Period: 1/1/2025-12/31/2025. Fiscal Impact: None - Revenue Neutral Accounts: 11277.1210.10150.404065 (Revenue) Summary: Authorization for the County of Cook on behalf of the Sheriff’s Office to enter into and execute a Seventh Amendment to an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, to provide funding to allow agencies to expand participation in the Prescription Drug Take-Back Program as follows: Up to $76,406.62 annually for the personnel and administrative costs associated with operating the program. Up to $3,593.38 annually for the reimbursement of the purchase and installation of collection receptacles
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On agenda January 16, 2025 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A HEARING OF THE HEALTH AND HOSPITALS COMMITTEE TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE FULL SPECTRUM OF MATERNAL HEALTH CARE AND MORBIDITY & MORTALITY RATES IN COOK COUNTY WHEREAS, each year in the U.S., hundreds of women die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth, known as maternal death, at a rate many times greater than in other developed nations; and WHEREAS, maternal death/mortality is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as “the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and the site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management, but not from accidental or incidental causes, and maternal morbidity as “any health condition attributed to and/or complicating pregnancy, and childbirth that has a negative impact on the woman’s well-being and/or functioning”; and WHEREAS, Health and Human Services officials and stakeholders stated that the pandemic worsened factors contributing to maternal health disparities, like access to care, cardiovascular problems and other underlying conditions; and WHEREAS, in 2021, the U.S. had one of the worst rates of maternal mortality in the country's history going back to 1965. 1,205 people died of maternal causes in the U.S. in 2021, which represents a 40% increase from the previous year, and the U.S. rate for 2021 was 32.9 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, which is more than ten times the estimated rates of some other high-income countries, including Australia, Austria, Israel, Japan and Spain which all reported between 2 and 3 deaths per 100,000 in 2020; and WHEREAS, according to the CDC, cardiovascular conditions such as pulmonary embolisms, uncontrolled bleeding and problems emanating from hypertension are the leading cause of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. and sadly most, up to 91%, of maternal deaths due to clinical, system, social, community or patient factors are preventable, as the health-care solutions to prevent or manage complications are well known, and more than half of pregnancy-related deaths occur more than 60 days postpartum; and WHEREAS, the maternal death rate for Black or African American women was 44.0 per 100,000 live births in 2019, then increased to 55.3 in 2020, and 68.9 in 2021. In contrast, White (not Hispanic or Latina) women had death rates of 17.9, 19.1, and 26.1, respectively; and WHEREAS, the maternal death rate for Hispanic or Latina women was lower 12.6 per 100,000 live births compared with White (not Hispanic or Latina) women 17.9 in 2019, but increased significantly during the pandemic in 2020 to 18.2 and in 2021 to 27.5 per 100 live births; and WHEREAS, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the 12-month ending provisional maternal mortality rates by race ending June 2024 are as follows: Hispanic or Latina 13.8 per 100,000 live births, White non-Hispanic 15.3, Asian non-Hispanic 14.6 and Black non-Hispanic 51.2; and WHEREAS, according to the 2023 Illinois Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Report, 43% of women who died while pregnant or within one year of pregnancy died from a cause related to pregnancy, and the leading cause of pregnancy-related death was substance use disorder, which comprised 32% of pregnancy-related deaths and the other 68% most common causes of pregnancy-related death were cardiac and coronary conditions, pre-existing chronic medical conditions, sepsis, mental health conditions, and embolism; and WHEREAS, for mental health conditions and substance use disorders, all racial/ethnic groups had similar pregnancy related mortality ratios, but for medical causes of death, Black women had a pregnancy-related mortality ratio nearly three times that of White women; and WHEREAS, disparities in other adverse maternal outcomes, such as preterm and low birthweight births and severe maternal morbidity, which represents a group of potentially life-threatening unexpected maternal conditions or complications that occur during labor and delivery that may cause long-lasting health problems that extend beyond the pregnancy, persisted for Black or African American women; and WHEREAS, according to the 2022 Illinois Task Force on Infant and Maternal Mortality Among African Americans report, the crisis of non-Hispanic Black/African American infant and maternal mortality and morbidity in states, especially Illinois, mirrors the larger trends seen across the country. Non-Hispanic Black/African American women in Illinois are about three times as likely to experience a pregnancy-related death as White and Hispanic women, and Non-Hispanic Black/African American women also have the highest severe maternal morbidity (SMM) rate at 132.4 per 10,000 live births, more than two times the rate of non-Hispanic White women and significantly higher than Asian and Hispanic women; and WHEREAS, overall, women in Illinois with no prenatal care had a severe maternal morbidity rate that was nearly three times that of women with adequate prenatal care; and WHEREAS, in addition, contraceptive care plays a crucial role in improving maternal health outcomes in the United States by preventing unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), promoting healthy birth spacing, reducing maternal mortality, enhancing access to prenatal care, improving socioeconomic outcomes, and improving health disparities; and WHEREAS, contraceptive care also involves ensuring that individuals have access to a range of contraceptive methods. Some populations, such as those with limited access to the healthcare systems due to geography, income, or fear and distrust in the medical system, experience additional barriers accessing contraceptive care (e.g., transportation, time off of work, and childcare needed for an individual to get to their provider and/or pharmacy to access the contraceptive method of choice), which can significantly impact continuation or appropriate utilization of contraception. Contraceptives are often time-sensitive medications or devices, and, when access is limited, can result in unintended pregnancies; and WHEREAS, ensuring increased access to the contraception method of choice by making all contraceptives available at healthcare facilities the same day, increasing access to pharmacist-prescribed contraception, and increasing use of telemedicine for contraceptive care can help decrease negative maternal health outcomes; and WHEREAS, uterine fibroids are a less discussed but severe maternal morbidity factor. According to the National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation, more than 70% of US women will experience uterine fibroids by 50 years old and they are the most common reason, aside from cancer, that women have their uterus removed through hysterectomy, but for Black women that rate is over 80%. Overall, uterine fibroids become more common, from age 30 to menopause, but Black women develop fibroids at a younger age, have more severe symptoms and develop higher rates of complications; and WHEREAS, Black women deserve access to high-quality and equitable health care for all maternal health needs, including the treatment of uterine fibroids, and an increased focus on education and advocacy on fibroids prevention, symptoms, treatment, and car as well as adequate insurance coverage are necessary to improve this aspect of Black women’s maternal health and fertility; and WHEREAS, although fibroids are benign tumors, negative maternal health outcomes for Black women who experience them, including late detections of diagnoses, increased rates of surgery-related mortality, and increased rates of hysterectomies have persisted, in fact across the U.S., women of African ancestry are more likely to be offered hysterectomy as the only treatment; and WHEREAS, Black women with fibroids of all socioeconomic statuses and education levels suffer from a lack of fibroids relief because of non-comprehensive and costly treatment plans, minimal insurance coverage for scans, and harmful, invasive removals; and WHEREAS, women who undergo infertility treatment, particularly in vitro fertilization (IVF), are at somewhat higher risk of severe maternal morbidity or death. Efforts are needed to identify patient and treatment-specific predictors of severe maternal morbidity that may influence the type of treatment a woman is offered; and WHEREAS, women who conceived by IVF have a greater than two-fold higher risk of severe maternal morbidity and this higher risk is evident across all racial/ethnic groups. However, non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic women who conceived by IVF had a higher risk of uterine rupture/hysterectomy, and Asian women who conceived by IVF had a higher risk of ICU admission; and WHEREAS, over the last two years, Commissioner Miller convened two maternal health public hearings to address this crisis and worked with the leadership at Cook County Health (CCH) to secure $1 million to launch the 1st Doula program at CCH; and WHEREAS, Doula services not only are shown to improve maternal health outcomes, but are a way of reducing costs associated with maternal mortality and morbidity due to less dependence on pain medication; shorter duration of labor, less time in the hospital; fewer operative deliveries, such as C-section episiotomy; higher APGAR (newborn) scores; decreased infant mortality; and decreased maternal mortality; and WHEREAS, Commissioner Miller also sponsored a National Association of Counties (NACo) policy resolution that urges the Federal Government and Congress to assist counties by providing funding for increased doula services and training to ameliorate maternal health outcomes for all women and address racial disparities in maternal health, mortality, and morbidity, which was approved at the annual NACo Conference in July 2024; and WHEREAS, midwives are healthcare providers who are trained to provide obstetric and gynecological services, including primary care, prenatal and obstetric care, and routine gynecological care like annual exams and contraception, also play an important role in maternal health; and WHEREAS, midwives are usually not physicians, but often work alongside obstetricians and gynecologists (Ob/Gyns) in a hospital to ensure you have access to any care needed, and is recommended when pregnancy is low-risk; and WHEREAS, the use of midwives and doulas have been shown to improve birth outcomes. Midwives are an important component of the health care workforce, attending 12% of births in the U.S. in 2021, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report. Midwife-attended births are associated with fewer medical interventions, and there are efforts to grow and diversify the midwifery workforce to help improve maternal health outcome disparities and reduce mortality and morbidity; and WHEREAS, Cook County Health (CCH), the Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) and CountyCare have been actively studying and trying to improve maternal morbidity and mortality rates and the health disparities that contribute to adverse pregnancy outcomes, including the above-mentioned doula care program, which launched January 2025; and WHEREAS, the Health & Hospitals Committee, is the ideal platform to hold the 3rd annual maternal health public hearing to bring together stakeholders from CCH, CCDPH, CountyCare and other healthcare providers and experts to receive an update on the data, and to learn about solutions being implemented to improve maternal morbidity and mortality rates in Cook County as well as discuss the full spectrum of maternal health care; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby request a public hearing of the Health and Hospitals Committee be held to bring together key maternal health stakeholders in order to fully understand the factors leading to high maternal morbidity and mortality rates including but not limited to: access to contraceptives, detection, treatment and management of uterine fibroids, and IVF treatments; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that representatives from Cook County Health, the Cook County Department of Public Health, CountyCare, the Illinois Department of Public Health, outside healthcare providers and any other pertinent stakeholder representatives are requested to appear before the Health & Hospitals Committee and be prepared to give an overview to the committee and answer questions related to maternal health overall as well as disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality rates in Cook County and Illinois; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that each stakeholder be prepared to provide the most up to date data on such rates and the factors that have contributed to them including but not limited to: access to contraceptives, detection, treatment and management of uterine fibroids, and IVF treatments; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that each stakeholder be prepared to provide short and long-term recommendations to prevent pregnancy related deaths and improve maternal morbidity and mortality rates in Cook County and Illinois including updates on programs that have been implemented, such as the CCH Doula Program or should be implemented.
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Awarded November 21, 2024 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION HONORING LAWNDALE CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER ON THEIR 40TH ANNIVERSARY WHEREAS, Lawndale Christian Health Center (LCHC) was founded on September 22, 1984 with a mission to demonstrate and share the love of Jesus by promoting wellness and providing quality, affordable healthcare to the Lawndale and surrounding communities on Chicago’s West Side; and WHEREAS, for forty years, LCHC has been a beacon of hope, compassion, and transformation, addressing critical health disparities and offering a holistic approach to healthcare that uplifts and empowers individuals and families in need; and WHEREAS, Dr. James Brooks, Chief Executive Officer of Lawndale Christian Health Center, has demonstrated outstanding leadership since joining the organization in 2013 and stepping into the CEO role in 2022, overseeing its growth while reinforcing its mission to provide quality, affordable healthcare grounded in the love of Jesus; and WHEREAS, in 2024, Lawndale Christian Health Center celebrates forty years of service, during which it has been blessed to expand with 9 additional sites providing clinical and holistic health care on Chicago's West Side, including Archer, Breakthrough, the Eye Clinic, Farragut Academy, the Health & Fitness Center and Green Tomato Café, Homan Square, The Gallery (Recovery Community and SUD Clinic), the Immediate Care Clinic & Pharmacy, and the Senior Center; and WHEREAS, over the past four decades, LCHC has expanded its services to include primary care, mental health services, dental care, substance abuse treatment, and numerous community wellness programs, remaining true to its mission of serving the most vulnerable populations with dignity and respect; and WHEREAS, in celebrating its 40th anniversary, LCHC implemented the Family Medicine Residency Program, further strengthening the health center’s commitment to training healthcare professionals who are dedicated to serving their communities; and WHEREAS, LCHC has continuously expanded its reach, including through its Mobile Health Team, which has provided vital healthcare services to new shelter sites, ensuring that migrant families seeking asylum receive the care they desperately need; and WHEREAS, over the years, LCHC has experienced remarkable growth, including the hiring of 47 new staff members in Fiscal Year 2023 alone, reflecting the organization’s significant role in local employment and professional development for the community; and WHEREAS, throughout its forty years of service, LCHC has provided life-changing programs such as the Diabetes Prevention Program, which empowers participants to adopt healthier lifestyles and improve their long-term health outcomes; and WHEREAS, LCHC has been at the forefront of addressing urgent public health issues, such as the opioid crisis, providing critical services to those most vulnerable, as evidenced by Dr. Brooks’ personal encounter with the tragedy of an overdose death, which further inspired his resolve and underscored the urgency of LCHC’s work in addressing substance abuse and addiction; and WHEREAS, LCHC continues to nurture its culture of care through initiatives like the Golden Touch Award, which celebrates staff members who exemplify exceptional care and service, creating a supportive and compassionate workplace where employees feel valued and empowered; and WHEREAS, LCHC has remained deeply committed to the spiritual and emotional health of its patients and staff, maintaining strong partnerships with faith-based and community organizations such as Lawndale Christian Community Church, Lawndale Christian Development Corporation, and Lawndale Christian Legal Center, all working to serve the West Side; and WHEREAS, LCHC’s approach to health care incorporates more than just medical services, recognizing the equal importance of emotional, spiritual, and mental well-being. The Center continues to expand services like behavioral health, treatment for opioid use disorder, and weekday programming for seniors. In addition, LCHC operates a fitness center, café, event venues, and an urban farm that invite the entire community to participate in its mission, whether or not they seek medical care; and WHEREAS, to continue its legacy of holistic health and wellness in the community, LCHC is currently building a Teaching Health Center, set to be completed in June 2026. This new facility will feature 35 exam rooms and 35,000 square feet of lecture, education, and clinical space, creating even more opportunities to serve the community for generations to come; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby recognize and celebrate the 40th anniversary of Lawndale Christian Health Center, commending its unwavering dedication to providing quality healthcare, fostering wellness, and promoting equity in the Lawndale community and beyond; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners extends its deepest gratitude to Dr. James Brooks, the leadership team, and the entire staff of LCHC for their tireless efforts and continued service, which have made an extraordinary impact on the health and well-being of Cook County residents for the past 40 years and that Lawndale Christian Health Center receive ceremonial copies of this resolution.
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Awarded July 25, 2024 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO FILE 24-4143 - Issued on 9/16/2024 PROPOSED RESOLUTION COOK COUNTY BIRTHDAY HEALTH SCREENING PROGRAM WHEREAS, lack of access to medicine and health care screenings can negatively impact health outcomes of residents, regardless of socio-economic status, race, age, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship status, and other categorizations; and WHEREAS, since its inception, Cook County’s public health system, including its hospitals, clinics, and myriad of public services, continues to provide medical care to all residents of Cook County, regardless of a resident’s socio-economic status, race, age, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship status, and other categorizations; and WHEREAS, Cook County’s two hospitals, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County and Provident Hospital of Cook County, along with Cook County’s several healthcare clinics, provide more than half the charity care performed in the County. Additionally, Cook County Health, through its hospitals, facilities, and services, provides more charity care than any of the other 70 non-County hospitals throughout Cook County; and WHEREAS, Cook County allocated approximately $4.37B of its total $9.26B FY 2024 budget to public health and health care; and WHEREAS, according to the latest national census data from April 2020 Cook County, Illinois has a population of approximately 5,275,541 residents; and WHEREAS, according to the latest national census data from April 2020 Chicago, Illinois has a population of approximately 2,696,561; and WHEREAS, according to the latest national census data from April 2020, approximately 20.9% of Cook County residents are persons under the age of eighteen (18) years old and16.2% of Cook County residents are sixty-five (65) years old or older; and WHEREAS, according to 2022 data from CCDPH approximately 9.01% of Cook County residents, not living in Chicago, are uninsured. Of the 9.01% reporting as uninsured, approximately, 16,66% identify as Hispanic, 8.5% identify as non-Hispanic Black, 4.75% identified as non-Hispanic White, 7.9% identified as Asian, and 16.39% identified as Native American; and WHEREAS, according to 2022 data from Chicago Department of Public Health approximately 9.75% of Chicago residents are uninsured. Of the 9.75% reporting as uninsured approximately: 53.5% (140,581 residents) identified as Hispanic Chicago residents, 25.5% (67,027 residents) identified as non-Hispanic Black Chicago residents; 13.4% (35,155 residents) identified as non-Hispanic White Chicago residents; 5.5% (14,472 residents) identified as Asian Chicago residents; and 2.1% (5,393 residents) identified as Native American Chicago residents; and WHEREAS, as of 2022, approximately 13.8% of Cook County residents, not living in Chicago, live at or below the federal poverty line; and WHEREAS, approximately 17.06% of Chicago residents live at or below the federal poverty line; and WHEREAS, as of 2022, approximately 10.1% of Chicago residents reported being unemployed. Unemployment defined as the percent of residents sixteen and older in the civilian labor force who are actively seeking employment. Moreover, unemployment is a leading factor to many households and residents’ inability to secure health insurance, afford healthcare, and/or routinely visit a doctor and/or primary care physician; and WHEREAS, according to a 2019 study by the New York University School of Medicine, the City of Chicago has the largest life expectancy gap between its residents depending on where in the City of Chicago they live. Specifically, there is a 30-year gap between the Englewood neighborhood (approximately 60 years) and Chicago’s Gold Cost (approximately 90 years); and WHEREAS, Cook County continues to address and expand access to health care for all Cook County residents. For example, Cook County passed several resolutions furthering its commitment to access to healthcare for residents by passing resolutions, including, but not limited to; Resolution 23-2260 “Calling For A Hearing Of The Health and Hospitals Committee to Examine Maternal Health Morbidity and Mortality Rates in Cook County”, Resolution 22-1703 “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”, Resolution 23-5053 “For Treatment Not Trauma”, and Resolution 23-5456 ”Food is Medicine”; and WHEREAS, second to skin cancer, breast cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer in women and prostate cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer in men; and WHEREAS, expanding access to healthcare through free prostate and/or mammogram health screenings will: 1) promote preventative care throughout Cook County; 2) promote wellness and good health; 3) promote early detection of any underlying health concerns; 4) promote the increased selection of primary care physicians throughout Cook County; and 5) promote increasing the life expectancy of all Cook County residents, especially in communities in Cook County with lower life expectancy rates; and WHEREAS, U.S. Preventive Services Taskforce (USPSTF) makes evidence-based recommendations, and there are other national guidelines and evidenced-based testing that is supported by peer reviewed medical literature about preventive services such as mammogram and prostate screenings in Illinois; and WHEREAS, the State of Illinois has enacted legislation to support the treatment of metastatic cancer and prostate cancer based upon such evidenced-based recommendations; and WHEREAS, the County recognizes that Cook County residents with health insurance, including employer-sponsored, Medicare and Medicaid, are eligible for these and many other annual screenings without cost to them as “preventive services,” which federal law requires to be covered at no cost-sharing to patient-enrollees through their respective health plan coverage; and WHEREAS, insured patients may also seek prostate health screenings and/or mammogram preventative care screenings from Cook County facilities in accordance with their health plan coverage; and WHEREAS, Cook County also wishes to extend such preventative care services at no cost to uninsured patients; and THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, Cook County shall facilitate the free annual prostate health screening and/or mammogram screening program known as the Cook County Birthday Health Screening Program for (1) uninsured patients who choose seek care at Cook County Health during the resident’s respective birthday month provided the resident is able to provide verification of his, her, or their date of birth through means and/or documentation determined acceptable by Cook County Health and the screening meets the definition of a preventative service under the USPSTF, national guidelines, or other such evidenced-based testing that is supported by peer reviewed medical literature; and, (2) insured patients in accordance with their health plan coverage ; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, Cook County, through Cook County Health will develop the program, guidelines, and protocol for executing the Cook County Birthday Health Screening Program, notwithstanding final approval of the proposed guidelines and protocols by the Cook County Board of Commissioners; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, Cook County, through Cook County Health, hereby supports and extends itself and resources to effectively communicate and collaborate with its counterparts across all levels of government, to facilitate effective access to healthcare for all Cook County residents; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the County will send a copy of this resolution, either a physical or electronic version, to all 135 municipalities comprising Cook County, to the Governor of Illinois and the State Legislature, and to the President of the United States and Illinois’ federally elected officials; and BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED: a copy of this Resolution will be filed within the records and archives of Cook County.
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Awarded April 18, 2024 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT Department(s): Risk Management Vendor: Deloitte Consulting LLP, Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute Good(s) or Service(s): Health & Group Benefits Consulting Contract Value: $1,017,565.00 Contract period: 8/1/2024 - 7/31/2027 with two (2) two-year renewals Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2025 $ 359,055.00, FY 2026 $ 322,500.00, FY 2027 $ 336,010.00 Accounts: 11000.1490.13385.520830.00000.00000 Contract Number(s): 2305-09194 Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via: Direct participation and partial MWBE waiver. The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: This contract will allow the Department of Risk Management to receive Health and Group Benefits Consulting Services. The services identified include annual actuarial assessments, procurement support, vendor management, compliance support, communications, and the ability to provide strategic counsel on industry trends such as plan design management and other aspects of employee benefits cost containment. This contract is awarded through a publicly advertised Request for Proposal (RFP) in accordance with Cook County Procurement Code. Deloitte Consulting LLP was selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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Awarded February 29, 2024 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT Department: Cook County Sheriff’s Office Other Part(ies): Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization to enter into and execute Sixth Amendment to an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Goods or Services: The Sheriff’s Office seeks to expand and maintain the Prescription Drug Take-Back Program, which pharmaceutical drugs prevented from entering the Chicago Area Waterway System. Agreement Number(s): N/A Agreement Period: Original Start Date: 1/1/2018 - 12/31/20218. First Renewal Period: 1/1/2019 - 12/31/2019. Second Renewal Period: 1/1/2020 - 12/31/2020. Third Renewal Period: 1/1/2021 - 12/31/2021. Fourth Renewal Period: 1/1/2022 - 12/31/2022. Fifth Renewal Period: 1/1/2023 - 12/31/2023. This Renewal Period: 1/1/2024 - 12/31/2024. Fiscal Impact: None - Revenue Neutral Accounts: 11277.1210.10150.404065, 11277.1210.10150.520675, 11277.1210.10150.580033 Summary: Authorization for the County of Cook on behalf of the Sheriff’s Office to enter into and execute a Sixth Amendment to an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, to provide funding to allow agencies to expand participation in the Prescription Drug Take-Back Program as follows: Up to $76,406.62 annually for the personnel and administrative costs associated with operating the program. Up to $3,593.38 annually for the reimbursement of the purchase and installation of collection receptacles.
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Awarded November 16, 2023 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF LAND RESOLUTION REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE REAL ESTATE FOR USE OF COOK COUNTY HEALTH’S MAIL-ORDER ROBOTIC PHARMACY WHEREAS, Cook County Department of Real Estate Management has been working closely with Cook County Health to locate a suitable property to house its Mail-Order Robotic Pharmacy operation, which offers ease of access, climate control, adequate docking facilities, and ample parking; and WHEREAS, the identified subject property, an approximately 20,250 square foot flex industrial property located at 5325 South 9th Avenue, Countryside, Illinois, meets the needs of programming for the pharmacy’s operations; and WHEREAS, the property will be used by Cook County Health for its Mail-Order Robotic Pharmacy operation, which is being relocated from Stroger Hospital to free up prime clinical space at the hospital; and WHEREAS, the property is conveniently located in the Southwest Suburbs near several expressways and lies within Cook County Commissioner District 17, and is the perfect size for the Robotic operations; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby authorize the County to enter into a purchase and sale agreement to acquire the subject property, and to authorize the following actions: (i) For the Real Estate Director to execute any and all notices; and (ii) For the President or the Real Estate Director to execute any and all documents and instruments and to take such other action as may be necessary to effectuate the purchase of the parcel; and (iii) For the Comptroller to pay the agreed upon purchase price per the purchase and sale agreement as well as any fees/closing costs detailed in said purchase and sale agreement. Fiscal Impact: $2,700,000.00 11569.1031.11190.560305.00000.00000 (Capital Improvement Program)
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On agenda October 19, 2023 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED SECOND SUBSTITUE TO FILE 23-5468 (This substitute replaces all other versions) PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMNET PAID LEAVE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that CHAPTER 42, HUMAN RELATIONS, ARTICLE II, IN GENERAL, DIVISION 1, PAID LEAVE, Section 42-1 through 42-10 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows: DIVISION 1. EARNED SICK PAID LEAVE Sec. 42-1. Short title. This article [division] shall be known and may be cited as the Cook County Earned Sick Paid Leave Ordinance ("Ordinance"). Sec. 42-2. 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: Agency means the Cook County Commission on Human Rights. Construction Industry means any constructing, altering, reconstructing, repairing, rehabilitating, refinishing, refurbishing, remodeling, remediating, renovating, custom fabricating, maintenance, landscaping, improving, wrecking, painting, decorating, demolishing, and adding to or subtracting from any building, structure, highway, roadway, street, bridge, alley, sewer, ditch, sewage disposal plant, water works, parking facility, railroad, excavation or other structure, project, development, real property or improvement, or to do any part thereof, whether or not the performance of the work herein described involves the addition to, or fabrication into, any structure, project, development, real property or improvement, herein described of any material or article of merchandise. Construction shall also include moving construction related materials on the job site to or from the job site snow plowing, snow removal, and refuse collection. or to do any part thereof, whether or not the performance of the work herein described involves the addition to or fabrication into, any structure, project, development, real property, or improvement herein described of any material or article of merchandise. Construction industry also includes moving construction related materials on the job site or to or from the job site, includes snow plowing, snow removal, and refuse collection. Covered Employee means any Employee who, in any particular two-week period, performs at least two hours of work for an Employer while physically present within the geographic boundaries of Cook County. For purposes of this definition, time spent traveling in Cook County that is compensated time, including, but not limited to, deliveries, sales calls, and travel related to other business activity taking place within Cook County, shall constitute work while physically present within the geographic boundaries of Cook County; however, time spent traveling in Cook County that is uncompensated commuting time shall not constitute work while physically present within the geographic boundaries of Cook County. The definition of "Covered Employee" for purposes of this Division does not include any "employee" as defined by Section 1(d) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, 45 U.S.C. § 351(d). Domestic partner means any person who has a registered domestic partnership, or qualifies as a domestic partner under Sections 2-173 and 2-174 of this Code or as a party to a civil union under the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act, 750 ILCS 75/1 et seq., as currently in force and hereafter amended. Domestic Work and Domestic Worker have the same meanings as defined in Section 10 of the Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Act, except that "domestic worker" also includes independent contractors, sole proprietors, and partnerships. Earned Sick Leave means time that is provided by an Employer to a Covered Employee that is eligible to be used for the purposes described in Section 42-3 of this Chapter, and is compensated at the same rate and with the same benefits, including health care benefits, that the Covered Employee regularly earns during hours worked. Employee means an individual permitted to work by an Employer regardless of the number of persons the Employer employs. Employer means: (1) "Employer" means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, or any person or group of persons that gainfully employs at least one Covered Employee with a place of business within Cook County. (2) The term "Employer" does not mean: a. The government of the United States or a corporation wholly owned by the government of the United States; b. An Indian tribe or a corporation wholly owned by an Indian tribe; c. The government of the State or any agency or department thereof; or d. Units of local government. Employee has the same application and meaning as that provided in Sections 1 and 2 of the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act. "Employee" also includes all domestic workers, and, for the purposes of this Division, domestic workers shall not be excluded as employees under the provisions of item (1), (2), or (3) of Section 2 of the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act. "Employee" does not include: (1) an Employee as defined in the federal Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 351 et seq.) (2) a student enrolled in and regularly attending classes in a college or university that is also the student's Employer, and who is employed on a temporary basis at less than full time at the college or university, but this exclusion applies only to work performed for that college or university; or (3) a short-term Employee who is employed by an institution of higher education for less than 2 consecutive calendar quarters during a calendar year and who does not have a reasonable expectation that they will be rehired by the same Employer of the same service in a subsequent calendar year. Employer has the same application and meaning as that provided in Sections 1 and 2 of the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act, except that for purposes of this Act, "Employer" also means the State and units of local government, any political subdivision of the State or units of local government, or any State or local government agency. Employer does not include school districts organized under the School Code or park districts organized under the Park District Code. Family and Medical Leave Act means the United States Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 USC § 2601 et seq. as currently in force and hereafter amended. Family member means a Covered Employee's child, legal guardian or ward, spouse under the laws of any state, domestic partner, parent, spouse or domestic partner's parent, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, or any other individual related by blood or whose close association with the Covered Employee is the equivalent of a family relationship. A child includes not only a biological relationship, but also a relationship resulting from an adoption, step-relationship, and/or foster care relationship, or a child to whom the Covered Employee stands in loco parentis. A parent includes a biological, foster, stepparent or adoptive parent or legal guardian of a Covered Employee, or a person who stood in loco parentis when the Employee was a minor child. Health Care Provider means any person licensed to provide medical or emergency services, including, but not limited to, doctors, nurses, and emergency room personnel. Writing or written means a printed or printable communication in physical or electronic format, including a communication that is transmitted through electronic mail, text message, or a computer system or is otherwise sent or stored electronically. Editor's note(s)-See editor's note to Div. 1. Sec. 42-3. Earned sick Paid leave. (a) General Provisions. Purpose. (1) Any Covered Employee who works at least 80 hours for an Employer within any 120-day period shall be eligible for Earned Sick Leave as provided under this Section. It is in the public policy interest of Cook County to have some paid leave from work to maintain their health and well-being, care for their families, or use for any other reason of their choosing. (2) Unless an applicable collective bargaining agreement provides otherwise, upon a Covered Employee's termination, resignation, retirement or other separating from employment, his or her Employer is not It is the intent of the Cook County Board of Commissioners by enacting this Division: (a) To establish a minimum paid leave standard for all workers in Cook County. (b) To provide employment security and economic security for employees who need to use paid time off from work for any reason. (c) To safeguard the welfare, health, safety, and prosperity of the people of Cook County. (d) To ensure that an Employee not be denied use of leave for noncompliance with leave notification policies if the Employer has not provided a written copy of its notification policy to the Employee. In order to effectuate this intent, the provisions of this Division shall be liberally construed in favor of providing workers with the greatest amount of paid time off from work and employment security. (3) Nothing in this Division shall be construed to discourage Employers from adopting or retaining paid sick leave, paid vacation, paid holidays, or any other paid time off or paid leave policy more generous than policies that comply with the requirements of this Division. Nothing in this Division shall be construed to discourage or prohibit an Employer from allowing the use of paid leave at an earlier date than this Division requires. Unless otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement, nothing in this Division shall be construed to waive or otherwise limit an Employee's right to final compensation for any type of leave promised to be paid under a contract of employment or employment policy and earned by the Employee pursuant to the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act. (b) Accrual of Earned Sick Leave. Provisions of Paid Leave. (1) Earned Sick Leave shall begin to accrue either on the first calendar day after the commencement of a Covered Employee's employment or on the effective date of this Division, whichever is later. (2) For every 40 hours worked after a Covered Employee's Earned Sick Leave begins to accrue, he or she shall accrue one hour of Earned Sick Leave. Earned Sick Leave shall accrue only in hourly increments; there shall be no fractional accruals. (3) A Covered Employee who is exempt from overtime requirements shall be assumed to work 40 hours in each workweek for purposes of Earned Sick Leave accrual, unless his or her normal work week is less than 40 hours, in which case Earned Sick Leave shall accrue based upon that normal work week. (4) For each Covered Employee, there shall be a cap of 40 hours Earned Sick Leave accrued per 12-month period, unless his or her Employer sets a higher limit. The 12-month period for a Covered Employee shall be calculated from the date he or she began to accrue Earned Sick Leave. (5) At the end of a Covered Employee's 12-month accrual period, he or she shall be allowed to carry over to the following 12-month period half of his or her unused accrued Earned Sick Leave, up to a maximum of 20 hours. (6) If an Employer is subject to the Family and Medical Leave Act, each of the Employer's Covered Employees shall be allowed, at the end of his or her 12-month Earned Sick Leave accrual period, to carry over up to 40 hours of his or her unused accrued Earned Sick Leave, in addition to the carryover allowed under subsection 42-3(b)(5), to use exclusively for Family and Medical Leave Act eligible purposes. (7) If an Employer has a policy that grants Covered Employees paid time off in an amount and a manner that meets the requirements for Earned Sick Leave under this Section, the Employer is not required to provide additional paid leave. If such Employer's policy awards the full complement of paid time off immediately upon date of eligibility, rather than using an accrual model, the Employer must award each Covered Employee 40 hours paid time off within one calendar year of his or her date of eligibility. (c) Use of Earned Sick Leave. (1) An Employer shall allow a Covered Employee to begin using Earned Sick Leave no later than on the 180th calendar day following the commencement of his or her employment. A Covered Employee is entitled to use no more than 40 hours of Earned Sick Leave per 12-month period, unless his or her Employer sets a higher limit. The 12-month period for a Covered Employee shall be calculated from the date he or she began to accrue Earned Sick Leave. If a Covered Employee carries over 40 hours of Family and Medical Leave Act leave pursuant to subsection 42-3(b)(6) and uses that leave, he or she is entitled to use no more than an additional 20 hours of accrued Earned Sick Leave in the same 12-month period, unless the Employer sets a higher limit. A Covered Employee shall be allowed to determine how much accrued Earned Sick Leave he or she needs to use, provided that his or her Employer may set a reasonable minimum increment requirement not to exceed four hours per day. (2) A Covered Employee may use Earned Sick Leave when: a. He or she is ill or injured, or for the purpose of receiving medical care, treatment, diagnosis or preventative medical care; b. A member of his or her family is ill or injured, or to care for a family member receiving medical care, treatment, diagnosis or preventative medical care; c. He or she, or a member of his or her family, is the victim of domestic violence, as defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, or is the victim of sexual violence or stalking as defined in Article 11, 12-7.3. 12-7.4. and 12-7.5 of the Illinois Criminal Code of 2012; or d. His or her place of business is closed by order of a public official due to a public health emergency, or he or she needs to care for a child whose school or place of care has been closed by order of a public official due to a public health emergency. For the purposes of this section, "public health emergency" is an event that is defined as such by a Federal, State or Local government, including a school district. (3) An Employer shall not require, as a condition of a Covered Employee taking Earned Sick Leave that he or she search for or find a replacement worker to cover the hours during which he or she is on Earned Sick Leave. (4) If a Covered Employee's need for Earned Sick Leave is reasonably foreseeable, an Employer may require up to seven days' notice before leave is taken. If the need for Earned Sick Leave is not reasonably foreseeable, an Employer may require a Covered Employee to give notice as soon as is practicable on the day the Covered Employee intends to take Earned Sick Leave by notifying the Employer via phone, e-mail, or text message. The Employer may set notification policy if the Employer has notified Covered Employee in writing of such policy and that policy shall not be unreasonably burdensome. For purposes of this subsection, needs that are "reasonably foreseeable" include, but are not limited to prescheduled appointments with health care providers for the Covered Employee or for a family member, and court dates in domestic violence cases. Any notice requirement imposed by an Employer pursuant to this subsection shall be waived in the event a Covered Employee is unable to give notice because he or she is unconscious, or otherwise medically incapacitated. If the leave is one that is covered under the Family and Medical Leave Act, notice shall be in accordance with the Family and Medical Leave Act. (5) Where a Covered Employee is absent for more than three consecutive work days, his or her Employer may require certification that the use of Earned Sick Leave was authorized under subsection 42-3(c)(2). For time used pursuant to subsections (c)(2)(a) or (b), documentation signed by a licensed health care provider shall satisfy this requirement. An Employer shall not require that such documentation specify the nature of the Covered Employee's or the Covered Employee's family member's injury, illness, or condition, except as required by law. For Earned Sick Leave used pursuant to subsection (c)(2)(c) a police report, court document, a signed statement from an attorney, a member of the clergy, or a victim services advocate, or any other evidence that supports the Covered Employee's claim, including a written statement from him or her, or any other person who has knowledge of the circumstances, shall satisfy this requirement. The Covered Employee may choose which document to submit, and no more than one document shall be required if the Earned Sick Leave is related to the same incident of violence or the same perpetrator. The Employer shall not delay the commencement of Earned Sick Leave taken for one of the purposes in subsection 42-3(c)(2) nor delay payment of wages, on the basis that the Employer has not yet received the required certification. (6) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit an Employer from taking disciplinary action, up to and including termination, against a Covered Employee who uses Earned Sick Leave for purposes other than those described in this Section. (7) This Section provides minimum Earned Sick Leave requirements; it shall not be construed to affect the applicability of any other law, regulation, requirement, policy, or standard that provides for greater Earned Sick Leave benefits. (a) An Employee who works in Cook County is entitled to earn and use up to a minimum of 40 hours of paid leave during a 12-month period or a pro rata number of hours of paid leave under the provisions of subsection (b) of this section. The paid leave may be used by the Employee for any purpose as long as the paid leave is taken in accordance with the provisions of this Division. (b) Paid leave under this Division shall accrue at the rate of one hour of paid leave for every 40 hours worked up to a minimum of 40 hours of paid leave or such greater amount if the Employer provides more than 40 hours. Employees who are exempt from the overtime requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. 213(a)(1)) shall be deemed to work 40 hours in each workweek for purposes of paid leave accrual unless their regular workweek is less than 40 hours, in which case paid leave accrues based on that regular workweek. Employees shall determine how much paid leave they need to use; however, Employers may set a reasonable minimum increment for the use of paid leave not to exceed 2 hours per day. If an Employee's scheduled workday is less than 2 hours day, the Employee's scheduled workday shall be used to determine the amount of paid leave. (c) An Employer may make available the minimum number of hours of paid leave, subject to pro rata requirements provided in subsection (b), to an Employee on the first day of employment or the first day of the 12-month period. Employers that provide the minimum number of hours of paid leave to an Employee on the first day of employment or the first day of the 12-month period are not required to carryover paid leave from 12-month period to 12-month period and may require Employees to use all paid leave prior to the end of the benefit period or forfeit the unused paid leave. However, under no circumstances shall an Employee be credited with paid leave that is less than what the Employee would have accrued under subsections (a) and (g) of this Section. (d) The 12-month period may be any consecutive 12-month period designated by the Employer in writing at the time of hire. Changes to the 12-month period may be made by the Employer if notice is given to Employees in writing prior to the change and the change does not reduce the eligible accrual rate and paid leave available to the Employee. If the Employer changes the designated 12-month period, the Employer shall provide the Employee with documentation of the balance of hours worked, paid leave accrued and taken, and the remaining paid leave balance. (e) Paid leave under this Act may be taken by an Employee for any reason of the Employee's choosing. An Employee is not required to provide an Employer a reason for the leave and may not be required to provide documentation or certification as proof or in support of the leave. An Employee may choose whether to use paid leave provided under this Division prior to using any other leave provided by the Employer or State law. (f) Employees shall be paid their hourly rate of pay for paid leave. However, Employees engaged in an occupation in which gratuities or commissions have customarily and usually constituted and have been recognized as part of the remuneration for hire purposes shall be paid by their Employer at least the full minimum wage in the jurisdiction in which they are employed when paid leave is taken. This wage shall be treated as the Employee's regular rate of pay for purposes of this Division. (g) Paid leave under this Division shall begin to accrue at the commencement of employment or on the effective date of this Act, whichever is later. Employees shall be entitled to begin using paid leave 90 days following commencement of their employment or 90 days following the effective date of this Division, whichever is later. (h) Paid leave under this Division shall be provided upon the oral or written request of an Employee in accordance with the Employer's reasonable paid leave policy notification requirements which may include the following: (1) If use of paid leave under this Division is foreseeable, the Employer may require the Employee to provide 7 calendar days' notice before the date the leave is to begin. (2) If paid leave under this Division is not foreseeable, the Employee shall provide such notice as soon as is practicable after the Employee is aware of the necessity of the leave. An Employer that requires notice of paid leave under this Division when the leave is not foreseeable shall provide a written policy that contains procedures for the Employee to provide notice. (3) Employers shall provide Employees with written notice of the paid leave policy notification requirements in this Section in the manner provided in Section 20 for notice and posting and within 5 calendar days of any change to the Employer's reasonable paid leave policy notification requirements. (4) An Employer may not require, as a condition of providing paid leave under this Division, that the Employee search for or find a replacement worker to cover the hours during which the Employee takes paid leave. (i) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this Section, paid leave under this Division shall carry over annually to the extent not used by the Employee, provided that nothing in this Division shall be construed to require an Employer to provide more than 40 hours of paid leave for an Employee in the 12-month period unless the Employer agrees to do so. (j) Nothing in this Section shall be construed as requiring financial or other payment to an Employee from an Employer upon the Employee's termination, resignation, retirement, or other separation from employment for paid leave accrued under this Division that has not been used. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as requiring financial or other reimbursements to an Employee from an Employer for unused paid leave under this Division at the end of the benefit year or any other time. (k) If an Employee is transferred to a separate division, entity, or location, but remains employed by the same Employer, the Employee is entitled to all paid leave accrued at the prior division, entity, or location and is entitled to use all paid leave as provided in this Section. If there is a separation from employment and the Employee is rehired within 12 months of separation by the same Employer, previously accrued paid leave that had not been used by the Employee shall be reinstated. The Employee shall be entitled to use accrued paid leave at the commencement of employment following a separation from employment of 12 months or less. (l) Paid leave under this Division shall not be charged or otherwise credited to an Employee's paid time off bank or Employee account unless the Employer's policy permits such a credit. If the paid leave under this Division is credited to an Employee's paid time off bank or Employee vacation account then any unused paid leave shall be paid to the Employee upon the Employee's termination, resignation, retirement, or other separation to the same extent as vacation time under existing Illinois law or rule. Nothing in this Division shall be construed to waive or otherwise limit an Employee's right to final compensation for promised and earned, but unpaid vacation time or paid time off, as provided under the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act and rules. Employers shall provide Employees with written notice of changes to the Employer's vacation time, paid time off, or other paid leave policies that affect an Employee's right to final compensation for such leave. (m) During any period an Employee takes leave under this Division, the Employer shall maintain coverage for the Employee and any family member under any group health plan for the duration of such leave at no less than the level and conditions of coverage that would have been provided if the Employee had not taken the leave. The Employer shall notify the Employee that the Employee is still responsible for paying the Employee's share of the cost of the health care coverage, if any. (n) An agreement by an Employee to waive the Employee’s rights under this Division is void as against public policy. Editor's note(s)-See editor's note to Div. 1. [Sec. 42-4. Reserved.] Sec. 42-5. Application to collective bargaining agreements. Nothing in this Division shall be deemed to interfere with, impede, or in any way diminish the right of Covered Employees Employees to bargain collectively with their Employers through representatives of their own choosing in order to establish wages or other conditions of work in excess of the applicable minimum standards of the provisions of this Division. The requirements of this Division may be waived in a bona fide collective bargaining agreement, but only if the waiver is set forth explicitly in such agreement in clear and unambiguous terms. Nothing in this Division shall be deemed to affect the validity or change the terms of bona fide collective bargaining agreements in force on the effective date of this effect on January 1, 2024. Division. After that date, requirements of this Division may be waived in a bona fide collective bargaining agreement, but only if the waiver is set forth explicitly in such agreement in clear and unambiguous terms. In no event shall this Division apply to any Covered Employee working in the Construction Industry who is covered by a bona fide collective bargaining agreement. In no event shall this Division apply to any Employee working in the construction industry who is covered by a bona fide collective bargaining agreement. Editor's note(s)-See editor's note to Div. 1. Sec. 42-6. Related Employer responsibilities; Notice and posting. (a) Every Employer shall post in a conspicuous place at each facility where any Covered Employee works that is located within the geographic boundaries of Cook County a notice advising the Covered Employee of his or her Employee rights to Earned Sick Time Paid Leave under this Division. The Agency shall prepare and make available a form notice that satisfies the requirements of this Division. Employers that do not maintain a business facility within the geographic boundaries of the County are exempt from this subsection. (b) Every Employer shall provide to a Covered Employee at the commencement of employment written notice advising the Covered Employee of his or her Employee rights to Earned Sick Time Paid Leave under this Division.. The Agency shall prepare and make available a form notice that satisfies the requirements of this Division. (c) An Employer subject to this Division shall make and preserve records documenting hours worked, paid leave accrued and taken, and remaining paid leave balance for each Employee for a period of not less than 3 years and shall allow the Agency access to such records, at reasonable times during business hours, to monitor compliance with the requirements of this Division. In addition, the records shall be preserved for the duration of any claim pending pursuant to this Division. An Employer that provides paid leave on an accrual basis shall provide notice of the amount of paid leave accrued or used by an Employee upon request by the Employee in accordance with the Employer's reasonable paid leave policy notification provisions. An Employer that fails to comply with this subsection is in violation of the Division and subject to the civil penalties established in Section 42.8. (b) An Employer who provides any type of paid leave policy that satisfies the minimum amount of leave required this Division is not required to modify the policy if the policy offers an Employee the option, at the Employee's discretion, to take paid leave for any reason. Nothing in this Division shall be construed as requiring financial or other reimbursements to an Employee from an Employer for unused paid leave under this Division. Nothing in this Division shall be construed to discourage an Employer from adopting a paid leave policy more generous than the requirements of this Division. (c) For Domestic Workers, if an Employer requires evidence of hours worked for other Employers to confirm that the Domestic Worker has worked or is scheduled to work 8 or more hours in the aggregate for any relevant workweek, a signed statement by the Domestic Worker stating that the Domestic Worker has performed or is scheduled to perform domestic work for 8 or more hours in the aggregate for any relevant workweek shall satisfy any documentation requirements of hours worked under the Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Act and this Act. Such Employer shall not require more than one signed statement in a calendar quarter if the hours the Domestic Worker has performed or is scheduled to perform domestic work have not decreased to less than 8 hours in the aggregate in any relevant workweek in that calendar quarter. An Employer that requires evidence of hours worked must give the Domestic Worker written notice of such request and allow no fewer than 7 days or until the next scheduled workday, whichever is greater, for the domestic worker to comply with the request. The Employer may not deny paid leave pending submission of the signed statement. (d) An Employer shall post and keep posted in a conspicuous place on the premises of the Employer where notices to employees are customarily posted, and include it in a written document, or written employee manual or policy if the Employer has one, a notice, to be prepared by the Agency, summarizing the requirements of this Division and information pertaining to the filing of a charge upon commencement of an Employee's employment or 90 days following the effective date of this Division, whichever is later. If an Employer's workforce is comprised of a significant portion of workers who are not literate in English, the Employer shall notify the Agency and a notice in the appropriate language shall be prepared by the Agency. Employees may also request that the Agency provide a notice in languages other than English, which the Employer must post in accordance with this subsection. An Employer who violates this subsection shall be fined a civil penalty of $500 for the first audit violation and $1,000 for any subsequent audit violation. (e) No Employer shall interfere with, deny, or change an Employee's work days or hours to avoid providing eligible paid leave time to an Employee. Editor's note(s)-See editor's note to Div. 1. Sec. 42-7. Retaliation prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any Employer to discriminate in any manner or take any adverse action against any Covered Employee in retaliation for exercising, or attempting in good faith to exercise, any right under this Division, including, but not limited to, disclosing, reporting, or testifying about any violation of this Division or regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section, prohibited adverse actions include, but are not limited to, unjustified termination, unjustified denial of promotion, unjustified negative evaluations, punitive schedule changes, punitive decreases in the desirability of work assignments, and other acts of harassment shown to be linked to such exercise of rights. An Employer shall not use its absence-control policy to count Earned Sick Paid Leave as an absence that triggers discipline, discharge, demotion, suspension, or any other adverse activity. Editor's note(s)-See editor's note to Div. 1. It is unlawful for any Employer to threaten to take or to take any adverse action against an Employee because the Employee (1) exercises rights or attempts to exercise rights under this Division, (2) opposes practices which the Employee believes to be in violation of this Division, or (3) supports the exercise of rights of another under this Division. It is unlawful for any Employer to consider the use of paid leave by an Employee as a negative factor in any employment action that involves evaluating, promoting, disciplining, or counting paid leave under a no-fault attendance policy. Such retaliation shall subject an Employer to civil penalties pursuant to this Division. An employee who has been unlawfully retaliated against shall also be entitled to recover through a claim filed with the Agency, all legal and equitable relief as may be appropriate. Sec. 42-8. Enforcement and penalties. (a) The Agency shall administer and enforce this Division in accordance with Chapter 42, Article II, Section 42-34 of the Cook County Human Rights Ordinance, except as allowed for in subsection (b) of this Section. The Department shall administer and enforce this Act. (b) If any Employer violates any of the Earned Sick Paid Leave provisions in this Division, the affected Covered Employee may recover in a civil action damages equal to three times the full amount of any unpaid Sick Paid Leave denied or lost by reason of the violation, and the interest on that amount calculated at the prevailing rate, together with costs and such reasonable attorney's fees as the court allows. Such action may be brought without first filing an administrative complaint. The statute of limitations for a civil action brought pursuant to this Division shall be for a period of three years from the date of the last event constituting the alleged violation for which the action is brought. In the alternative, an Employee may file a complaint with the Agency alleging violations of the Division within 3 years after the alleged violation. An Employer that violates this Division is liable to any affected Employee for damages in the form of the actual underpayment, compensatory damages, and a penalty of not less than $500 and no more than $1,000. (c) The Agency has the power to conduct investigations in connection with the administration and enforcement of this Division, including the power to conduct depositions and discovery and to issue subpoenas. If the Agency finds cause to believe that this Division has been violated, the Agency shall proceed with its hearing process. (d) The Agency is also authorized to impose civil penalties for any violation of this Division. An Employer that violates this Division or any rule adopted under this Division may be subject to a civil penalty of $2,500 for each separate offense. An offense means any violation of this Division with the exception of a violation of the notice requirement in Section 42.3 and 42.6 of this Division. (e) The Agency is authorized to collect and supervise the payment of any damages awarded pursuant to this Section. Any sums recovered by the Agency on behalf of an Employee or Employees under this Division shall be paid to the Employee or Employees affected. The Agency is not authorized to collect and supervise the payment of any awarded attorney's fees. Those fees shall be subject to collection by the attorney awarded such fees. (f) The State’s Attorney may bring an action to enforce the collection of any awards made under this Division. (g) The Agency may adopt rules necessary to administer and enforce this Division. Editor's note(s)-See editor's note to Div. 1. Sec. 42-9. Effect of invalidity; severability. If any section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or other portion of this local law is, for any reason, declared unconstitutional or invalid, in whole or in part, by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed severable, and such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this local law, which remaining portions shall continue in full force and effect. Editor's note(s)-See editor's note to Div. 1. Sec. 42-10. Effective date. This Division shall take effect on December 31, 2023. Editor's note(s)-See editor's note to Div. 1. Effective date: This ordinance shall be in effect on December 31, 2023.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded October 19, 2023 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT Department(s): Risk Management Vendor: CaremarkPCS Health, LLC, Northbrook, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute Good(s) or Service(s): Pharmacy Benefits Management Services Contract Value: $356,037,000.00 Contract period: 12/1/2023 - 11/30/2026, with (2) two (2) two-year renewal options Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2023 $118,679,000.00, FY 2024 $118,679,000.00, FY 2025 $118,679,000.00 Accounts: 11250.1021.10155.501715 Contract Number(s): 2205-08290B Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation. The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: This contract will allow Cook County Department of Risk Management to provide Pharmacy Benefits Management Services for all eligible employees. The Department of Risk Management respectfully submits this item requesting authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to award a contract to CaremarkPCS Health, LLC (CVS Health) to provide Prescription Drug Benefits Management Services. The Pharmacy Benefits Manager provides HMO and PPO health plan members access to prescription drugs. This contract is awarded through a publicly advertised Request for Proposals (RFP) in accordance with Cook County Procurement Code. CaremarkPCS Health, LLC, Northbrook, Illinois was selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded October 19, 2023 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT Department(s): Risk Management Vendor: Blue Cross and Blue Shield Of Illinois, A Division Of Health Care Service Corporation, A Mutual Legal Reserve Company, Chicago Illinois Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute Good(s) or Service(s): Employer-Sponsored Medical Benefits Contract Value: $982,888,049.00 Contract period: 12/1/2023 - 11/30/2026, with (2) two (2) two-year renewal options Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2024 $312,621,753.00, FY 2025 $327,266,140.00, FY 2026 $343,000,156.00 Accounts: 11250.1021.10155.501610 Contract Number(s): 2205-08290A Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via Direct Participation. The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: This contract will allow Cook County Department of Risk Management to provide Employer-Sponsored Medical Benefits for all eligible employees. The Department of Risk Management respectfully submits this item requesting authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to award a contract to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) to provide Employer-Sponsored Medical Benefits. Cook County offers HMO and PPO health plan options for all eligible employees. The premium and premium equivalent rates for each health plan offered to County employees are subject to annual review and negotiation based on enrollment and utilization. The Director of Risk Management is authorized to execute annual Benefit Program Applications, Stop Loss Agreements, and HIPAA Plan Sponsor Authorization requests to support the selected HMO and PPO plans. Employees contribute to the plan's cost through payroll deductions, with the balance of the cost covered through annual appropriations. This contract is awarded through a publicly advertised Request for Proposals (RFP) in accordance with Cook County Procurement Code. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, A Division Of Health Care Service Corporation, A Mutual Legal Reserve Company, Chicago Illinois was selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded September 21, 2023 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION APPROVAL OF A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT EXTENDING THE TERM OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF COOK AND THE COOK COUNTY PHARMACY ASSOCIATION, CHICAGO JOINT BOARD/RETAIL, WHOLESALE AND DEPARTMENT STORE UNION (RWDSU) LOCAL 200, REPRESENTING ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF WHEREAS, the Illinois Public Employee Labor Relations Act (5 ILCS 315/1 et seq.) has established regulations regarding collective bargaining with a union; and WHEREAS, the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board/Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) Local 200, representing Administrative Staff will expire November 30, 2024; and a Memorandum of Agreement has been entered into between the County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board/Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) Local 200, representing Administrative Staff to extend the term of the Collective Bargaining Agreement for the period of December 1, 2024 through November 30, 2025; and WHEREAS, salary adjustments and general wage increases are reflected in the salary schedules included in the collective bargaining agreement negotiated between the County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board/Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) Local 200, representing Administrative Staff; and (a) effective the first full pay period on or after December 1, 2021, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 3.50%; and (b) effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2022, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 2.50%; and (c) effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2023, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 2.50%; and (d) effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2024, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 2.00%; and (e) effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2025, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 5.00%; and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby approve the terms of the Memorandum of Agreement as negotiated between the County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board/Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) Local 200.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
On agenda September 21, 2023 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION REQUESTING A HEARING OF THE COOK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR A REPORT ON STAFFING AGENCIES WHEREAS, Cook County Health provides high quality care to more than 500,000 individuals through its health system and health plan; WHEREAS, Cook County Health (CCH) has been utilizing staffing agencies to fulfill vacancies in various fields throughout its system, while being unable to fill permanent employment vacancies; WHEREAS, CCH is spending more than $60 million on the three largest temporary staffing agencies which is an 1,800% increase in temporary staffing contracts from 2018 to 2022; and WHEREAS, this is causing a great expense to fund contracts with staffing agencies; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners are tasked with the financial duty and fiscal responsibility of implementation of programs the Body votes for and requests a report on funding staffing agencies and its implications. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby request a joint hearing of the Health & Hospitals Committee and the Finance Committee to receive an update on Cook County Health’s use of staffing agencies, including: a. The annual accounting of funds spent on staffing agencies since January 2018; b. The percent increase year after year spent on staffing agencies; c. The 1:1 ratio of funding spent on one person contracted through a staffing agency versus the amount of funding spent if that person was hired permanently (accounting for both salary and benefits). Include examples of employees from various sectors of the Cook County Health system; d. The amount of time it takes to hire permanent employees throughout the CCH system; and e. The total amount of funds spent on recruiting and hiring permanent employees. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Executive Director of the Cook County Health system is asked to appear before the Finance Committee and the Health & Hospitals Committee to update the Committees on its use of staffing agencies to fill vacant positions, including the matters discussed above.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded September 21, 2023 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION PROPOSED RESOLUTION FOR TREATMENT NOT TRAUMA WHEREAS, according to Websters Dictionary trauma can be the result of serious bodily injury or an abnormal psychological or behavioral response resulting from severe mental or emotional stress; and WHEREAS, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention maintain that the leading cause of injury related death in the United States is by drug overdose. The majority of overdose deaths involve opioids. Deaths involving synthetic opioids such as illicitly manufactured fentanyl and stimulants such as cocaine and methamphetamine, have increased in recent years. In addition, overdose deaths accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic; and WHEREAS, more than one million people have died since 1999 from a drug overdose. In 2021, 106,699 involved drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States. Prescription and illegal opioids are the main driver of drug overdose deaths. Nearly 88% of opioid-involved overdose deaths involved synthetic opioids. Opioids were involved in 80,411 overdose deaths in 2021 which is 75.4% of all drug overdose deaths; and WHEREAS there has been an increase in behavioral health and substance abuse deaths in Cook County; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed 2,000 opioid overdose deaths for 2022, breaking the previous record of 1,935 set in 2021; and WHEREAS, there were 103 overdose deaths attributed to fentanyl in Cook County in 2015. In 2020 that number increased to 1,533 and in 2022 a record 1,825 deaths were recorded, according to statistics from the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office; and WHEREAS, Fentanyl alone accounted for more than 90% of all opioid-related deaths in Cook County; and WHEREAS, The American Journal of Public Health state that incarceration is one of the primary risk factors for opioid overdose, and within the first two weeks after release, opioid overdose is 40 times higher for those who are incarcerated compared to the general the population; and WHEREAS, research has shown that trauma informed care is a pathway to address not only opioid deaths but reduce recidivism rates for those suffering from addiction after incarceration; and WHEREAS, Cook County has created a special purpose fund for the use of settlement funds associated with the various opioid settlements and pursuant to such settlements, Cook County is required to use such funds in accordance with various approved abatement and remediation efforts provided in the settlement agreements; and WHEREAS, the Department of Budget and Management Services in working with the President’s Office has developed the Opioid Settlement Fund Request Business Case application for various Cook County agencies to request funding from the special purpose fund that satisfy the requirements of the various settlement agreements; and WHEREAS, the Opioid Settlement Fund Request Business Case application takes into consideration a number of factors including but not limited to the timeline for the use of the funds, abatement strategies, expected impact, success measures, approved use compliance and equitable recovery; and WHEREAS, the Opioid Settlement Fund Request Business Care and use of the Opioid Settlement special purpose fund has a treatment over trauma approach. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Cook County through the Department of Budget and Management Services and President’s Office will continue to work in collaboration with Cook County Health, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and other County agencies to identify funding opportunities that focus on trauma informed care; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Cook County Department of Budget and Management will provide a report to the Cook County Board on the programs identified in the FY 2024 proposed budget for use of the opioid settlement special purpose funds; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, to the extent possible, agencies should focus on (1) community-based coalitions to address trauma via stakeholder coordination and targeted local service delivery through the Cook County Health and Cook County Department of Public Health (2) work with marginalized populations to provide education on opioid addiction, issues and solutions (3) support programs that advance treatment initiatives for opioid overdose, and (4) and actively work towards reducing the number of casualties to substance abuse in Cook County. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Cook County will continue to encourage other local, State, and national entities to recognize the need for resources to end the opioid epidemic..
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded September 21, 2023 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION APPROVAL OF A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT EXTENDING THE TERM OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF COOK AND THE COOK COUNTY PHARMACY ASSOCIATION, CHICAGO JOINT BOARD/RETAIL, WHOLESALE AND DEPARTMENT STORE UNION (RWDSU), LOCAL 200, REPRESENTING PHARMACISTS, POST GRADUATE PHARMACIST RESIDENTS AND PHARMACY TECHNICIANS WHEREAS, the Illinois Public Employee Labor Relations Act (5 ILCS 315/1 et seq.) has established regulations regarding collective bargaining with a union; and WHEREAS, the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board/Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), Local 200, representing Pharmacists, Post Graduate Pharmacist Residents and Pharmacy Technicians will expire November 30, 2024; and a Memorandum of Agreement has been entered into between the County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board/Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), Local 200, representing Pharmacists, Post Graduate Pharmacist Residents and Pharmacy Technicians to extend the term of the Collective Bargaining Agreement for the period of December 1, 2024 through November 30, 2025; and WHEREAS, salary adjustments and general wage increases are reflected in the salary schedules included in the collective bargaining agreement negotiated between the County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board/Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), Local 200, representing Pharmacists, Post Graduate Pharmacist Residents and Pharmacy Technicians; and (a) effective the first full pay period on or after December 1, 2021, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 3.50%; and (b) effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2022, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 2.50%; and (c) effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2023, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 2.50%; and (d) effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2024, the pay rates for all job classifications shall b increased by 2.00%; and (e) effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2025, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 5.00%; and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby approve the terms of the Memorandum of Agreement as negotiated between the County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board/Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), Local 200.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded September 21, 2023 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT (TECHNOLOGY) Department(s): Bureau of Technology Vendor: TTEC Digital, LLC., Greenwood Village, Colorado Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend and increase contract Good(s) or Service(s): services for development and support of the County’s enterprise-wide Interactive Voice Response System (IVR). Original Contract Period: 12/4/2013 - 12/3/2019, with two (2), two (2) year renewal options Proposed Amendment Type: Extension and Increase Proposed Contract Period:Extension period 12/4/2023 - 12/3/2026 Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $6,918,417.18 Original Approval (Board or Procurement):Board, 12/4/2013, $4,193,835.79 Increase Requested: $3,985,792.20 Previous Board Increase(s): 9/14/2016, $189,941.40; 6/28/2017, $283,817.60; 2/21/2019, $1,289,878.60; 11/4/2021, $960,997.79 Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s): N/A Previous Board Renewals: 2/21/2019, (12/4/2019-12/3/2021); 11/4/2021, (12/4/2021 - 12/3/2023) Previous Chief Procurement Officer Renewals: N/A Previous Board Extension(s): N/A Previous Chief Procurement Officer Extension(s): N/A Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2024 $3,003,534; FY 2025 $480,379; FY 2026 $501,880 Accounts: 11100-1499-10155-540137 (for maintenance, hosting and software subscriptions), FY2024 CEP Request (Pro Services) Contract Number(s): 13-18-078 Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via: Direct participation and partial MWBE waiver. The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. TECHNOLOGY: N/A Summary: The Countywide IVR provides vital functions for citizens such as reporting for jury duty; court date reminders; refilling prescriptions; doctor appointment reminders; Property PIN lookups, Property tax sale information and elections polling place locations. These interfaces have been custom developed between the IVR vendor and the application owners, such as the Property Systems, Court Case systems, Elections systems, Pharmacy RX systems, etc. In addition, maintenance and technical support services is required during the additional three- year renewal period. The services provided through this agreement will support Bureau of Technology’s (“BOT”) ability to provide one Common Platform shared by all elected officials. MBE/WBE participation will be handled by Clarity Partners, 14.5% This contract was awarded through Request for Proposals (RFP) procedures in accordance with Cook County Procurement Code. Vendor was selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded September 21, 2023 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION REMEMBERING AND HONORING THE LIFE OF DR. ROBERT ANDREW JORDAN, MD WHEREAS, Almighty God in His infinite wisdom called from our midst Dr. Robert Andrew Jordan on Friday, August 11, 2023, at the age of 81; and WHEREAS, Robert Andrew Jordan was born in Laurel, Mississippi, January 30, 1942, to parents Eddie Lee and Pauline Jordan. Robert was the oldest of his six siblings: Carrie, Paula, Fredrick “Freddie/Fred,” Conneleta “Diane,” and Deborah “Goobs”; and WHEREAS, after losing his younger sister Diane at the tender age of nine to asthma; Bobby was determined to become a doctor to save the lives of not only asthmatic children but all ailing children; and WHEREAS, his family moved from Mississippi to Chicago in the mid-1950’s when Robert was in his early teens, and one of his first jobs was as a helper in the office of a Black physician. He was smart and hard-working, but his dream of going to medical school seemed financially out of reach; and WHEREAS, Robert attended Hyde Park High School on Chicago’s southside, where he met his wife, Jeanette Bass, who would soon become the one love of his life. They were married on July 29,1962, after high school. They enjoyed 61 years of covenant marriage. Robert and Jeanette accepted Christ as their savior, both at a very young age and raised their family in church; and WHEREAS, Robert worked at the U.S. Post Office for 10 years prior to pursuing his admission to medical school. Robert completed Loop City College and went on to graduate from the University of Illinois, Chicago. He scored highly on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) and enrolled at Rush Medical College in 1972 and received his Medical Degree in 1976.; and WHEREAS, in 1979, Dr. Robert A. Jordan would not only become Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital’s first Black Chief Resident of Pediatrics, but the first Black Physician ever named as Chief Resident in the history of the medical school. Dr. Jordan’s calling was always to provide children and families access to comprehensive healthcare no matter the health plan. He was trained to meet the unique needs of children, through all their developmental stages; and WHEREAS, he practiced medicine a little over three (3) decades on Chicago’s south side at Altgeld Gardens, Michael Reese Health Plan (95th Street), Roseland, Homewood, Olympia Fields, and Chicago Heights. No visit to Dr. Jordan was routine in nature as the child and the parents received important care and information they needed. He spent time with his patients getting to know their medical and sometimes life needs. He could be counted on to show up at the hospital day or night; and WHEREAS, Dr. Jordan was affiliated with multiple hospitals and served as a medical director of three nursing homes. He gave back to medical students, physician assistants and medical assistants by allowing them to complete preceptorships in his busy offices. Dr. Jordan also gave back to his community in many ways. On February 4, 1992, along with his beautiful wife, he established Far South Side Community Health Center, a nonprofit organization that provided annual school physicals and immunizations to school age children to ensure they started the school year on time. Additionally, Dr. Jordan served as the summer camp physician for the Sickle Cell Disease Association of Illinois (SCDAI) for over 15 years; and WHEREAS, Dr. Jordan loved the Lord and served as a deacon at St. John M.B. Church for many years. He was later installed as an elder at Pullman Presbyterian Church and Journey to the Cross Ministries; and WHEREAS, Dr. Jordan is survived by his dedicated wife Pastor Jeanette, and their loving children Bryan Jordan (Tishia), Elder Allison Jordan Jackson (Rael), Christa Jordan Mitchem, Drew Pittman (Ralph), Edilah Jordan, and Jeremiah Fritzgerald; Their loving grandchildren Brytish, Bryan II, Jordan, Zion, Zoe, Josiah, Machai, and Aniya; His siblings: Paula, Fred and Deborah Fountain (Phillip); His nephews: Rickson, John, Fred II, Corichey, Hansel, Karl, and Joshua; His godson Kenton Rainey and great nieces Tracey, Jylen and Genesis; and WHEREAS, he was preceded in death by his parents Eddie Lee and Pauline and sisters Diane and Carrie and his son-in-law Jeffrey Mitchem; and WHEREAS, we know and are comforted by the fact that Robert was loved by a host of friends, relatives and patients; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the President, Commissioner Donna Miller and Members of the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby offer its deepest condolences and heartfelt sympathy to the family and loved ones of Dr. Robert Andrew Jordan; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, this text be spread upon the official proceedings of this Honorable Body and a suitable copy be presented to the family of Dr. Robert Andrew Jordan so that his memory may be so honored and ever cherished.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded June 29, 2023 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION COOK COUNTY HONORED WITH RECORD 36 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS WHEREAS, cook County was recently honored with 36 Achievement Awards from the National Association of Counties (NACo); and WHEREAS, the awards honor innovative, effective county government programs that strengthen services for residents; and WHEREAS, the recognition of so many essential programs and initiatives spearheaded by the County is admirable; and WHEREAS, this level of excellence doesn’t happen in a vacuum, and all County employees are dedicated and collaborate in launching these critical programs for residents; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Office of the President won for its Equity Fund program that invests in specific ways to intentionally re-align government policies, practices and resource allocation to advance racial equity and ensure all Cook County residents can live healthy, prosperous lives; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development (BED) was recognized for the Manufacturing Reinvented program that helps manufacturers improve competitiveness as they continue to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic; and WHEREAS, BED also led the Small Business Source program that received recognition; and WHEREAS, BED was also recognized for its Emergency Rental Assistance Program and coordinated with the state and city to address housing instability throughout the County; and WHEREAS, subsequently, BED also established a unique court-based program that positions case managers in the courts to directly support eviction applicants; and WHEREAS, the Bureau of Economic Development greatly appreciates this recognition for the quality and innovation of our programs designed to ensure the well-being of residents and the recovery of the local economy; and WHEREAS, the Assessor’s Office was recognized for the Property Tax Simulator, or PTAXSIM: a software code package implemented in the coding language R, designed to recalculate changes to property tax bills; and WHERAS, the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County (CCC) was recognized for developing a proprietary COVID-19 Attestation Management System (CAMS) to control and prevent the spread of COVID-19 infections in the court system during an unprecedented pandemic; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office was recognized for the Vehicle Light Replacement Program designed to assist residents of Cook County who need automotive light repair yet cannot afford it; and WHEREAS, the Bureau of Finance was recognized for the Property Tax Bridge Funding Program to provide streamlined and transparent access to no-interest loans; and WHEREAS, the Bureau of Technology was recognized for the Everyone Counts application which allows users to explore demographic changes within their communities across specific timeframes; and WHEREAS, the Bureau of Asset Management was recognized for the Facilities Management Engineer Trainee Program to train selected candidates in real-life operational and stationary engineering, with an emphasis on equity and inclusion among the trainees; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Forest Preserves was recognized for forming the Racial, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee (REDI), a group of employees empowered to focus on analyzing and understanding internal agency challenges and barriers to implement solutions based on racial equity; and WHEREAS, the Bureau of Human Resources was recognized for being an Employer of Choice through innovative strategic sourcing, recruitment branding and marketing efforts, and best practice approaches to recruitment operations and employee retention; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Department of Emergency Management and Regional Security (EMRS) was recognized for launching a community preparedness program in an effort to build systems that serve the emergency preparedness needs of Cook County residents; and WHEREAS, Cook County Health (CCH) won an achievement award for its work providing health care to asylum seekers arriving in Chicago; and with less than twenty-four hours’ notice, CCH established a Refugee Health Center that offered medical, dental, behavioral health, a pharmacy, transportation, care coordination and social services to asylum seekers; and WHEREAS, this center is still in operation and has provided health care to nearly 8,000 patients since it was launched; and WHEREAS, caring for asylum seekers is at the heart of what Cook County Health does and has done to set up and run this clinic, which helps ensure that these men, women and children have access to compassionate and culturally competent care as they begin their new chapter in the U.S.; and WHEREAS, awards are given in 18 categories that reflect the vast, comprehensive services counties provide; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Toni Preckwinkle, President, and Members of the Cook County Board Cook County Board of Commissioners do hereby extend their congratulations for Cook County being honored with record 36 National Association of Counties Achievement Awards; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this text be spread upon the official proceedings of this Honorable Body, and a suitable copy of same be tendered to the State of Illinois.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded April 27, 2023 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED GRANT AWARD AMENDMENT Department: Bureau of Economic Development Grantee: Office of Economic Development Grantor: State of Illinois, Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Request: Authorization to increase grant by $325,000.00. Purpose: Cook County will continue to serve as a “Hub” under the 2023 State of Illinois DCEO Small Business Community Navigator Program and engage organizations in the County’s small business network to serve as “Spokes” and provide direct assistance to small businesses that wish to apply to the new upcoming programs in 2023: Restaurant Employment and Stabilization Grant, Hotel Jobs Recovery Grant and the Illinois Creative Recovery Grant Supplemental Grant Amount: $325,000.00 Grant Period: Original: 7/1/2021 - 12/31/2022 Extension Period: 1/1/2023 - 6/30/2023 Fiscal Impact: $308,054.00 is a pass-through and $16,946.00 (salary and fringe) supports BED’s staff time dedicated to the grant for the period of 3/1/2023 - 6/30/2023 Accounts: Fund Office Program Object Account Description 11900 1027 54195 501010 Sal/Wages of Reg Employees 11900 1027 54195 501279 Pension 11900 1027 54195 501511 Mandatory Medicare Cost 11900 1027 54195 501541 Workers' Compensation 11900 1027 54195 501590 Group Life Insurance 11900 1027 54195 501610 Group Health Insurance 11900 1027 54195 501640 Group Dental Insurance 11900 1027 54195 501660 Unemployment Compensation 11900 1027 54195 501690 Vision Care 11900 1027 54195 501715 Group Pharmacy Insurance 11900 1027 54195 520830 Professional Services. Date of Previous Board Authorization for Grant: 7/29/2021 Previous Grant Amount: $744,600.00 Concurrences: The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any. Summary: Cook County will continue to serve as a “Hub” under the 2023 State of Illinois DCEO Small Business Community Navigator Program and engage business support organizations in the County’s small business network to serve as “Spokes” and provide direct assistance to small businesses that wish to apply to the new upcoming grant programs planned by the State of Illinois 2023; Restaurant Employment and Stabilization Grant, Hotel Jobs Recovery Grant and the Illinois Creative Recovery Grant The reason for the amendment is that the State has extended the program and plans to launch three additional small business grant programs and will utilize the Hub and Spoke network of organizations that it created in 2021 and 2022 for the Back2Business program. The additional funds will support program coordination, marketing, BED staff time and the following 10 Spokes: Chicago Urban League, Illinois Restaurant Association, Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce, Far South Community Development Corporation, Greenwood Archer Capital, Ignite Technology and Innovation, Schaumburg Business Association, South East Chicago Commission, South Shore Chamber of Commerce and West Suburban Chamber of Commerce & Industry
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded March 16, 2023 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION ENCOURING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE, MEDICAID, AND EDUCATION WHEREAS, millions of Americans rely on the federal government’s programs, including Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and funding for education; and WHEREAS, Social Security is crucial for keeping millions of older Americans out of poverty; and WHEREAS, Social Security benefits have important implications for the health and well-being of the elderly, and reductions in funding would lead to negative health outcomes for elderly adults; and WHEREAS, without Social Security, 37.8% of elderly adults would have incomes below the official poverty line. With Social Security benefits, only 9% are currently below the poverty line; and WHEREAS, about 6.5 million children under the age of 18 live in families that received income from Social Security in 2020, and these benefits lift approximately 1 million children above the poverty line; and WHEREAS, Medicaid covers 91 million Americans, making it the largest source of health care coverage in the United States; and WHEREAS, Medicaid covers 42% of all births, 6.9 million individuals aged 65 and over, and 10 million individuals with disabilities; and WHEREAS, Medicaid pays for 10% of long-term care; and WHEREAS, Medicaid coverage is linked directly to better health outcomes. Coverage in early life is associated with a decreased incidence of chronic conditions; and WHEREAS, Medicaid beneficiaries are 13% less likely to have medical debt and 80% less likely to have experienced catastrophic medical expenses; and WHEREAS, there have been discussions of raising the retirement age of Medicare from 65 to 67, re-opening the Medicare prescription drug donut hole, and increasing out of pocket drug spending for seniors, which would have a devasting effect on those that receive these benefits; and WHEREAS, funding for education directly impacts student achievement and academic performance; and WHEREAS, a 10% cut in education spending yielded a 7% of standard deviation decrease in academic achievement and, over four years, decreased graduation rates by almost 3%; and WHEREAS, on average, a $1,000 reduction in per-pupil spending reduces average test scores in math and reading by 3.9% and lowers the college-going rate by almost 3%; and WHEREAS, education funding also directly affects staff, and a $1,000 decline in spending per pupil is associated with a hiring 3.7% fewer teachers, 5.3% fewer instruction aides, 3.3% fewer library staff members, and 12% fewer guidance counselors; and WHEREAS, a $1,000 reduction in per-pupil spending, on average, increases the score gap between black and white students by about 6%; and THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the Cook County Board of Commissioners do hereby encourage the Illinois Congressional delegation to reject any cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and education; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that suitable copies of this resolution be presented to Illinois’ Congressional delegation, the House Speaker and Minority Leader, the Senate Majority Leader and Minority Leader, and the White House.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded March 16, 2023 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION APPROVAL OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT INCLUDING AN ECONOMIC PACKAGE (WAGE INCREASES AND HEALTHCARE) BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF COOK AND THE COOK COUNTY PHARMACY ASSOCIATION, CHICAGO JOINT BOARD/RETAIL, WHOLESALE AND DEPARTMENT STORE UNION (RWDSU), LOCAL 200, REPRESENTING PHARMACISTS, POST GRADUATE PHARMACIST RESIDENTS AND PHARMACY TECHNICIANS WHEREAS, the Illinois Public Employee Labor Relations Act (5 ILCS 315/1 et seq.) has established regulations regarding collective bargaining with a union; and WHEREAS, a collective bargaining agreement for the period of December 1, 2020, through November 30, 2024, has been negotiated between the County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board/Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) Local 200, representing Pharmacists, Post Graduate Pharmacist Residents and Pharmacy Technicians; and WHEREAS, salary adjustments and general wage increases are reflected in the salary schedules included in the collective bargaining agreement negotiated between County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board/Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) Local 200, representing Pharmacists, Post Graduate Pharmacist Residents and Pharmacy Technicians; and (a) effective upon ratification of the collective bargaining agreement by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, all bargaining unit members in active status shall receive a one-time $2,000 payment; and (b) effective upon ratification of the collective bargaining agreement by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, all bargaining unit members in active status shall receive a one-time $1,000 payment for pandemic pay; and (c) effective upon ratification of the collective bargaining agreement by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, all bargaining unit members in active status shall receive a one-time $1,000 bonus payment for healthcare; and (d) effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2021, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 1.50%; and (e) effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2022, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 2.50%; and (f) effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2023, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 2.50%; and (g) effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2024, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 2.00%; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Healthcare Plan (Appendix C) shall be revised as follows: Item Upon ratification by County Board HMO Health Insurance Current 12/1/2022 12/1/2023 Employee Only 1.50% 1.75% 2.25% Employee + Spouse 2.00% 2.50% 3.25% Employee + Child(ren) 1.75% 2.25% 2.75% Employee + Family 2.25% 3.00% 4.00% PPO Health Insurance Current 12/1/2022 12/1/2023 Employee Only 2.50% 2.75% 3.25% Employee + Spouse 3.00% 3.50% 4.25% Employee + Child(ren) 2.75% 3.25% 3.75% Employee + Family 3.25% 4.00% 5.00% Emergency Room Copay Increased to $100.00, effective December 1, 2022. Out of Pocket Current: $1,600/$3,200 (single/family; in network) Maximum (PPO) $3,200/$6,400 (single/family; out of network) 12/1/2022: $2,000/$4,000 (single/family; in network) $4,000/$8,000 (single/family; out of network) NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby approve the collective bargaining agreement as provided by the Bureau of Human Resources.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded January 26, 2023 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT Department: Cook County Sheriff’s Office Other Part(ies): Sheriff of Kendall County, Yorkville, Illinois Request: Authorization to enter into and execute Third Amendment to an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and the County of Kendall, on behalf of the Sheriff of Kendall County Goods or Services: The Sheriff of Kendall County provides boarding and lodging to individuals in custody from the Cook County Department of Corrections at a rate of $75.00 per day, plus medical expenses. Agreement Number(s): N/A Agreement Period: Original Start Date: 9/14/2016-9/15/2018. First Renewal Period: 9/16/2018-9/15/2020. Second Renewal Period: 9/16/2020-9/15/2022. This Renewal Period: 9/16/2022-9/15/2024. Fiscal Impact: FY2023: $485,000; FY2024: $485,000 Accounts: 11100.1239.16875.520330- Lodging for Non-Employees Summary: Authorization for the County of Cook on behalf of the Sheriff’s Office to enter into and execute a Third Amendment to an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Sheriff of Cook County and the Sheriff of Kendall County to provide boarding and lodging to individuals in custody from the Cook County Department of Corrections at a rate of $75.00 per day, per individual in custody and payment of each sum in a total shall be made monthly by Cook County. Also Cook County shall be responsible for costs associated with “hospitalizations (and) non-routine medical and dental care, including prescriptions” for which Kendall County has incurred non-routine costs. Cook County shall satisfy medical services costs incurred pursuant to this IGA from the County Jail Medical Costs Fund established under Section 46-3 of the Cook County Code.
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Awarded January 26, 2023 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT Department: Cook County Sheriff’s Office Other Part(ies): Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization to enter into and execute Fifth Amendment to an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. Goods or Services: The Sheriff’s Office seeks to expand and maintain the Prescription Drug Take-Back Program, which pharmaceutical drugs are collected and disposed of through environmentally sound methods to maximize the volume of pharmaceutical drugs prevented from entering the Chicago Area Waterway System. Agreement Number(s): N/A Agreement Period: Original Start Date: 1/1/2018 - 12/31/2018. First Renewal Period: 1/1/20219 -12/31/2019. Second Renewal Period: 1/1/2020-12/31/2020. Third Renewal Period: 1/1/2021-12/31/2021. Fourth Renewal Period: 1/1/2022-12/31/2022. This Renewal Period: 1/1/2023-12/31/2023. Fiscal Impact: None-Revenue Neutral Accounts: 11277.1210.10150.404065 Summary: Authorization for the County of Cook on behalf of the Sheriff’s Office to enter into and execute a Fifth Amendment to an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, to provide funding to allow agencies to expand participation in the Prescription Drug Take-Back Program as follows: Up to $76,406.62 annually for the personnel and administrative costs associated with operating the program. Up to $3,593.38 annually for the reimbursement of the purchase and installation of collection receptacles.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
On agenda December 15, 2022 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION RESOLUTION REQUESTING A HEARING OF THE HEALTH AND HOSPITALS COMMITTEE FOR A REPORT FROM THE SENIOR STAFF OF COOK COUNTY HEALTH & HOSPITAL SYSTEM WHEREAS, the Cook County Health and Hospital System (CCHHS) is the largest provider of healthcare services in Cook County; and WHEREAS, the County through CountyCare, a no-cost Illinois Medicaid managed care health plan, provides health insurance to thousands of Cook County residents; and WHEREAS, the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners, in recommending and approving the annual appropriation bill, has invested in many programs to protect the health and well-being of persons in Cook County; and WHEREAS, on June 1, 2010, the Cook County Board of Commissioners voted to make permanent the independent Board of Directors overseeing the Cook County Health and Hospitals System; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners retains oversight authority over the hospital system through passage of the budget for CCHHS, as well as appointment authority over directors appointed to the Board of Directors. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby request that a meeting of the Health and Hospitals Committee be convened to discuss the operations of the Cook County Health and Hospital System. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the senior staff of the Cook County Health and Hospital System appear before the Committee and be prepared to update the Committee on the CCHHS’s services and operations.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded October 20, 2022 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT Department(s): Risk Management Vendor: Rising Medical Solutions, Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew, and increase contract Good(s) or Service(s): Workers’ Compensation Administration Services Original Contract Period: 1/1/2020 - 12/31/2022,with two (2), one (1) year renewal options Proposed Amendment Type: Renewal and Increase Proposed Contract Period: Renewal period 1/1/2023 - 12/31/2024 Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $7,950,000.00 Original Approval (Board or Procurement): Board, 10/24/2019, $7,950,000.00 Increase Requested: $5,300,000.00 Previous Board Increase(s): N/A Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s): N/A Previous Board Renewals: N/A Previous Chief Procurement Officer Renewals: N/A Previous Board Extension(s): N/A Previous Chief Procurement Officer Extension(s): N/A Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2023 $2,650,000.00, FY 2024 $2,650,000.00 Accounts: 11250.1021.10155.580110 Contract Number(s): 1944-17617 Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: The Department of Risk Management respectfully submits this item requesting authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract # 1944-17617 with Rising Medical Solutions (Rising). Rising provides Workers’ Compensation Administration Services, and the proposed second amendment would allow for the continuation of services through the end of the optional two-year renewal period. Depending on the nature and complexity of a given claim, Workers' Compensation Adjusters and the Office of the State Attorney require access to a variety of services. Within this contract, Rising makes available services including Medical Bill Review/Repricing Services, Utilization Review, Case Management Services, Independent Medical Examinations, Recorded Statements and Surveillance, Durable Medical Equipment, Pharmacy Benefit Manager, and Vocational Rehabilitation Placement Service. This contract is awarded through Request for Proposals (RFP) procedures in accordance with Cook County Procurement Code. Rising Medical Solutions was selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded October 20, 2022 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED GRANT AWARD Department: Bureau of Economic Development Grantee: Cook County Bureau of Economic Development Grantor: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois Request: Authorization to accept grant Purpose: To drive resiliency and productivity in the casting and forging industry via a platform of comprehensive solutions; including innovative manufacturing technologies and state of the art workforce training modules targeting historically excluded populations. The IL Defense Manufacturing Consortium will leverage regional strengths in casting, forging and energy storage with solutions designed to ensure a more productive, innovative, and inclusive industry; one which is better able to address Department of Defense needs. Grant Amount: $675,000.00 Grant Period: 9/1/2022 - 6/30/2027 Fiscal Impact: In-kind amount annually over five (5) years - $112,917.00 annually for years 1 & 2 and $111,917.00 for years 3,4 and 5 Accounts: In-kind budget: 11900.1027.XXXXX.501010 - Sal/Wages of Reg Employees - Budget Entry 11900.1027.XXXXX.501610 - Group Health Insurance- Budget Entry 11900.1027.XXXXX.501715 - Group Pharmacy Insurance- Budget Entry 11900.1027.XXXXX.501640 - Group Dental Insurance- Budget Entry 11900.1027.XXXXX.501690 - Vision Care- Budget Entry 11900.1027.XXXXX.501279 - Pension- Budget Entry 11900.1027.XXXXX.501511 - Mandatory Medicare Cost - Budget Entry 11900.1027.XXXXX.501590 - Group Life Insurance- Budget Entry 11900.1027.XXXXX.501541 - Workers' Compensation - Budget Entry 11900.1027.XXXXX.501660 - Unemployment Compensation- Budget Entry 11900.1027.XXXXX.580170 - Grant Disbursements - Budget Entry Concurrences: The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any. Summary: The Illinois Defense Manufacturing Consortium; comprised of the Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement at the University of Illinois Chicago, the Chicago Metro Metals Consortium (a unit of Cook County’s Bureau of Economic Development), the Greater Peoria Economic Development Council, the Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center, the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce and the Rockford Area Economic Development Council, has been selected by the Department of Defense as a 2022 Defense Manufacturing Community and $5 million grant recipient through the US Department of Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program. The Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program was authorized under Section 846 of the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, which enabled the Secretary of Defense to establish a program to designate and support consortiums as defense manufacturing communities to strengthen the national security industrial base. With this designation and funding, The Illinois Defense Manufacturing Consortium (ILDMC) proposes to launch a Casting, Forging, and Energy Storage Center of Excellence to address national security priorities through a platform which will introduce new offerings, comprehensive solutions, innovative manufacturing technologies, and state of the art workforce training modules targeting underrepresented populations. .
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded October 20, 2022 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION PROPOSED RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING COUNTYCARE’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY WHEREAS, Cook County Health (CCH) has a nearly 200 year history of caring for all residents of Cook County, regardless of ability to pay; and WHEREAS, CCH is a staunch advocate of health equity and is committed to furthering programs and services that ensure health care coverage and access for all; and WHEREAS, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 allowed for the expansion of Medicaid eligibility to low-income adults, along with several other important health care regulations and policies; and WHEREAS, on October 26, 2012, the State of Illinois and County of Cook earned a Section 1115 demonstration waiver from the federal government that allowed CCH’s Medicaid managed care plan, CountyCare, to begin enrolling and providing health coverage to adults in Cook County newly eligible for Medicaid under the ACA one year in advance of the ACA implementation date; and WHEREAS, thanks to the collaboration between the federal government, the State and Cook County government, CCH’s CountyCare was able to offer essential health coverage to individuals a year earlier than statewide Medicaid expansion; and WHEREAS, in its first year, CountyCare enrolled 82,000 members across Cook County; and WHEREAS, CountyCare focused on enrolling vulnerable, uninsured individuals most at risk for falling through the cracks of the regional health care system, including low-income individuals, those who were unhoused, and those detained at the Cook County jail; and WHEREAS, by the time Medicaid was expanded in Illinois, CountyCare covered nearly half of the total statewide enrollment of newly-eligible adults in Medicaid; and WHEREAS, today, CountyCare is the largest Medicaid managed care plan in Cook County with more than 420,000 members; and WHEREAS, CountyCare developed and sustains a robust network of health care providers, including CCH facilities and many health systems across the region, offering members a broad array of locations to seek medical, dental, vision and behavioral health care; and WHEREAS, CountyCare has received many accolades over the past decade for its operations and member services, including being ranked as the highest managed care plan in the state by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services and accreditation for demonstrating a commitment to quality by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA); and WHEREAS, October 26, 2022, represents the 10th anniversary of CountyCare serving the residents of Cook County; and WHEREAS, CountyCare has served more than 938,000 members over the past 10 years, facilitating more than 32 million medical claims and 75 million prescriptions. The health plan has also covered 781,000 well child visits and the births of nearly 43,000 babies; and WHEREAS, CountyCare continues to demonstrate its commitment to the health of its members and communities across Cook County; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners congratulate Cook County Health and CountyCare on its 10th Anniversary and do hereby gratefully acknowledge the entire CountyCare team for their significant contributions to the health and wellbeing of Cook County residents.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded October 20, 2022 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED GRANT AWARD Department: Bureau of Economic Development Grantee: Bureau of Economic Development Grantor: Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership Request: Authorization to accept grant Purpose: This grant will support the Bureau of Economic Development’s role as a “Backbone Organization” to lead the manufacturing sector partnership(s) associated with the Good Jobs Chicago grant. These funds will support two full-time program managers to support this work. Grant Amount: $733,425.00 Grant Period: 9/1/2022 - 8/31/2025 Fiscal Impact: $244,475 (per 12-month period) through 8/31/2025 Accounts: 11900.1027.XXXXX.501010 - Sal/Wages of Reg Employees 11900.1027.XXXXX.501610 - Group Health Insurance 11900.1027.XXXXX.501715 - Group Pharmacy Insurance 11900.1027.XXXXX.501640 - Group Dental Insurance 11900.1027.XXXXX.501690 - Vision Care 11900.1027.XXXXX.501279 - Pension 11900.1027.XXXXX.501511 - Mandatory Medicare Cost 11900.1027.XXXXX.501590 - Group Life Insurance 11900.1027.XXXXX.501541 - Workers' Compensation 11900.1027.XXXXX.501660 - Unemployment Compensation Concurrences: The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any. Summary: The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership (The Partnership) serves as the system lead entity for the EDA funded Good Jobs Chicago program that will focus on building the infrastructure, staffing, and cross-sector learning to increase the capacity of existing sector partnerships into national models. The Cook County Bureau of Economic Development (BED) serves as the lead convener of the successful south suburban collaborative, the Calumet Manufacturing Industry Sector Partnership (CMISP). Since 2017, BED, through CMISP, has built a network of more than 100 manufacturing business leaders led by a ten-firm steering group and supported by community partners. Manufacturers have hired more than 300 full time employees from CMISP-related training programs, as well as 160 young adult interns, and 75 On- the-Job training completers. With funds from this grant, BED will broaden the impact of this partnership and establish a new partnership focused on manufacturers located in the western suburbs and on the west side of the city of Chicago. In addition the GJC grant provides $3.7 M to the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership to support manufacturing training programs to meet the needs of manufacturers. BED serves as the front-line agency mandated to expand, retain, and attract businesses in suburban Cook County, including providing support to 130 municipalities. In addition to convening CMISP, BED is an Illinois Department of Commerce designated Apprenticeship Navigator for the 10 counties of northeastern Illinois, serves as a Community Small Business Navigator, and serves as the lead agency representing the metro region in the Illinois Defense Network and designation as a “Defense Manufacturing Community by the US Department of Defense.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded September 22, 2022 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT Department(s): Risk Management Vendor: Caremark PCS Health, LLC, Scottsdale, Arizona Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract Good(s) or Service(s): Pharmacy Benefits Manager Original Contract Period: 12/1/2018 - 11/30/2021, with two (2), one (1) year renewal options Proposed Amendment Type: Renewal and Increase Proposed Contract Period: Renewal period 12/1/2022 - 11/30/2023 Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $321,000,000.00 Original Approval (Board or Procurement): Board, 11/14/2018, $225,000,000.00 Increase Requested: $106,120,484.00 Previous Board Increase(s): 11/4/2021, $96,000,000.00 Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s): N/A Previous Board Renewals: 11/4/2021, 12/01/2021 - 11/30/2022 Previous Chief Procurement Officer Renewals: N/A Previous Board Extension(s): N/A Previous Chief Procurement Officer Extension(s): N/A Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2023 $106,120,484.00 Accounts: 11250.1021.10155.501715.00000.00000 Contract Number(s): 1830-17125 Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via full MBE/WBE waiver. The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: The Department of Risk Management respectfully submits this item requesting authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract # 1830-17125 with Caremark PCS Health, LLC (Caremark). Caremark provides group pharmacy benefits to all members and their dependents covered by health plans administered by the Department of Risk Management. The proposed amendment will allow the County to exercise the second of two, one-year options for renewal. Contract #1830-17125 was originally awarded through the Joint Procurement Request for Proposals (RFP) pursuant to Section 34-142 of the Procurement Code, and the Government Joint Purchasing Act, 30 ILCS 525 and was approved by the Cook County Board of Commissioners on November 4, 2018. The County and partnering agencies (City of Chicago, Chicago Park District, Chicago Transit Authority, City Colleges of Chicago, and the County Employee and Officer's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Cook County and Forest Preserve District Employees' Annuity and Benefit Fund of Cook County (Cook County Pension Fund)) through the Joint RFP publicly advertised in February 2018, sought Pharmacy Benefits Management (PBM) services.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded July 28, 2022 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION APPROVAL OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT INCLUDING AN ECONOMIC PACKAGE (WAGE INCREASES AND HEALTHCARE) BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF COOK AND THE COOK COUNTY PHARMACY ASSOCIATION, CHICAGO JOINT BOARD/RETAIL, WHOLESALE AND DEPARTMENT STORE UNION (RWDSU) LOCAL 200, REPRESENTING ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF WHEREAS, the Illinois Public Employee Labor Relations Act (5 ILCS 315/1 et seq.) has established regulations regarding collective bargaining with a union; and WHEREAS, a collective bargaining agreement for the period of December 1, 2020, through November 30, 2024, has been negotiated between the County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board/Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) Local 200, representing Administrative Staff; and WHEREAS, salary adjustments and general wage increases are reflected in the salary schedules included in the collective bargaining agreement negotiated between County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board/Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) Local 200, representing Administrative Staff; and (a) effective upon ratification of the collective bargaining agreement by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, all bargaining unit members in active status shall receive a one-time $2,000 payment; and (b) effective upon ratification of the collective bargaining agreement by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, all bargaining unit members in active status shall receive a one-time $1,000 payment for pandemic pay; and (c) effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2021, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 1.50%; and (d) effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2022, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 2.50%; and (e) effective the first full pay period on or after December 1, 2022, all bargaining unit members in active status shall receive a $1,000 bonus payment; and (f) effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2023, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 2.50%; and (g) effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2024, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 2.00%; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Healthcare Plan (Appendix C) shall be revised as follows: Item Upon ratification by County Board HMO Health Insurance Current 12/1/2022 12/1/2023 Employee Only 1.50% 1.75% 2.25% Employee + Spouse 2.00% 2.50% 3.25% Employee + Child(ren) 1.75% 2.25% 2.75% Employee + Family 2.25% 3.00% 4.00% PPO Health Insurance Current 12/1/2022 12/1/2023 Employee Only 2.50% 2.75% 3.25% Employee + Spouse 3.00% 3.50% 4.25% Employee + Child(ren) 2.75% 3.25% 3.75% Employee + Family 3.25% 4.00% 5.00% Emergency Room Copay Increased to $100.00, effective December 1, 2022. Out of Pocket Current: $1,600/$3,200 (single/family; in network) Maximum (PPO) $3,200/$6,400 (single/family; out of network) 12/1/2022: $2,000/$4,000 (single/family; in network) $4,000/$8,000 (single/family; out of network) NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby approve the collective bargaining agreement as provided by the Bureau of Human Resources.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded June 16, 2022 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT Department(s): Risk Management Vendor: Deloitte Consulting LLP, Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract Good(s) or Service(s): Health & Group Benefits Consulting Original Contract Period: 7/31/2019 - 8/1/2022 with two (2) one-year renewals Proposed Amendment Type: Renewal and Increase Proposed Contract Period: 8/1/2022 - 8/1/2024 Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $1,046,000.00 Original Approval (Board or Procurement): Board, 7/25/2019, $1,046,000.00 Increase Requested: $820,000.00 Previous Board Increase(s): N/A Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s): N/A Previous Board Renewals: N/A Previous Chief Procurement Officer Renewals: N/A Previous Board Extension(s): N/A Previous Chief Procurement Officer Extension(s): N/A Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2023 $410,000.00, FY 2024 $410,000.00 Accounts: 11000.1490.520830 Contract Number(s): 1830-17616 Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation and partial MWBE waiver. The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: The Department of Risk Management is requesting authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract #1830-17616 with Deloitte Consulting LLP. This contract with Deloitte Consulting LLP is to provide Health and Group Benefits Consulting services. The services identified include annual actuarial assessments, procurement support, vendor management, compliance support, communications, and the ability to provide strategic counsel on industry trends such as plan design management and other aspects of employee benefits cost containment. This contract is awarded through Request for Proposal (RFP) procedures in accordance with Cook County Procurement Code. Deloitte was selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
On agenda June 16, 2022 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION HOW PATIENTS GET REFERRED TO SHORT -AND LONG-TERM NURSING HOMES WHEREAS, there is a lack of knowledge on how to ascertain accessibility to short- and long-term health care facilities; and WHEREAS, there are an insufficient number of facilities throughout Cook County to address chronic illnesses; and WHEREAS, there is a need to have highly trained and skilled social workers to aid families and patients on accessibilities to facilities or general health care information; and WHEREAS, several initiatives to include quality care for nursing home patients is a challenge; and WHEREAS, there is a need to have competitive wages in order to attract and retain social workers, registered nurses, and other professional services; and WHEREAS, Medicare fails to cover a broad range of elderly’s healthcare needs, such as long-term care, prescription drugs, dental care, basic preventive services, eyeglasses, and hearing aid; and WHEREAS, Medicaid provides significant assistance for nursing homes and other long-term care expenses. However, restricted eligibility rules make benefits available to less than half of those with income below $11,000; and THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the Cook County Board of Commissioners request a convening of the Cook County Health and Hospitals to conduct a hearing regarding the lack of or inadequate nursing facility in Cook County; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the hearing shall feature presentations, subject matter experts and individuals with lived experiences..
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded May 12, 2022 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING NATIONAL LATINO EDUCATION INSTITUTE ON ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY WHEREAS, National Latino Education Institute, (NLEI) is a not-for-profit community service agency that was incorporated in 1972; and WHEREAS, the organization evolved from an advocacy group formed in the late 60’s by several community leaders who decided to challenge major employers in the city who consistently failed to hire qualified Hispanic applicants; and WHEREAS, initially began as Spanish Coalition for Jobs, Inc with job training and job placement programs and WHEREAS, in 1984, Spanish Coalition for Jobs, Inc. purchased a 40,000 square foot building located at Pershing Road to establish a citywide training facility; and WHEREAS, in 1988, Spanish Coalition for Jobs, Inc. started customized training programs with various downtown employers and launched the Advanced Office Occupation Training Program; and WHEREAS, in 1992, Spanish Coalition for Jobs, Inc. was licensed as a business and trade school affording training with credentials WHEREAS, in 1993, Spanish Coalition for Jobs, Inc. obtained funding from the Illinois State Board of Education to conduct English as a Second Language (ESL), citizenship, and pre-vocational training; and WHEREAS, in 1994, Spanish Coalition for Jobs, Inc. became a nationally accredited educational institution of higher education able to provide more credentials and post-secondary academic credit, students became eligible for federal aid and recognized by the U.S. Department of Education; and WHEREAS, in 1995, Spanish Coalition for Jobs, Inc. was approved as a qualified training vendor for the Illinois Employment and Training Centers (IETC) and the Cook County President’s Office of Employment Training (POET) in Cook County; and WHEREAS, in 1998, Spanish Coalition for Jobs, Inc. became one of only ten subcontractors for the Chicago Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development (MOWD) to help with workforce development in the City of Chicago; and WHEREAS, in 1999, Spanish Coalition for Jobs, Inc. created the medical consortium made up of top health employers to design and implement industry-demanded medical programs; and WHEREAS, in 2000, Spanish Coalition for Jobs, Inc. was elected as an affiliate of the one-stop system to provide core and intensive services under the new Workforce Investment Act (WIA) legislation; and WHEREAS, the Dr. Assir Daniel DaSilva, bilingual medical assistant, training program received accreditation in 2004 through the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) on the recommendation of the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) making the program one of only three CAAHEP certified programs in Chicago and the only one offering specialized bilingual training; and WHEREAS, in 2006, the Spanish Coalition for Jobs, Inc. was recognized as an Honor Roll Institution by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and School (ACICS) for demonstrating exemplary standards and received the highest grant of accreditation without deferral; and WHEREAS, in 2008, the Spanish Coalition for Jobs, Inc. officially changed its name to National Latino Education Institute (NLEI) to reflect the community they serve and the belief that education is a catalyst to success; and WHEREAS, NLEI launches a unique bilingual digital literacy program--supported by a national tech leader-that increased educational access and computer competency through the first Bilingual Community Technology Center in the state of Illinois; and WHEREAS, in 2009, NLEI launched the Customer Service and Sales vocational training program in an effort to train qualified individuals for service and sales jobs that are high in demand - especially for those with bilingual/bicultural backgrounds; and WHEREAS, first nationally accredited customer service and sales program for disadvantaged Latinos, which has since grown to become a business development program now used by several universities and post-secondary programs. WHEREAS, in 2010, NLEI launches a Privately-funded STEM scholarship program over several years for Latinos including doctoral studies; and WHEREAS, NLEI’s Business Leadership Council expands and Wealth Education programming for the Latino community expands, including education in saving, investing, and asset building is formalized. The first pilot gave participants significant stipends of cash for initial investments WHEREAS in 2010, NLEI becomes a national competency-testing center of Allied Health occupations. In this year, NLEI broadened the organization’s offerings to include disciplines in clinical settings, medical assisting, medical office management, healthcare customer service, nursing, pharmacy, cultural competencies, and technology. WHEREAS, in 2011, A trade pathways program that graduates participants into living wage, sustainable careers catapulting NLEI to spin off its construction and energy training offerings. WHEREAS, in 2011, Higher Education pathways launched enabling NLEI alumni to earn work credit and to earn customized bachelor degrees in business management and healthcare leadership with National Louis University and the University of Illinois demystifying the belief that a college degree is not attainable for NLEI participants. WHEREAS, in 2011, Customized training expands for employers in retail, utilities, media, healthcare and transportation. Such have evolved into some of today’s flagships for NLEI and other nonprofits as coalitions of best practices arose; and WHEREAS, in 2012, NLEI launches its Hispanic Heritage Annual event; WHEREAS, in 2012, NLEI hosts the Latino Veterans Awards and is approved for the American G.I. Bill; and WHEREAS, in 2012, NLEI expands its community services to Aurora with a satellite site; and WHEREAS, in 2013, Health and wellness in core programming expands having been recognized by national organizations including Life Source, the Kidney Association, and Lung Association, among others. WHEREAS, in 2013, NLEI’s campus becomes an extension training site for corporations such as McDonald’s Corporation. WHEREAS, in 2014, The Emerging Leaders Board is established and; WHEREAS, in 2014, NLEI becomes an IL Summer Youth Jobs grantee; and WHEREAS, in 2016, NLEI receives capital funds to upgrade the facility; and WHEREAS, in 2016, NLEI secures approvals for Bilingual Pharmacy Technician and Professional Office Management programs; and WHEREAS, in 2017, NLEI launches a new training offerings in Renewable Energy; and WHEREAS, in 2018, NLEI launches the Alumni Awards highlighting notable alumni; and WHEREAS, in 2018, NLEI launches a new training offering in allied health for Healthcare Institutions in partnership with Advocate Aurora Healthcare; and WHEREAS, in 2019, NLEI secures national accreditation renewal through 2023;and WHEREAS, in 2021, NLEI is awarded funding for its campus on Pershing Road for enhanced safety and energy efficiency. WHEREAS, each year NLEI places hundreds of job seekers in industrial, clerical and professional positions with over 300 companies and directly trains and places over 200 students annually. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Cook County Board President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners do hereby congratulate the National Latino Education Institute (NLEI) on its 50th Anniversary. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, this text be spread upon the proceedings of this Honorable Body and that a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the National Latino Education Institute (NLEI) in honor of its outstanding community work and may continue servicing the community.
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Awarded May 12, 2022 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION HONORING PEGGY A. MONTES: COMMUNITY LEADER, TEACHER, AND ADVOCATE FOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN WHEREAS, Peggy A. Montes was born on October 17, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois. Peggy graduated from DuSable High School in 1954; and WHEREAS Peggy A. Montes attended Chicago State University and graduated in 1960. Peggy Montes devoted over sixty years of her life giving back to her alma mater as Chairman and Trustee of the Board and one of the founders of the College of Pharmacy. Additionally, Peggy Montes dedicated the Peggy A. Montes Playground at the new Chicago State University Child Care Center; and WHEREAS, Peggy A. Montes served her community as a teacher for many years. After her teaching career concluded, she led organizations and founded institutions that served her community; and WHEREAS, in 1978, Peggy A. Montes began devoting her energy to philanthropic and volunteer work. She served as a chairperson on the Board of Trustees for the DuSable Museum of African American History Museum from 1989 to 1993. While in this role she oversaw the construction of the museum's Harold Washington wing. In 1993, Peggy founded and became the President of the Bronzeville Children’s Museum, the first African American children's museum in the country; and WHEREAS, Peggy A. Montes made history as the first female Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Building Committee at the DuSable Museum of African American History. During her tenure, she led the development and completion of the $3.5 million Harold Washington Wing. She now holds the position of Chairman Emerita; and WHEREAS, Peggy A. Montes had an extensive career in politics, all across the political spectrum. President Bill Clinton appointed her to the White House Women’s Conference, presided over by First Lady Hillary Clinton. Governors James Thompson, Jim Edgar, George Ryan, and Pat Quinn have given her appointments. Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White has appointed her to serve on the Illinois Center for the Book. Chicago Mayor Harold Washington appointed her to head his first Chicago Commission on Women. The late Cook County Board President, John H. Stroger, Jr. selected her to head his first Cook County Commission on Women’s Issues created in 1995. WHEREAS, On March 16, 2010, the Cook County Board of Commissioners and members of the Commission on Women’s Issues renamed the Unsung Heroine in Peggy A. Montes’ honor as a way of recognizing her remarkable achievements on behalf of women and girls; and WHEREAS, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle reappointed her in 2016. to continue serving as Commissioner/Chairman for her twenty-third year. She was selected as a member of Illinois Governor Ryan’s Trade Mission Delegation to South Africa and she and First Lady Laura Lynn led the delegation to explore cultural exchanges between Illinois and South Africa. She was selected as a participant in President’s Barack Obama’s White House Summit on Working Families in 2015. Additionally, Congressman Bobby Rush appointed her to co-chair the committee to name the 31st Street Margaret T. Burroughs Beach and Park, which successfully took place on August 11, 2015; and WHEREAS, , Peggy A. Montes has received numerous awards and honors over her lifetime, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of African American Museums, Trustee Award from the DuSable Museum, Salute to Excellence Award from Governor George Ryan, Woman of Excellence Award from the Chicago Defender, the Mayor Harold Washington Legacy Lifetime Award and many more; and WHEREAS, Peggy A. Montes is known as a community, educational, and women’s rights activist. Peggy was passionate about being an advocate and made huge strides to make so many people's lives better; and NOW, THEREFORE, WE, BILL LOWRY, COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONER of the 3rd DISTRICT AND TONI PRECKWINKLE, PRESIDENT of the COOK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, do hereby stand, and salute the life changing work of Peggy A. Montes. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, a suitable copy of this Resolution will be presented to the family of; and Peggy A. Montes. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED: a copy of this Resolution will be filed within the Office of Cook County Commissioner Bill Lowry 3rd District.
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Awarded April 7, 2022 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE FO FILE 22-2825 (Finance Committee 5/11/2022) Sponsored by: STANLEY MOORE, BRANDON JOHNSON, ALMA E. ANAYA, KEVIN B. MORRISON, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BILL LOWRY, DEBORAH SIMS, LARRY SUFFREDIN, SCOTT R. BRITTON and DONNA MILLER, Cook County Board of Commissioners PROPOSED ORDINANCE ORDINANCE FOR SALARY INCREASES FOR COOK COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS WITH TERMS BEGINNING IN DECEMBER OF 2022 AND DECEMBER OF 2024 WHEREAS, the County of Cook (“Cook County” or “County”) is a home rule unit pursuant to Article VII, Section 6 of the 1970 Illinois Constitution; and WHEREAS, as a home rule unit, Cook County may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 9(b) of the 1970 Illinois Constitution provides that an increase or decrease in the salary of an elected officer of any unit of local government shall not take effect during the term for which that officer is elected; and WHEREAS, the Local Government Officer Compensation Act (50 ILCS 145/ 1, et seq.) provides that the salary of elected officers of units of local government, including home rule units, shall be fixed at least 180 days before the beginning of the terms of the office; and WHEREAS, on December 1, 2022 the County Sheriff, County Clerk, and County Treasurer will commence new terms of office, and on December 5, 2022 the Board of Commissioners, Finance Chairman, Board President, Members of the Board of Review, and County Assessor will commence new terms of office; and WHEREAS, on December 1, 2024, the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County will commence a new term of office; and WHEREAS, in the year 2000, the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved the most recent salary increases for the Cook County elected officials via Ordinance 00-O-013; and WHEREAS, in 2000, the Cook County elected officials received salary increases ranging between 14.6% and 66% for various positions; and WHEREAS, Ordinance 00-O-013 provided for the Circuit Court Clerk’s salary to be fixed at $105,000 commencing on December 1, 2000, and salaries were also fixed and increased commencing in December of 2002 for the Board of Commissioners at $85,000 from $61,000; Finance Chair at $90,000; Board President at $170,000 from $115,000; Assessor at $125,000 from $75,000; Board of Review Members at $100,000 from $74,000; County Clerk and Treasurer at $105,000 from $86,100 and Sheriff at $160,000 from $139,633; and WHEREAS, many other units of local government, other than Cook County, have increased elected official compensation since the Cook County Board approved salary increases in 2000 and some units of local government have accounted for annual increases tied to the Consumer Price Index (CPI); and WHEREAS, in accordance with Resolution 21-5258 approved by the Cook County Board of Commissioners on October 7, 2021, the Cook County Board of Commissioners requested the Cook County Bureau of Human Resources conduct a compensation and market survey to determine if the current compensation is in line with similarly situated positions nationwide or if increases are warranted for the following elected offices with new terms beginning in December of 2022: 1) Board President 2) Finance Chairman of the Cook County Board 3) Each Elected Commissioner of the Cook County Board 4) Cook County Assessor 5) Cook County Clerk 6) Cook County Sheriff 7) Cook County Treasurer 8) Members of the Board of Review, and for the Circuit Court Clerk with a term beginning in December 2024; and WHEREAS, in accordance with Resolution 21-5258 the Bureau of Human Resources consulted with the Bureau of Finance to analyze the labor market over the last 20 years; and WHEREAS, the Bureau of Finance has advised that the rate of inflation has increased by 45% over the last 20 years; and WHEREAS, in accordance with Resolution 21-5258 the Bureau of Human Resources engaged the services of a consultant to analyze and validate Cook County elected officials peer group that includes characteristics like current county population, annual county budget, number of districts or similar within the county, and similar data that illustrates the size and complexity of peer county operations; and WHEREAS, the consultant calculated compensation of other County officials in the 25th, 50th and 75th wage percentiles and the average, minimum and maximum of each compensation component for each office listed above; and WHEREAS, the market data analysis shows that the County elected official salaries reviewed pursuant to Resolution 21-5258 are below market rate for similarly situated elected offices; and WHEREAS, the consultant provided a report to the Bureau of Human Resources which was received and filed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners in March of 2022 outlining compensation components, alternative salary changes, and individual official salary adjustments supported by the market data findings; and WHEREAS, as a result of the compensation report, the Cook County Board of Commissioners recommends a 10% salary increase in year one of the new term of each office noted herein and thereafter an annual increase based upon the Chicagoland region CPI or 3% whichever is less; and WHEREAS, the 10% salary increase reflects the national 7.5% CPI in the 2021 calendar year, plus a 2.5% increase based on the cost of living adjustments given to County employees in recent years; and NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners authorizes a 10% increase in salary for the Cook County Sheriff, Cook County Clerk, and Cook County Treasurer effective December 1, 2022; a 10% increase in salary for the Board of Commissioners, Finance Chairman, Board President, Members of the Board of Review, and County Assessor on December 5, 2022; and a 10% salary increase for the Clerk of the Circuit Court on December 1, 2024; and BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners recognizes that a 10% salary increase continues to place many of the County elected offices below the 50th mean percentile of salaries for similar offices and authorizes an annual cost of living increase in the amount of Chicagoland Region CPI or 3%, whichever is less beginning on December 1, 2023, for the County Sheriff, Cook County Clerk and Cook County Treasurer, Board of Commissioners, Finance Chairman, Board President, Members of the Board of Review, and County Assessor, and beginning on December 1, 2025 for the Clerk of the Circuit Court. The annual increase shall continue until the Cook County Board of Commissioners votes to repeal or amend the annual increase; and BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners recognizes and approves the salary increases for each County elected official commensurate with their new terms as follows: Elected Office Current Salary Salary FY 2023 Salary FY 2024 Salary FY 2025 Salary FY 2026 Cook County Sheriff $160,000 $176,000 Increase Salary by 3% or CPI whichever is less. Increase Salary by 3% or CPI whichever is less. Increase Salary by 3% or CPI whichever is less. Cook County Clerk $105,000 $115,500 Increase Salary by 3% or CPI whichever is less. Increase Salary by 3%or CPI whichever is less. Increase Salary by 3% or CPI whichever is less. Cook County Treasurer $105,000 $115,500 Increase Salary by 3% or CPI whichever is less. Increase Salary by 3% or CPI whichever is less. Increase Salary by 3% or CPI whichever is less. Each Member of the County Board of Commissioners except the Finance Chair $85,000 $93,500 Increase Salary by 3% or CPI whichever is less. Increase Salary by 3% or CPI whichever is less. Increase Salary by 3% or CPI whichever is less. Cook County Board of Commissioner- Finance Chair $90,000 $99,000 Increase Salary by 3% or CPI whichever is less. Increase Salary by 3% or CPI whichever is less. Increase Salary by 3% or CPI whichever is less. Cook County Board President $170,000 $187,000 Increase Salary by 3% or CPI whichever is less. Increase Salary by 3% or CPI whichever is less. Increase Salary by 3% or CPI whichever is less. Each Member of the Cook County Board of Review $100,000 $110,000 Increase Salary by 3% or CPI whichever is less. Increase Salary by 3% or CPI whichever is less. Increase Salary by 3% or CPI whichever is less. Cook County Assessor $125,000 $137,500 Increase Salary by 3% or CPI whichever is less. Increase Salary by 3% or CPI whichever is less. Increase Salary by 3% or CPI whichever is less. Elected Office Current Salary Salary FY 2025 Salary FY 2026 Salary FY 2027 Salary FY 2028 Cook County Circuit Court Clerk $105,000 $115,500 Increase Salary by 3% or CPI whichever is less. Increase Salary by 3% or CPI whichever is less. Increase Salary by 3% or CPI whichever is less. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, each elected official may participate in employee benefits at the rates authorized by law or by the Cook County Board; and BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the Board Secretary shall cause this Ordinance to be prominently available on the County's website along with full and complete descriptions of any other form of compensation, including any State authorized stipends which the General Assembly or the Cook County Board has made from time-to-time available to elected officials.
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Awarded April 7, 2022 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION CALLING MEMBERS OF THE COOK COUNTY SHERIFF’S MERIT BOARD TO SUPPLY MONTHLY DATA AND APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WHEREAS, pursuant 55 ILCS 5/3-7002 of the Counties Code, the Cook County Sheriff’s Merit Board (the “Merit Board”) is created by the State of Illinois as an independent statutory body charged with performing specific functions, independent of the Cook County Sheriff (“Sheriff”), related to the Sheriff’s hiring, promotion, discipline, and termination of certain Sheriff’s employees; and WHEREAS, members of the Merit Board are appointed with the advice and consent of the Cook County Board; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Board appropriates the funding of the Merit Board in the annual appropriation ordinance; and WHEREAS, the Sheriff is tasked by the legislature to operate the County Jail, security in the Court system and public safety in general for all unincorporated areas and the County’s 5.5 million residents; and WHEREAS, pursuant to 55 ILCS 5/3-7006, pursuant to recognized merit principles of public employment, the Merit Board, acting independently pursuant to its statutory obligations, shall formulate, adopt, and put into effect rules, regulations and procedures for its operation and the transaction of its business; and WHEREAS, pursuant to 55 ILCS 5/3-7006, the Merit Board, pursuant to recognized merit principles of public employment, must establish a classification of ranks of the deputy sheriffs in the County Police department, full-time deputy sheriffs not employed as county police officers or county corrections, and employees in the County Department of Corrections, and shall set standards and qualifications for each such rank and employee; and WHEREAS, pursuant to 55 ILCS 5/3-7008, before the Sheriff may appoint any person to the following positions, the Merit Board first must certify such person as qualified for the position: deputy sheriffs in the County police department, full-time deputy sheriffs not employed as county police officers or county corrections, and employees in the County Department of Corrections; and WHEREAS, pursuant to 55 ILCS 5/3-7009, before the Sheriff may promote any person to the following positions, the Merit Board first must certify such person as qualified for the promotion: deputy sheriffs in the County Police Department, full-time deputy sheriffs not employed as county police officers or county corrections officers, and employees in the County Department of Corrections; and WHEREAS, pursuant to 55 ILCS 5/3-7010, the Merit Board is charged with making appointment and promotion decisions pursuant to its statutory obligations and applying its own criteria which it considers and establishes; and WHEREAS, pursuant to 55 ILCS 5/3-7012, the Sheriff may not remove, demote or suspend any county corrections officer, deputy sheriff in the County Police Department, or full-time deputy sheriff not employed as a county police officer or county corrections officer except for cause, upon written charges filed with the Board by the Sheriff, and until the Board conducts a hearing and renders a decision on the matter, except where applicable collective bargaining agreement language provides that such discipline matters with respect to covered bargaining unit members may be subject to arbitration; and WHEREAS, promoting public safety, as well as accountability and confidence in Cook County law enforcement requires adequate staffing levels and the provision of adequate services in the Cook County Department of Corrections, the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department, and the Cook County Court system; and WHEREAS, the Sheriff must receive from the Merit Board, on a regular basis, an adequate number of qualified certified applicants for both hire and certified candidates for promotion, to meet the Sheriff’s minimum staffing needs; and WHEREAS, the lack of adequate staffing levels within any of the Sheriff’s Departments may cause unnecessary financial burden on the County in several forms, including the payment of overtime, and other employee benefits which may result from mandated overtime; and WHEREAS, promoting public safety, as well as accountability and confidence in Cook County law enforcement requires the prompt and efficient adjudication of disciplinary proceeding pending before the Merit Board; and WHEREAS, unnecessarily delayed and prolonged disciplinary proceedings before the Merit Board may cause financial burdens on the County in several forms, including unnecessary backpay caused by delay; and WHEREAS, since the Merit Board is a separate statutory entity from the Sheriff’s Office that promulgates its own rules and regulations and does not report to any other County agency or office, it is in the best interest of the citizens of Cook County that the County Board require the Merit Board provide the following information on a monthly basis, and provide explanatory and clarifying information, as required by the County Board: · The number of new hire applications received by the Merit Board, per month; · The number of new hire applicants currently under consideration for certification by the Merit Board, per month; · The number of new hire applicants certified as qualified for hire, per month; · The average length of time it takes to make a certification decision concerning new hire applicants; · The number of promotional candidates certified as eligible for promotion, per month; · The number of disciplinary hearings conducted, per month; · The number of disciplinary decisions issued, per month; · The number of budgeted vacancies to be filled by the Merit Board within the Sheriff’s Office per month. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners that the Chair and the Executive Director of the Merit Board shall provide the information outlined above to the Secretary to the County Board by the 15th day of every month for the preceding month for distribution to the County Board, and shall appear to answer questions concerning that information in a hearing before the Criminal Justice Committee of the County Board as requested; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners that, recognizing the Merit Board reports will address employment issues impacting personal and private information of a sensitive nature, and legal matters, including related to pending and/or anticipated litigation, such reports and hearings shall include both open public hearings and closed Executive Sessions.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded February 10, 2022 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED LEASE AMENDMENT Department: Department of Real Estate Management Request: Approval of 7th Amendment to Lease Landlord: County of Cook, a body politic and corporate Tenant: CareCenter Pharmacy LLC Location: 69 W. Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois-Pedway LL-12 Term/Extension Period: 01/01/2022-11/30/2022 Space Occupied: 1,565 sq. ft. Monthly Rent: $3,912.50 Fiscal Impact: Revenue Generating Accounts: N/A Option to Renew: None Termination: Either party shall have the option for termination upon giving ninety (90) days’ written notice specifying the effective date of such termination, provided the Tenant’s Pharmacy Benefit Contract, Cook County Contract Number 04-410875, is terminated prior to November 30, 2022. Utilities Included: Heat and Water Summary: Requesting approval of a lease amendment between County of Cook, a body politic and corporate, as Landlord and CareCenter Pharmacy, LLC in the building located at 69 W. Washington Street, LL-12, Chicago, IL. The tenant is an affiliate of the entity currently under contract to provide the County’s prescription benefits. The extension is coterminous with the current County prescription benefit contract.
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Awarded December 16, 2021 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT RENEWAL Department: Cook County Sheriff’s Office Other Part(ies): Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization to enter into and execute Fourth Amendment to an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. Goods or Services: The Sheriff’s Office seeks to expand and maintain the Prescription Drug Take-Back Program, which pharmaceutical drugs are collected and disposed of through environmentally sound methods to maximize the volume of pharmaceutical drugs prevented from entering the Chicago Area Waterway System. Agreement Number: N/A Agreement Period: Original Start Date: 1/1/2018 - 12/31/2018. First Renewal period: 1/1/2019-12/31/2019. Second Renewal period: 1/1/2020-12/31/2020. Third Renewal period: 1/1/2021-12/31/2021. This Renewal Period: 1/1/2022-12/31/2022 Fiscal Impact: None. Revenue Generating Accounts: 11277.1210.10150.404066 Summary: Authorization for the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, to enter into and execute Fourth Amendment to an Intergovernmental Agreement for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, to provide funding to allow agencies to expand participation in the Prescription Drug Take-Back Program as follows: Up to $76,406.62 annually for the personnel and administrative costs associated with operating the program. Up to $3,593.38 annually for the reimbursement of the purchase and installation of collection receptacles.
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Awarded November 18, 2021 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT Amendment Number: 12 Source of Funding: General Fund Explanation of Amendment: Pursuant to Budget Resolution 33, the County will transfer $30 million of its general fund reserve to Cook County Health's Health Plan Services to establish the Health Plan Services reserve account. This amendment provides for the proper accounting treatment of the County's contribution. Budgetary Unit: General Funds and Health Enterprise Funds Comments: Details of the amendment are attached.
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Awarded November 4, 2021 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT (TECHNOLOGY) Department(s): Bureau of Technology Vendor: Avtex Solutions LLC., Minneapolis, Minnesota Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew contract Good(s) or Service(s): interactive voice response system consolidation and replacement Original Contract Period: 12/4/2013 - 12/3/2019, with two (2), two (2) year renewal options Proposed Amendment Type: Renewal Proposed Contract Period: Renewal period 12/04/2021 - 12/03/2023 Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $5,957,472.39 Original Approval (Board or Procurement): Board or Procurement, 12/4/2013 $4,193,835.70 Increase Requested: N/A Previous Board Increase(s): 9/14/2016, $189,941.40 (amendment 1); 6/28/2017, $283,817.60 (Amendment 2); 12/4/2019, $1,289.878.60 (Amendment 4) Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s): N/A Previous Board Renewals: 12/4/2019 - 12/3/2021 Previous Chief Procurement Officer Renewals: N/A Previous Board Extension(s): N/A Previous Chief Procurement Officer Extension(s): N/A Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2021 $480,498.00, FY 2022 $480,499.00 Accounts: 11100 1499 15050 540137 Contract Number(s): 13-18-078 Amendment No. 5 Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation and partial MWBE waiver. The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. The Chief Information Officer has reviewed this item and concurs with this recommendation. Summary: This amendment exercises the last of two renewal options of Avtex contract 13-18-078, it extends support of the system for the final two-years. The County-wide automated Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system is responsible for answering 7,000,000 calls from the public annually. The public interfaces with this system daily to get services from Jury Administration, pharmacy prescriptions, tax bills, property assessments, Building and Zoning Information; Court Reminder Notifications, Inmate information, and Vital Records to name a few. The Treasurers Integrated Property system relies on services from this contract to migrate their IVR interface from the mainframe to Tyler Technologies
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded November 4, 2021 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT Department(s): Risk Management Vendor: Caremark PCS Health, LLC, Northbrook, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew, and increase contract Good(s) or Service(s): Pharmacy Benefits Manager Original Contract Period: 12/1/2018 - 11/30/2021, with two (2), one (1) year renewal options Proposed Amendment Type: Renewal and Increase Proposed Contract Period: Renewal period 12/1/2021 - 11/30/2022 Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $225,000,000.00 Original Approval (Board or Procurement): Board, 11/14/2018, $225,000,000.00 Increase Requested: $96,000,000.00 Previous Board Increase(s): N/A Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s): N/A Previous Board Renewals: N/A Previous Chief Procurement Officer Renewals: N/A Previous Board Extension(s): N/A Previous Chief Procurement Officer Extension(s): N/A Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2022 $96,000,000.00 Accounts: 11250.1021.10155.501716-501718-501719-501717-501721-501722.00000.00000 Contract Number(s): 1830-17125 Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation and partial MWBE waiver. The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: The Department of Risk Management respectfully submits this item requesting authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract # 1830-17125 with Caremark PCS Health, LLC (Caremark). Caremark provides group pharmacy benefits to all members and their dependents covered by health plans administered by the Department of Risk Management. The proposed amendment will allow the County to exercise the first of two, one-year options for renewal. Contract #1830-17125 was originally awarded through the Joint Procurement Request for Proposals (RFP) pursuant to Section 34-142 of the Procurement Code, and the Government Joint Purchasing Act, 30 ILCS 525 and was approved by the Cook County Board of Commissioners on November 4, 2018. The County and partnering agencies (City of Chicago, Chicago Park District, Chicago Transit Authority, City Colleges of Chicago, and the County Employee and Officer's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Cook County and Forest Preserve District Employees' Annuity and Benefit Fund of Cook County (Cook County Pension Fund)) through the Joint RFP publicly advertised in February 2018, sought Pharmacy Benefits Management (PBM) services.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded November 4, 2021 · Term 3 yr · not stated
Estimated next decision window: November 2024
PROPOSED RESOLUTION HONORING THE LIFE AND WORK OF DR. MARJORIE RUTH FUJARA WHEREAS, Marjorie Ruth Fujara, MD, FAAP passed peacefully from life alongside family at Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois on October 19, 2021; and WHEREAS, a graduate of St Juliana’s and Resurrection High School in Chicago, she received her BA from the University of Illinois in Champaign, her MD from University of Illinois in Chicago in 1992, and completed her Pediatric residency at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis; and WHEREAS, Marjorie became board certified in both Pediatric and Child Abuse Pediatrics and was assigned to the Division of Child and Family Wellness at Cook County Health. As part of the pediatric unit, she began to specialize in child-abuse cases. She became a passionate, compassionate, and tireless advocate for children and was recognized with many awards and accolades for her work with victims of child abuse and family violence. But she also recognized and advocated for helping the families who were caught up in the system, from problems of poverty, lack of education, and lack of access to appropriate resources. She was a role model for many on how to advocate for children and families; and WHEREAS, she served as acting Director of the Division of Child and Family Wellness for a period of time and was the Medical Director for Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) from October 2001 to October 2020. CAC is a unique collaboration that brings child protection, law enforcement, and healing services together to respond to, treat, and ultimately prevent child abuse; and WHEREAS, she also served as the Project Director of Project CHILD, US DOJ’s Child Safety Forward from October 2019 until her death. As project director, she managed a three-year $750,000 grant from the Department of Justice to reduce child fatalities and recurring injuries from abuse and neglect in Cook, Peoria, and Vermillion Counties in Illinois; and WHEREAS, Marjorie was an activist at heart and considered activism a part of her responsibility as a medical doctor. She would reach out to local elected officials to help to address issues of concern, like the rollback of the sales tax and how it would impact the Cook County Health and Hospital System (CCHHS); the lack of speech services for children and adults at CCHHS; and long pharmacy lines at the hospital; and WHEREAS, Marjorie described herself as a trauma-ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience) informed urban pediatrician, privileged to care for refugees and immigrant families seeking safety, and young survivors of trauma; and WHEREAS, despite hardship in her own life, Marjorie always focused on the positive and was curious about others and their lives. Friends described her as sweet, funny, thoughtful, smart - the kind of person you just wanted to be around. A colleague remembered the time she took his daughter to a K-pop concert at the United Center along with her daughter, although she really didn’t know his daughter. She just learned that they had a common interest and invited her to come; and WHEREAS, Marjorie was a beloved and caring wife, mother, sister and aunt. She is survived by her husband Karl Kuhrman; four children: Judson, Sam, Mariana, and Jacob; two brothers, nieces, a nephew, and many other family members who loved her dearly. She was the daughter of Harold and Marianne Fujara of Chicago, Illinois both of whom preceded her in death. She will be sorely missed by her family, friends, colleagues, and members of St. Nicholas Church in Evanston. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners, on behalf of the 5.2 million residents of Cook County, honors the life and work of Dr. Marjorie Ruth Fujara, and herewith expresses its sincere gratitude for the invaluable contributions she made to the Citizens of Cook County, Illinois; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be spread upon the official proceedings of this Honorable Body and that an official copy of same be tendered to the family of Dr. Marjorie Ruth Fujara.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded June 23, 2021 · Term not stated · not stated
Employee: Friday Igbinoba Job Title: Pharmacy Supply Clerk Department: Bureau of Health Date of Incident: 12/21/15 Incident/Activity: Petitioner injured his neck while lifting a supply cart. Accidental Injuries: Neck Petition and Order No: 16 WC 18679 Claim Amount: $55,590.00 Attorney: Cullen, Haskins, Nicholson & Menchetti, P.C. Date of Subcommittee Approval: 05/11/2021 Prior/pending claims: n/a
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Awarded March 18, 2021 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED GRANT AWARD Department: Cook County Health Grantee: Cook County health Grantor: US Department of Health and Human Services Request: Authorization to accept grant Purpose: Cook County Health Acupuncture in the ED (AED) Grant Amount: $500,000.00 Grant Period: 2/28/2021-2/27/2022 Fiscal Impact: $500,000.00 Accounts: N/A Concurrences: The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any Summary: The goal of the Cook County Health Acupuncture in the ED (AED) is to 1) enhance CCH guidelines on opioid prescription practices in the ED; 2) provide acupuncture as an alternative medical intervention for people with headache and jaw pain; and 3) reduce emergency department admission rates. Grant Project Period is 2/28/2021 - 2/27/2024 (3yrs). This request to accept Grant award is for the first year of the Grant (2/28/2021 - 2/27/2022) in the amount of $500,000.00...end
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Awarded January 28, 2021 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT AMENDMENT Department: Cook County Sheriff’s Office Other Part(ies): Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization to enter into and execute Third Amendment to an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. Goods or Services: The Sheriff’s Office seeks to expand and maintain the Prescription Drug Take-Back Program, which pharmaceutical drugs are collected and disposed of through environmentally sound methods to maximize the volume of pharmaceutical drugs prevented from entering the Chicago Area Waterway System. Agreement Number: N/A Agreement Period: Original Start date - 1/1/2018 - 12/31/2018. First Renewal period - 1/1/2019 - 12/31/2019. Second Renewal period - 1/1/2020 - 12/31/2020. This renewal period - 1/1/2021 - 12/31/2021 Fiscal Impact: None. Revenue Neutral Accounts: N/A Summary: Authorization for the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, to enter into and execute Third Amendment to an Intergovernmental Agreement for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, to provide funding to allow the Cook County Sheriff’s Office to continue to engage with local law enforcement agencies to expand participation in the Prescription Drug Take-Back Program as follows: Up to $76,406.62 annually for personnel and administrative costs associated with operating the program. Up to $3,593.38 annually for reimbursement of the purchase and installation of collection receptacles.
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Awarded December 16, 2020 · Term not stated · not stated
Employee: Abuzaffer Basith Job Title: Pharmacy Technician Department: Stroger Hospital Date of Incident: 06/18/2018 Incident/Activity: Petitioner injured his neck, head, and bilateral knees when he was reaching above his head to take down a full box of IV bags, and the box fell, hitting him. Accidental Injuries: Neck, head, bilateral knees Petition and Order No: 18 WC 20766 Claim Amount: $140,000.00 Attorney: Marks Injury Law Date of Subcommittee Approval: 11/17/2020 Prior/pending claims: 09/16/1988 ($4,070.40); 06/19/1990 (dismissed); 08/12/1992 (dismissed); 01/19/1996 (dismissed); 06/07/1996 (dismissed).
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Awarded November 19, 2020 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT Department(s): Department of Risk Management Vendor: ConnectYourCare, Hunt Valley, Maryland Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract Good(s) or Service(s): HFSA/DCFSA/HSA Commuter Employee Benefits Administration Original Contract Period: 12/1/2017 - 11/30/2020, with (2) two one (1) year renewal options Proposed Amendment Type: Renewal and Increase Proposed Contract Period: 12/1/2020 - 11/30/2022 Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $607,680.00 Original Approval (Board or Procurement): Board, 7/19/2017, $607,680.00 Increase Requested: $240,000.00 Previous Board Increase(s): N/A Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s): N/A Previous Board Renewals: N/A Previous Chief Procurement Officer Renewals: N/A Previous Board Extension(s): N/A Previous Chief Procurement Officer Extension(s): N/A Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2021 $120,000.00, FY 2022 $120,000.00 Accounts: 11000.1499.580453 Contract Number(s): 1618-15644 Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via full MWBE waiver. The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: The Department of Risk Management is requesting authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract #1618-15644 with ConnectYourCare (CYC). This contract provides: 1) Healthcare Flexible Spending Account Administration (HFSA), Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account Administration (DCFSA) and Health Savings Account Administration (HSA); and 2) Commuter Benefits. HFSA, DCFSA and Commuter Benefits are currently offered to Cook County employees. This contract was awarded through Request for Proposal (RFP) procedures in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Connect Your Care was selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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Awarded November 19, 2020 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT Department(s): Department of Risk Management Vendor: Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Illinois, A Division Of Health Care Service Corporation, A Mutual Legal Reserve Company, Chicago Illinois Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute Good(s) or Service(s): Employer Sponsored Health Insurance Benefits Contract Value: $943,553,076.00 Contract period: 12/1/2020 - 11/30/2023, with two (2), one (1) year renewal options Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2021 $300,878,271.00, FY 2022 $314,214,824.00, FY2023 $328,459,981.00 Accounts: 11250.1021.501620 Contract Number(s): 1953-17913 Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation and partial MWBE waiver. The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: The Department of Risk Management respectfully submits this item requesting authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to award a contract to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL). Cook County selected BCBSIL following a joint procurement effort with the City of Chicago, Chicago Park District, County Pension, and City Colleges of Chicago. BCBSIL was recommended based on established evaluation criteria to provide employer-sponsored health insurance benefits for Cook County Employees. Cook County offers both HMO and PPO health plan options for all eligible employees. The premium and premium equivalent rates for each health plan offered to County employees are subject to annual review and negotiation based on enrollment and utilization. The Director of Risk Management is authorized to execute Benefit Program Applications to support the selected HMO and PPO plans. Employees contribute to the plan's cost through payroll deductions, with the balance of the cost covered through annual appropriations.
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On agenda November 19, 2020 · Term not stated · not stated
REPORT Department: Cook County Sheriff Report Title: Annual Report of the Advisory Committee of the Cook County Prescription Drug Take-Back Program Report Period: 1/1/2019-12/31/2019 Summary: The Cook County Safe Disposal of Pharmaceuticals Advisory Committee meets quarterly to advise the Cook County Sheriff’s Drug Take-Back Program pursuant to Section 46-115 of the Cook County Safe Disposal of Pharmaceuticals Ordinance. In 2019, the program’s third full year of operation, the program collected 43,815.65 lbs of drugs at a reported cost of $145,028.62. This represents a 215% annual increase in the weight of drugs collected and a .19% increase in the reported program cost. The program is funded entirely by the taxpayers of Cook County through the budgets of the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District.
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Awarded September 24, 2020 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT AMENDMENT Department: Cook County Sheriff’s Office Other Part(ies): Sheriff of Kendall County, Yorkville, Illinois Request: Authorization for the County of Cook on behalf of the Sheriff of Cook County (“Cook County”) to enter into and execute Renewal and Second Amendment to the Intergovernmental Agreement (“IGA”) with the Sheriff of Kendall County (“Kendall County”). Goods or Services: The Sheriff of Kendall County to provide boarding and lodging to detainees from the Cook County Department of Corrections at a rate of $70.00 per day, plus medical expenses. Agreement Number(s): N/A Agreement Period: 9/14/2016 - 9/15/2018. First Renewal - 9/14/2018 - 9/15/2020. Second Renewal - 9/14/2020 - 9/15/2022 Fiscal Impact: $1,022,000.00 Accounts: 11100.1239.16875.520330 - Lodging for Non Employees Summary: Authorization for the County of Cook on behalf of the Sheriff of Cook County to enter into and execute Second Renewal and Second Amendment to the Intergovernmental Agreement with the Sheriff of Cook County and the Sheriff of Kendall County to provide boarding and lodging to detainees from the Cook County Department of Corrections at a rate of $70.00 per day, per detainee, and payment of each such sum in total shall be made monthly by Cook County. Also Cook County shall be responsible for costs associated with “hospitalizations (and) non-routine medical and dental care, including prescriptions” for which Kendall County has incurred non-routine costs. Cook County shall satisfy medical services costs incurred pursuant to this IGA from the County Jail Medical Costs Fund established under Section 46-3 of the Cook County Code
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Awarded May 21, 2020 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION APPROVAL OF IMPLEMENTATION OF COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS FOR NON-UNION EMPLOYEES PREVIOUSLY APPROVED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION BILL WHEREAS, in 2018 and 2019, the Cook County Board of Commissioners (“Board” or “Board of Commissioners”) approved various collective bargaining agreements including economic packages (wages increases and healthcare) for active members of the Cook County union workforce for the term of the County’s collective bargaining agreement, 2018 -2020; and WHEREAS, union employees gave concessions to the County based on the County’s representation of its fiscal projections at the time, which included, but were not limited to, a non-compounding payment in lieu of a cost of living increase, step freezes, six to nine month delays of cost of living increases, and increases to pharmacy copays; and WHEREAS, concessions of a non-compounding payment in lieu of a cost of living increase, six to nine-month delays of cost of living increases, and increases to pharmacy copays also were imposed on non-union employees; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 5 of the proposed Annual Appropriation Bill for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 provides, that in the event union employees receive cost of living increases and/or a non-compounding cost of living allowance or a step freeze, in a given fiscal year as a result of negotiated and approved collective bargaining agreements, non-union employees may also receive cost of living increases, non-compounding cost of living allowances and/or step freezes; such increases for non-union employees is further subject to the approval of the Budget Director, Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources and the Board of Commissioners; and WHEREAS, in consideration of Section 5 of the Annual Appropriation Bill, the Budget Director, and the Bureau Chief of Human Resources worked together to recommend appropriate salary adjustments for the County’s non-union workforce, consistent with increases provided for the union workforce for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019 and 2020; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners approved the Annual Appropriation Bill for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019 and 2020, which included appropriation for all active union and non-union employees to receive negotiated cost of living increases; and WHEREAS, Cook County Bureau of Human Resources implemented both concessions and cost of living increases for union and non-union employees equally as approved in previous years of the current collective bargaining agreements; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Board approval of the Fiscal Year 2020 budget, the Bureau of Human Resources is prepared to implement the same concessions and cost of living increases for non-union employees as previously provided to the County’s unionized workforce; and WHEREAS, per the Board’s approval of the Annual Appropriation Bill for Fiscal Year 2020, all non-union employees shall continue to receive the same cost of living increases as union employees for Fiscal Year 2020; and WHEREAS, effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2020 the pay rate for all non-union employees except those employees with a current annual salary of $200,000 or greater shall increase by 2%; and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the President and Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby support the implementation of equal application of the negotiated cost of living adjustments to union and non-union employees, as previously approved in the Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Appropriation Bill. ..end
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Awarded February 27, 2020 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT RENEWAL Department: Cook County Sheriff’s Office Other Part(ies): Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization to enter into and execute Second Amendment to an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Goods or Services: The Sheriff’s Office seeks to expand and maintain the Prescription Drug Take-Back Program, which pharmaceutical drugs are collected and disposed of through environmentally sound methods to maximize the volume of pharmaceutical drugs prevented from entering the Chicago Area Waterway System. Agreement Number: N/A Agreement Period: Original Contract Period: 1/1/2018 - 12/31/2018. First Renewal Period: 1/1/2019 12/31/2019. This Renewal period: 1/1/2020 - 12/31/2020. Fiscal Impact: None. Revenue Neutral Accounts: N/A Summary: Authorization for the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to enter into and execute Second Amendment to an Intergovernmental Agreement for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to provide funding to allow the Cook County Sheriff’s Office to continue to engage with local law enforcement agencies to expand participation in the Prescription Drug Take-Back Program as follows: Up to $76,406.62 annually for personnel and administrative costs associated with operating the program. Up to $23,593.38 annually for reimbursement of the purchase and installation of collection receptacles.
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Awarded February 26, 2020 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AMERICAN SODA FOUNTAIN, INC., FOR ITS MORE THAN 100 YEARS BUSINESS IN COOK COUNTY WHEREAS, American Soda Fountain, Inc., is a third-generation, female-owned, family-operated business that has been in business in Chicago since 1917; and WHEREAS, soda fountains, originally part of the local pharmacy, are unique to the history of America, and Chicago was central to the soda fountain industry; and WHEREAS, the American Soda Fountain Company began life as the Chicago Soda Fountain Company under the stewardship of Sam Schy. A born salesman, Sam was awarded the Chicago distributorship for Liquid Carbonic, world-renowned for its soda fountains and soda machines; and WHEREAS, during the 1930s, fountain production slowed, and many firms liquidated, but Sam Schy planned ahead and purchased whatever inventory he could; and WHEREAS, in the late-1940s, Sam’s youngest son, Bob, joined the business, bringing with him the invaluable ability to “fix anything’; and WHEREAS, in 1957, Liquid Carbonic merged with General Dynamics and divested its fountain business, providing the Schys with materials for continuing their fountain services. As other manufacturers closed, creating parts shortages, Bob designed and manufactured replacements; and WHEREAS, Bob’s son, Phil, began working for the family company after serving in Vietnam, and Bob’s daughter, Terry, joined the company in 1988 after working for Coco-Cola in operations for ten years; and WHEREAS, impersonal chain restaurants and fast-food trends have caused the last of the original soda fountain manufacturers to cease production, today private customers and nostalgic restaurant owners help the Schy’s business to thrive; and WHEREAS, only American Soda Fountain, Inc., has original manufacturer’s specs, parts, and service and installation manuals as well as experience handed down from the people who made and serviced the equipment since it was made; and WHEREAS, American Soda Fountain, Inc., is recognized throughout the beverage industry and has been featured in print, on the radio, and on such television shows as “Made in Chicago” and the Food Network’s “Unwrapped”; and WHEREAS, American Soda Fountain is the only company in the country still refurbishing the iconic American soda fountain. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby honor American Soda Fountain, Inc., for its more than 100 years running a family-owned business in Chicago and Cook County; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a suitable copy of this resolution be tendered to the Schy family as a token of our appreciation of its long history.
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Awarded January 16, 2020 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE #20-0626 (Replaces all other versions) (Cook County Board Meeting - New Items Agenda, First Set) Distributed 6-16-2020 PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 38 - Health and Human Services, Article VI - Medical Examiner, Division 1. - Generally, Sections 38-110, 38-121, 38-124, 38-141, of the Cook County Code, are hereby amended as follows: Sec. 38-110. - Definitions The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this ordinance, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Apparent natural death means the death of any person: a. seen by a physician during the six twelve months prior to death; or b. who had an active prescriptions in the twelve months prior to their death for a cardiovascular disease risk factor, cancer, or other natural disease capable of causing sudden death. … Sec. 38-121. - Deaths subject to investigation; duty to notify. Any person, including, but not limited to, any law enforcement officer, physician, nurse, ambulance attendant, hospital director or administrator, or funeral director who may become aware of a death subject to investigation under Section 38-118 shall immediately report such death to the Office of the Medical Examiner or to any law enforcement officer any such report to a law enforcement officer shall be immediately transmitted to the Medical Examiner. a. Any law enforcement officer who becomes aware of a death that a reasonable person would conclude may have occurred under any of the circumstances set forth in Section 38-118 shall immediately report such death to the Office of the Medical Examiner. Any physician, nurse, ambulance attendant, hospital director/administrator, nursing home director/administrator, or funeral director, who becomes aware of a death that a reasonable person would conclude may have occurred under any of the circumstances set forth in Section 38-118 shall immediately report such death to the Office of the Medical Examiner or any law enforcement officer. b. Law enforcement officers, physicians, nurses, ambulance attendants, hospital directors/administrators, nursing home directors/administrators and funeral directors shall report any death of the type described in subsection a. above within one hour of their becoming aware of the death. c. No person who becomes aware of a death of the type described in subsection a., above, shall remove, cause to be removed, or release for removal, the deceased person from the place of their death without first reporting the death as required by this Section. The deceased person shall not be removed from the place of their death, until the Medical Examiner gives approval for that removal. d. Law enforcement officers, physicians, nurses, ambulance attendants, hospital directors/administrators, nursing home directors/administrators, and funeral directors are excused from the duty to report a death pursuant to this Section only if they reasonably believe, based upon information presented to them, that the death has already been reported to the Medical Examiner. … Sec. 38-124. - Deaths subject to investigation; decedent’s personal property. (a) The Medical Examiner shall cause an inventory to be taken whenever any valuable personal property, money or papers are found upon or near a dead human body whose death may be subject to investigation under Section 38-118. (b) The Medical Examiner or his/her properly authorized subordinate shall take charge of the same valuable personal property and deliver the same valuable personal property to the authorized person, or otherwise properly dispose of the same valuable personal property; but if not claimed, the Medical Examiner after retention of said personal property for one year and after giving ten calendar days' notice of the time and place of sale, shall sell such property. After such sale, the Medical Examiner shall deduct his or her expenses, and deposit the proceeds, and the money and papers found upon or near the decedent's body, within the County TreasurerMedical Examiner Operation and Administration Fund, taking his/her receipt therefore. These items will remain within the County Treasurer Medical Examiner Operation and Administration Fund subject to the order of the legal representatives of the deceased if claimed within fiveone years thereafter or, if not claimed within that time, to be used to offset the costs for indigent burials the operations and administration of the Office of the Medical Examiner. … Sec. 38-141. - Advisory committee. (a) Created. There shall be created a Medical Examiner's Advisory Committee ("Committee") made up of 11 members appointed by the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners with the advice and consent of the Board of Commissioners. The Committee shall act in an advisory capacity to the Cook County Board of Commissioners regarding the handling, storage and final disposition of decedents under the jurisdiction of the Cook County Medical Examiner and may formulate recommendations to bring about improvement in this regard. The Committee shall keep the dignity of the deceased at the forefront of their recommendations. Members shall include, but are not limited to, at least one person from each of the following categories: (1) A member of the medical profession; (2) A clergyperson; (3) A funeral director; (4) An attorney from the Cook County State's Attorney Office; (5) One Cook County Commissioner to serve as an Ex officio Member with voting rights. The Ex officio Member shall serve as a liaison between the County Board and the Committee; (6) A member of the Chicago Police Department; (7) A representative from the Cook County Sheriff's Office; and (8) A member of the public. (b) Term and conditions of Office. Except as otherwise provided in Section 38-141(b), the members of the Committee appointed under Section 38-141(a) shall be appointed for two years. (1) Ex officio member. The ex officio member shall be the appointed Cook County Commissioner who shall serve as the ex officio member for the length of the Commissioner's term. (2) The remaining members. The remaining ten members of the Committee shall serve terms as follows: a. For the initial members whose appointments became effective July 10, 2012, or March 12, 2014: 1. Members appointed from the medical profession, funeral director profession, Chicago Police Department and Cook County Sheriff's Office categories noted in Section 38-141(a) whose term appointment became effective on July 10, 2012, shall serve a term that expires on April 1, 2015. 2. Members appointed from the clergy, State's Attorney Office and public categories noted in Section 38-141(a) whose term appointment became effective on July 10, 2012, or March 12, 2014, shall serve a term that expires on April 1, 2016. b. Thereafter, the members other than the ex officio member appointed shall serve a term of two years. 1. Each member, whether initial or subsequent, shall serve until a successor is appointed. 2. Any member who is appointed to fill a vacancy, other than a vacancy caused by the expiration of the predecessor's term, shall serve until the expiration of his or her predecessor's term. c. Other than the Ex Officio Commissioner, a member may not serve more than two consecutive full terms unless authorized by the Board of Commissioners. (c) Compensation. The members of this Committee shall serve without pay. (d) Attendance. The members of this Committee shall attend meetings to be held at the Medical Examiner's Office on a quarterly basis, beginning with the third quarter of the fiscal year in which this Ordinance is enacted. (e) The Committee shall prepare an annual report. The report shall be distributed to the individual members of the Board of Commissioners and the President's Office before January 31 of each year. The report shall include minutes of meetings of the Advisory Committee over the past year, including a list of attendees at each meeting, a description of the matters considered during the year and any recommendations made by the Committee for improving the handling, storage and final disposition of decedents brought to the Medical Examiner's Office and the Medical Examiner's service to the residents of Cook County. The Medical Examiner's Office shall provide administrative support as necessary. … Sec. 38-145. - Elimination of Medical Examiner Fee Operation and Administrative Fund. Effective December 1, 2012, the Medical Examiner Fees Fund established on March 1, 2011, is hereby eliminated and all fees in the Medical Examiner Fee Fund on or before November 30, 2012, and all of the various fees of the Office of the Medical Examiner received on or after December 1, 2012, shall be transferred or deposited into the County's general fund and placed into an account designated for use by the Office of the Medical Examiner as noted by the Budget Director. All of the various fees collected by the Office of the Medical Examiner will continue to be used solely for the purchase of electronic and forensic identification equipment or other related supplies and operating expenses of the Medical Examiner's Office. The Cook County Budget Director shall create a Medical Examiner Operation and Administrative Special Purpose Fund, which shall be subject to appropriation by the Board, to be used to offset the costs incurred by the Medical Examiner in performing autopsies under the office’s jurisdiction. The Budget Director shall allocate any revenue incurred from: (a) the collection of grants received by the Medical Examiner; and/or (b) disposition of property of decedents in accordance with Section 38-124; The Medical Examiner shall be the custodian, ex officio, of this fund and shall use the fund to perform the duties required by the office. Expenditures shall be made from the fund by the Medical Examiner for expenses, including, but not limited to, the operations and administration of the Office of the Medical Examiner. Effective date: This ordinance shall be in effect immediately upon adoption
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Awarded January 16, 2020 · Term not stated · not stated
C PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO ITEM 20-1118 ISSUED FEBRUARY 24, 2020 (THIS SUBSTITUTE REPLACES ALL PREVIOUS SUBSTITUTES) HEALTH AND HOSPITALS COMMITTEE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 26, 2020 Sponsored by: TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), DENNIS DEER, BILL LOWRY, DONNA MILLER, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JOHN P. DALEY, Cook County Board of Commissioners PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT COOK COUNTY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS SYSTEM BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that CHAPTER 38. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ARITCLE V. COOK COUNTY HEALTH AND HOSPIALS SYSTEM, SECTION 38-70 - 38-94 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows: CHAPTER 38. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ARTICLE V. - COOK COUNTY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS SYSTEM Sec. 38-70. - Short title. This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the "Ordinance Establishing the Cook County Health and Hospitals System." Sec. 38-71. - Declaration. (a) The County Board hereby establishes the Cook County Health and Hospitals System ("CCHHS or System") which shall be an agency of and funded by Cook County. All personnel, facilities, equipment and supplies within the formerly constituted Cook County Bureau of Health Services are now established within the CCHHS. Pursuant to the provisions contained herein, the CCHHS and all personnel, facilities, equipment and supplies within the CCHHS shall be governed by a Board of Directors ("System Board") as provided herein. The System Board shall be accountable to and shall be funded by the County Board and shall obtain County Board approval as required herein. The County Board hereby finds and declares that the CCHHS shall: (1) Provide integrated health services with dignity and respect, regardless of a patient's ability to pay; (2) Provide access to quality preventive, acute, and chronic health care for all the People of Cook County, Illinois (the "County"); (3) Provide quality emergency medical services to all the People of the County; (4) Provide health education for patients, and participate in the education of future generations of health care professionals; (5) Engage in research which enhances its ability to meet the healthcare needs of the People of the County; and, (6) Perform, through the Cook County Department of Public Health, essential services of a local public health authority as provided in the Cook County Board of Health Ordinance, Sections 38-26 through 38-40 of the Cook County Code, other Cook County Ordinances imposing duties upon the Cook County Department of Public Health, and the regulations of the Cook County Department of Public Health promulgated thereunder; the Department of Public Health Act, 20 ILCS 2305/1 et seq.; the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, 20 ILCS 2310/2310-1 5/5-1et seq.; and as further detailed in regulations promulgated by the Illinois Department of Public Health under the Certified Local Health Department Code, 77 Ill. Adm. Code 600.110100 et seq.; provided, however, that the County Board shall continue to serve as the Board of Health of Cook County. (b) This article recognizes the essential nature of the Mission of the CCHHS as set forth in Section 38-74, and the need for sufficient and sustainable public funding of the CCHHS in order to fulfill its mission of universal access to quality health care. (c) CCHHS shall cooperate with the Cook County Board of Commissioners and the Office of the Cook County Board President and the President's various Bureau Chiefs on operational matters, uncompensated care policies, determining appropriate benchmarking and reporting (including but not limited to revenue and finance enhancements, operational and quality improvements and expenditure authority), strategic plans and the legislative policy agenda for CCHHS to ensure efficiency across County operations. (d) The System Board can best fulfill its mission by consistently and regularly consulting with the Cook County Board, in its official capacity and as the Board of Public Health and the Office of the President in the development of policies, procedures, and operational decisions. However, no reference herein to CCHHS working with, collaborating with, cooperating with, or otherwise interacting with the County Board or the Office of the President is intended to revoke or diminish the System Board's authority to act independently on the matters under consideration except where otherwise provided in this Article. Sec. 38-72. - Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following words or terms shall have the meaning or construction ascribed to them in this section: Chairperson means the chairperson of the System Board. Cook County Code means the Code of Ordinances of Cook County, Illinois. 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 Correctional Health Services of Cook County, Cook County Department of Public Health, Oak Forest Hospital Health Center of Cook County, Provident Hospital of Cook County, Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center, and John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, (collectively, the "CCHHS Facilities"). County means the County of Cook, a body politic and corporate of Illinois. County Board means the Board of Commissioners of Cook County, Illinois. Director means a member of the System Board. Fiscal Year means the fiscal year of the County. Ordinance means the Ordinance Establishing the Cook County Health and Hospitals System, as amended. President means the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. System Board means the 11-member board of directors charged with governing the CCHHS. Sec. 38-73. - Establishment of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors ("System Board"). (a) The System Board is hereby created and established. The System Board shall consist of 11 members called Directors. The County Board delegates governance of the CCHHS to the System Board. The System Board shall, upon the appointment of its Directors as provided herein, assume responsibility for the governance of the CCHHS. Effective February 27, 2020, the System Board shall consist of 12 members. (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this article, the Cook County Board of Health Ordinance, Sections 38-26 through 38-40 of the Cook County Code of Ordinances, and other provisions of the Cook County Code of Ordinances conferring authority and imposing duties and responsibilities upon the Board of Health and the Cook County Department of Public Health, shall remain in full force and effect. Sec. 38-74. - Mission of the CCHHS. (a) The System Board shall have the responsibility to carry out and fulfill the mission of the CCHHS by: (1) Continuing to provide integrated health services with dignity and respect, regardless of a patient's ability to pay and working with the Office of the President to determine and establish uncompensated care policies; and (2) Continuing to provide access to quality primary, preventive, acute, and chronic health care for all the People of the County; (3) Continuing to provide high quality emergency medical services to all the People of the County; (4) Continuing to provide health education for patients, and continuing to participate in the education of future generations of health care professionals; (5) Continuing to engage in research which enhances the CCHHS' ability to meet the healthcare needs of the People of the County; (6) Ensuring efficiency in service delivery and sound fiscal management of all aspects of the CCHHS, including the collection of all revenues from governmental and private third-party payers and other sources and working with the Office of the Cook County Board President, and the Cook County Bureau of Finance to ensure sound fiscal management and financial reporting; (7) Except where otherwise permitted herein, ensuring that all operations of the CCHHS, especially contractual and personnel matters, are conducted free from any political interference and in accordance with the provisions of the Supplemental Relief Order and Consent Decree CCHHS Employment Plan and Supplemental Policies established in the federal civil litigation filed in the Northern District of Illinois under Case No. 69 C 2145 and titled Shakman, et al. v. Democratic Organization, et al. that may be modifed from time to time and all applicable laws; and (8) Perform, through the Cook County Department of Public Health, essential services of a local public health authority as provided in the Cook County Board of Health Ordinance, Sections 38-26 through 38-40 of the Cook County Code, other Cook County Ordinances imposing duties upon the Cook County Department of Public Health, and the regulations of the Cook County Department of Public Health promulgated thereunder; the Department of Public Health Act, 20 ILCS 2305/1 et seq.; the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, 20 ILCS 2310/2310-1 5/5-1et seq.; and as further detailed in regulations promulgated by the Illinois Department of Public Health under the Certified Local Health Department Code, 77 Ill. Adm. Code 600.110100 et seq.; provided, however, that the County Board shall continue to serve as the Board of Health of Cook County; and (9) Work with the Office of the President to determine and establish, appropriate benchmarking and reporting (including but not limited to revenue and finance enhancements, operational and quality improvements and expenditure authority), strategic plans and the legislative policy agenda for CCHHS. (b) The System Board shall be responsible to the People of the County for the proper use of all funds appropriated to the CCHHS by the County Board. Sec. 38-75. - Nomination and appointment of directors. (a) Upon confirming that a vacancy in the office of Director has occurred or will occur, a Nominating Committee of 14 13 persons including a Chair shall be appointed by the President and convene to prepare a list of nominees consisting of a total of three nominees per vacancy except the President's designated appointment. This list shall be provided within 45 days of the President's request. If the number of nominees accepted by the President is fewer than the number of vacancies, the Nominating Committee will submit replacement nominees until the President has accepted that number of nominees that corresponds to the number of vacancies. (b) Nominating Committee. (1) The Nominating Committee shall consist of one representative from the following organizations: a. Civic Federation of Chicago; b. Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago; c. Chicago Urban League; d. Healthcare Financial Management Association; e. Suburban Primary Healthcare Council; f. Illinois Public Health Association; g. Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council; Illinois Health and Hospital Association h. Health and Medicine Policy Research Group; i. Chicago Department of Public Health; j. Cook County Physicians Association; k. Chicago Federation of Labor; l. Chicago Medical Society; m. Association of Community Safety Net Hospitals; and n. Midwest Latino Health Research Center. (2) All decisions of the Nominating Committee shall be by majority vote of the membership. (c) The President shall submit the nominees he/she selects to the County Board for approval of appointment. The President shall exercise good faith in transmitting the nomination(s) to the County Board. (d) Appointment of Directors. The County Board shall approve or reject each of the nominees submitted by the President, as well as the President's direct appointment, within 14 days from the date the President submitted the nominees, or at the next regular meeting of the County Board held subsequent to the 14-day period. Where the County Board rejects the President's selection of any nominee for the office of Director, the President shall within seven days select a replacement nominee from the remaining nominees on the list received from the Nominating Committee. There is no limit on the number of nominees the County Board may reject. The County Board shall exercise good faith in approving the appointment of Directors as soon as reasonably practicable. In the event the nominees initially submitted to the President by the Nominating Committee are exhausted before the County Board approves the number of nominees required to fill all vacancies, the President shall direct the nominating Committee to reconvene and to select and submit an additional three nominees for each Director still to be appointed. Sec. 38-76. - Members of the System Board. (a) General. Except for the President's direct appointment, tThe appointed Directors are not employees of the County and shall receive no compensation for their service, but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses while serving on the System Board. Directors shall have a fiduciary duty to the CCHHS and the County; and Directors shall keep confidential information received in close sessions of Board and Board Committee meetings and information received through otherwise privileged and confidential communications. (b) Number of Directors. There shall be 11 Directors of the System Board. Effective February 27, 2020 there shall be 12 Directors. (c) Ex Officio Director. One of the 11 Directors shall be the Chairperson of the Health and Hospitals Committee of the County Board who shall serve as an ex-officio member with voting rights. This Director shall serve as a liaison between the County Board and the System Board. The Ex Officio member of the System Board shall not serve as the Chairperson. (d) President Appointment. Effective February 27, 2020, one of the 12 Directors shall be a direct appointment of the President; said direct appointment may also be an employee of the County. The direct appointment member shall not serve as the Chairperson. (d) (e) Terms of Directors. (1) Ex Officio Director. Upon appointment or election of a successor as Chairperson of the Health and Hospitals Committee of the County Board, the successor shall immediately and automatically replace the prior Director as ex officio Director with voting rights. (2) President's Direct Appointment. Effective February 27, 2020, the President shall be permitted to have one direct appointment on the System Board. The President's direct appointment shall be subject to the advice and consent of the County Board. The President's direct appointment shall have the same rights as any other Director and shall be subject to the same four year term and background qualifications as the Directors. (3) The Remaining Directors. The remaining ten Directors of the System Board shall serve terms as follows. For purposes of this section, Initial Directors means the Directors who were appointed to serve on the System Board when it was first established. a. For the initial Directors, 1. Three of the Initial Directors serving at the time this amendment is enacted, other than the ex officio Directors, shall serve terms that expire June 30, 2012. 2. Three of the Initial Directors serving at the time this amendment is enacted, other than the ex officio Directors, shall serve terms that expire June 30, 2013. 3. Four of the Initial Directors serving at the time this amendment is enacted, other than the ex officio Directors, shall serve terms that expire June 30, 2014. 4. The System Board shall vote upon and submit the list of names of the Directors whose terms shall expire June 30, 2012, the list of names of the Directors whose terms shall expire June 30, 2013, and the list of names of Directors whose terms shall expire June 30, 2014, to the President for approval and subsequent recommendation to the County Board for its approval. b. Thereafter Directors appointed shall serve four-year terms. 1. Each appointed Director, whether Initial or subsequent, shall hold office until a successor is appointed. 2. Any appointed Director who is appointed to fill a vacancy, other than a vacancy caused by the expiration of the predecessor's term, shall serve until the expiration of his or her predecessor's term. (e) (f) Vacancy. A vacancy shall occur upon the: (1) Expiration of Director's Term, (2) Resignation, (3) Death, (4) Conviction of a felony, or (5) Removal from the office of an appointed Director as set forth in paragraph (fg) of this section. (f) (g) Removal of Directors. Any appointed Director may be removed for incompetence, malfeasance, neglect of duty, or any cause which renders the Director unfit for the position. The President or one-third of the members of the County Board shall provide written notice to that Director of the proposed removal of that Director from office; which notice shall state the specific grounds which constitute cause for removal. The Director, in receipt of such notice, may request to appear before the County Board and present reasons in support of his or her retention. Thereafter, the County Board shall vote upon whether there are sufficient grounds to remove that Director from office. The President shall notify the subject Director of the final action of the County Board. The President may remove and replace his or her direct appointment at any time. Sec. 38-77. - Qualifications of appointed directors. (a) The appointed Directors shall include persons with the requisite expertise and experience in areas pertinent to the governance and operation of a large and complex healthcare system. Such areas shall include, but not be limited to, finance, legal and regulatory affairs, healthcare management, employee relations, public administration, clinical medicine, community public health, public health policy, healthcare insurance management, managed care administration, labor affairs, patient experience, civil or minority rights advocacy and community representation. (b) Criteria to be considered in nominating or appointing individuals to serve as Directors shall include: (1) Background and skills needed on the Board; (2) Resident of Cook County, Illinois; (3) Available and willing to attend a minimum of nine monthly Board meetings per year, and actively participate on at least one Board committee; and (4) Willingness to acquire the knowledge and skills required to oversee a complex healthcare organization. The Nominating Committee, the President and the County Board shall take this section into account in undertaking their respective responsibilities in the recommendation, selection and appointment of Directors. (c) Duties of individual Directors include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following: (1) Regularly attend Board meetings including a minimum of nine meetings per year; (2) Actively participate on and attend meetings of committee(s) to which the Director is assigned; (3) Promptly relate community input to the Board; (4) Represent the CCHHS in a positive and effective manner; (5) Learn sufficient details about CCHHS management and patient care services in order to effectively evaluate proposed actions and reports; and (6) Accept and fulfill reasonable assignments from the Chair of the Board. Sec. 38-78. - Chairperson/officers of the System Board. (a) The Directors shall select the initial Chairperson of the System Board from among the initial Directors. The Chairperson shall serve a one-year term and, thereafter, the System Board shall annually elect a chairperson from among the Directors. (1) The Chairperson shall preside at meetings of the System Board and is entitled to vote on all matters before the System Board. (2) A Director may be elected to serve successive terms as Chairperson. (b) The Directors may establish such additional offices committees and appoint such additional officers for the System Board as they may deem appropriate; however, at a minimum, the Directors shall establish standing finance, human resources, audit and compliance, quality and patient safety, and managed care committees. Sec. 38-79. - Meetings of the System Board. (a) The President shall call the first meeting of the System Board. Thereafter, the Directors shall prescribe the times and places for their meetings and the manner in which regular and special meetings may be called. (b) Meetings shall be held at the call of the Chairperson, however, no less than 12 meetings shall be held annually; standing committee meetings shall be called by the various committee chairs and the frequency of said meetings shall be established by the System Board. (c) A majority of the voting Directors shall constitute a quorum. Actions of the System Board shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting members of the System Board present and voting at the meeting at which the action is taken. (d) To the extent feasible, the System Board shall provide for and encourage participation by the public in the development and review of financial and health care policy. The System Board may hold public hearings as it deems appropriate to the performance of any of its responsibilities. (e) The System Board shall comply in all respects with the Illinois Open Meetings Act "An Act in relation to meetings," as now or hereafter amended, and found at 5 ILCS 120/1, et seq. (f) The System Board shall be an Agency to which the Local Records Act, as now or hereafter amended, and found at 50 ILCS 205/1, et seq. applies. Sec. 38-80. - General powers of the System Board. Subject to the Mission of the CCHHS and consistent with this article, the System Board shall have the following powers and responsibilities: (a) To appoint the Chief Executive Officer of the CCHHS ("CEO") or interim CEO, if necessary, as set forth in Section 38-81 hereinafter, to hire such employees and to contract with such agents, and professional and business advisers as may from time to time be necessary in the System Board's judgment to accomplish the CCHHS' Mission and the purpose and intent of this article; to fix recommend the compensation of such CEO, employees, agents, and advisers as appropriated by the County Board; and, to establish the powers and duties of all such agents, employees, and other persons contracting with the System Board; the appointment of the CEO or interim CEO shall be subject to the advice and consent of the Cook County Board of Commissioners; (b) To exercise oversight of the CEO and require the CEO to meet with the President or his/her designee on a monthly basis to address various operations, including but not limited to, human resource and labor issues, financial performance, strategic goals, capital planning initiatives, operational initiatives, determine benchmarking, set uncompensated care policies and determine the CCHHS legislative agenda; (c) To develop measures to evaluate the CEO's performance and to report to the President and the County Board through the Health and Hospitals Committee at six-month intervals regarding the CEO's performance; (d) To authorize the CEO to enter into contracts, execute all instruments, and do all things necessary or convenient in the exercise of the System Board's powers and responsibilities; (e) To determine the scope and distribution of clinical services; provided, however, if the System Board determines that it is in the best interest of the CCHHS to close entirely one of the two CCHHS hospitals, such closure will require County Board approval; provided further, however, that if the System Board determines it is in the best interest of the CCHHS to purchase additional hospitals, or to add or reduce healthcare-licensed, risk-bearing entities in CountyCare, the CCHHS shall, 15 calendar days before final approval, provide notice to the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners, informing such persons as to the basic nature of any such transaction and shall offer to meet with such persons to brief them in more detail on specifics relating to such a transaction; (f) To provide for the organization and management of the CCHHS, including, but not limited to, the System Board's rights and powers to approve review all personnel policies, consistent with existing state laws, collective bargaining agreements, and court orders; however, collective bargaining agreements shall be negotiated by the Cook County Bureau of Human Resources with input from the System Board and the CEO, regarding management rights; (g) To submit budgets for the CCHHS operations and capital planning and development, which promote sound financial management and assure the continued operation of the CCHHS, subject to approval by the County Board and provide the budget recommendation to the Cook County Chief Financial Officer and Budget Director at a minimum two weeks in advance of the presentation the System Board; (h) To accept any gifts, grants, property, or any other aid in any form from the federal government, the state, any state agency, or any other source, or any combination thereof, and to comply with the terms and conditions thereof; (i) To purchase, lease, trade, exchange, or otherwise acquire, maintain, hold, improve, repair, sell, and dispose of personal property, whether tangible or intangible, and any interest therein; (j) In the name of the County, to purchase, lease, trade, exchange, or otherwise acquire, real property or any interest therein, and to maintain, hold, improve, repair, mortgage, lease, and otherwise transfer such real property, so long as such transactions do not interfere with the Mission of the CCHHS; provided, however, that transactions involving real property valued at $100,000.00 $150,000.00 or greater shall require express approval from the County Board any such transactions valued under $150,000.00 but greater than $5,000 shall be reported to the Bureau of Asset Management on a quarterly basis; (k) To acquire space, equipment, supplies, and services, including, but not limited to, services of consultants for rendering professional and technical assistance and advice on matters within the System Board's powers; (l) To make rules and regulations governing the use of property and facilities within the CCHHS, subject to agreements with or for the benefit of holders of the County Board's obligations; said rules and regulations shall be shared with the Bureau of Asset Management for advice and feedback prior to implementation and the final rules and regulations governing such use shall be filed with the Bureau of Asset Management upon approval by CCHHS; (m) To adopt, and from time to time amend or repeal bylaws and rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this article; (n) To encourage the formation of a not-for-profit corporation to raise funds to assist in carrying out the Mission of the CCHHS; (o) To engage in joint ventures, or to participate in alliances, purchasing consortia, or other cooperative arrangements, with any public or private entity, consistent with state law; (p) To have and exercise all rights and powers necessary, convenient, incidental to, or implied from the specific powers granted in this article, which specific powers shall not be considered as a limitation upon any power necessary or appropriate to carry out the CCHHS' Mission and the purposes and intent of this article; (q) To perform, through the Cook County Department of Public Health, essential services of a local public health authority as provided in the Cook County Board of Health Ordinance, Sections 38-26 through 38-40 of the Cook County Code, other Cook County Ordinances imposing duties upon the Cook County Department of Public Health, and the regulations of the Cook County Department of Public Health promulgated thereunder; the Department of Public Health Act, 20 ILCS 2305/1 et seq.; the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, 20 ILCS 2310/2310-1 5/5-1et seq.; and as further detailed in regulations promulgated by the Illinois Department of Public Health under the Certified Local Health Department Code, 77 Ill. Adm. Code 600.110100 et seq.; provided, however, that the County Board shall continue to serve as the Board of Health of Cook County; and (r) To be the governing body of the licensed hospitals or other licensed entities within the CCHHS; and (s) The delegation of authority to the System Board from the Cook County Board of Commissioners shall not be considered a grant of home rule authority. Sec. 38-81. - Chief executive officer. (a) Subject to the advice and consent of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, the System Board shall appoint a Chief Executive Officer of the CCHHS ("CEO") or an interim CEO as necessary. (b) The System Board shall conduct a nationwide search for a CEO which shall be concluded with a goal of no later than 180 days from the date of the County Board's approval of the appointment of the initial System Board or from the date the position of CEO becomes vacant. The System Board shall provide the County Board with a copy of the job description for the CEO in advance of recruitment as well as the performance measures used by the System Board to evaluate the CEO's performance. The recommended salary, termination, term, severance and any contract bonus provisions negotiated by the System Board for the CEO shall be subject to the review and approval of the County Board. If the appointment is not approved, a new search shall be conducted by the System Board. If the compensation package is not approved by the County Board, the System Board must renegotiate the compensation package and if unsuccessful, a new search shall be conducted by the System Board. (c) The CEO shall have the responsibility for: (1) Full operational and managerial authority of the CCHHS, consistent with existing federal and state laws, court orders and the provisions of this article; however the CEO shall work with the Office of the President and his or her designees to collaborate on various operational initiatives that impact County policies and appropriations, including but not limited to, human resource and labor issues, financial matters, operational initiatives, address capital needs, determine benchmarking, set uncompensated care policies and determine the CCHHS legislative agenda. (2) Preparing and submitting to the System Board the Budgets and Strategic and Financial Plans required by this article; (3) Operating and managing the CCHHS consistent with the Budgets and Financial Plans approved by the County Board; (4) Overseeing expenditures of the CCHHS; (5) Subject to Subsection 38-74(a)(7) of this article, hiring and discipline of personnel in conformity with the provisions of this article, all state laws, court orders, and collective bargaining agreements; (6) Assisting the Participating in negotiations with the Cook County Bureau of Human Resources regarding management rights and providing input to the Cook County Bureau of Human Resources in negotiating negotiation of management rights for CCHHS in various Negotiating collective bargaining agreements as set forth in Section 38-84(c); and (7) Carrying out any responsibility which the System Board may delegate; however, said delegation shall not relieve the System Board of its responsibilities as set forth in this article. (d) The CEO shall report to the System Board and shall also meet monthly with the Cook County Board President and his/her designees regarding CCHHS operations and shall collaborate with the Office of the President and his/her Bureau Chiefs on various operational initiatives that impact County policy and appropriations, including but not limited to, human resource and labor issues, financial matters, operational issues, informational technology issues, address capital needs, determine benchmarking, set uncompensated care policies and determine the CCHHS legislative. (e) The CEO shall provide, through the System Board, quarterly reports to the President and County Board concerning the status of operations and finances of the CCHHS and issue other reports as may be required by the County Board or the President. Sec. 38-82. - Strategic and financial plans. (a) As soon as practicable following the establishment of the System Board, the President shall provide to the System Board copies of the audited financial statements and of the books and records of account of the Bureau of Health Services for the preceding five Fiscal Years of the County. (b) The System Board shall recommend and submit to the President and the County Board Strategic and Financial Plans as required by this section. (c) Each Strategic and Financial Plan for each Fiscal Year, or part thereof to which it relates, shall contain: (1) A description of revenues and expenditures, provision for debt service, cash resources and uses, and capital improvements, each in such manner and detail as the County's Budget Director shall prescribe; (2) A description of the strategy by which the anticipated revenues and expenses for the Fiscal Years covered by the Strategic and Financial Plan will be brought into balance; (3) Such other matters that the County Board or the President, in its discretion, requires; provided, however, that the System Board shall be provided with a description of such matters in sufficient time for incorporation into the Strategic and Financial Plan. (d) Strategic and Financial Plans shall not have force or effect without the approval of the County Board and shall be recommended, approved and monitored in accordance with the following: (1) The System Board shall recommend and submit to the President and the County Board, on or before 180 days subsequent to the date of the appointment of the initial Directors or as soon as practicable thereafter, an initial Strategic and Financial Plan with respect to the remaining portion of the Fiscal Year ending in 2008 and for Fiscal Years 2009 and 2010. The Board shall approve, reject or amend this initial Strategic and Financial Plan within 45 days of its receipt from the System Board. (2) The System Board shall develop a Strategic and Financial Plan covering a period of three Fiscal Years and a representative of the County Board President and the Cook County Chief Financial Officer or his/her designee shall assist the System Board in developing the Strategic and Financial Plan. (3) The System Board shall include in each Strategic and Financial Plan estimates of revenues during the period for which the Strategic and Financial Plan applies. In the event the System Board fails, for any reason, to include estimates of revenues and expenditures as required, the County Board may prepare such estimates. In such event, the Strategic and Financial Plan submitted by the System Board shall be based upon the revenue estimates prepared approved by the County Board. (4) The County Board shall approve each Strategic and Financial Plan if, in its judgment, the Strategic and Financial Plan is complete, is reasonably capable of being achieved, and meets the requirements set forth in this section. After the System Board submits a Strategic and Financial Plan to the President and the County Board, the County Board shall approve or reject such Strategic and Financial Plan within 45 days or such Strategic and Financial Plan is deemed approved. (5) The System Board shall report to the President and the County Board, at such times and in such manner as the County Board may direct, concerning the System Board's compliance with the Strategic and Financial Plan. The President and the County Board may review the System Board's operations, obtain budgetary data and financial statements, require the System Board to produce reports, and have access to any other information in the possession of the System Board that the President and the County Board deem relevant. The County Board may issue recommendations or directives within its powers to the System Board to assure compliance with the Strategic and Financial Plan. The System Board shall produce such budgetary data, financial statements, reports and other information and comply with such directives. (6) For each Strategic and Financial Plan applicable to a Fiscal Year subsequent to the current Fiscal Year, the System Board shall regularly reexamine the revenue and expenditure estimates on which it was based and revise them as necessary. The System Board shall promptly notify the President and the County Board of any material change in the revenue or expenditure estimates in that Strategic and Financial Plan. The System Board may submit to the President and the County Board, or the County Board may require the System Board to submit, modified Strategic and Financial Plans based upon revised revenue or expenditure estimates or for any other good reason. The County Board shall approve or reject each modified Strategic and Financial Plan pursuant to paragraph (d)(4) of this section. Sec. 38-83. - Preliminary CCHHS budget and annual appropriation ordinance. (a) The System Board shall not make expenditures unless such expenditures are consistent with the County's Annual Appropriation Bill ("Annual Appropriation Ordinance") as provided in 55 ILCS 5/6-24001 et seq. (b) The System Board may, if necessary, recommend and submit to the President and the County Board, for approval by the County Board, a request for intra-fund transfers within the Public Health Fund to accommodate any proposed revisions by the System Board to the line items set forth for the Bureau of Health Services in the existing Fiscal Year 2008 Annual Appropriation Ordinance. (c) For Fiscal Year 2009 and each Fiscal Year thereafter, the System Board shall recommend and submit a balanced Preliminary Budget for the CCHHS to the President and the County Board, for approval by the County Board, not later than 45 days prior to the first date for submission of budget requests set by the County's Budget Director. (d) Each Preliminary Budget shall be recommended and submitted in accordance with the following procedures: (1) Each Preliminary Budget submitted by the System Board shall be based upon revenue estimates contained in the approved Strategic and Financial Plan applicable to that budget year. (2) Each Preliminary Budget shall contain such information and detail as may be prescribed by the County's Budget Director. Any applicable fund deficit for the Fiscal Year ending in 2008 and for any Fiscal Year thereafter shall be included as an expense item in the succeeding Fiscal Year's Budget. (3) Each Preliminary Budget submitted by the System Board shall be balanced with expenditures matching the revenue estimates for the fiscal year. Such revenue estimates may include requested appropriations from the County Board which will be subject to County Board approval. (e) The County Board shall approve each Preliminary Budget if, in its judgment, the Budget is complete, is reasonably capable of being achieved, and will be consistent with the Strategic and Financial Plan in effect for that Fiscal Year. The Board shall approve or reject each Preliminary Budget within 45 days of submission to the County Board or such Preliminary Budget is deemed approved. Such Preliminary Budget shall be included in the President's Executive Budget Recommendation. (f) The CCHHS's Annual Appropriation shall be monitored as follows: (1) The County Board may establish and enforce such monitoring and control measures as the County Board deems necessary to assure that the revenues, commitments, obligations, expenditures, and cash disbursements of the System Board continue to conform on an ongoing basis with the Annual Appropriation Ordinance. If, in the discretion of the County Board, and notwithstanding the approved Annual Appropriation Ordinance, the County Board imposes an expenditure limitation on the System Board, the System Board shall not have the authority, directly or by delegation, to enter into any commitment, contract, or other obligation that would result in the expenditure limitation being exceeded. Any such commitment, contract or other obligation entered into by the System Board in derogation of this section shall be voidable by the County Board. An expenditure limitation established by the County Board shall remain in effect for that Fiscal Year or unless revoked earlier by the County Board. (2) The System Board shall report to the President and the County Board at such times and in such manner as the County Board may direct, concerning the System Board's compliance with each Annual Appropriation Ordinance. The President and the County Board may review the System Board's operations, obtain budgetary data and financial statements, require the System Board to produce reports, and have access to any other information in the possession of the System Board which the President and the County Board deem relevant. The County Board may issue recommendations or directives within its powers to the System Board to assure compliance with the Annual Appropriation Ordinance. The System Board shall produce such financial data, financial statements, reports and other information and comply with such directives. (3) After approval of each Annual Appropriation Ordinance, the System Board shall promptly notify the President and the County Board of any material change in the revenues or expenditures set forth in the Annual Appropriation Ordinance. In Fiscal Year 2009 and thereafter, the System Board has the authority to make intra-fund transfers within the Public Health Fund, if necessary, to accommodate any proposed revisions by the System Board to the line items set forth in the Annual Appropriation Ordinance. Such transfers shall be reported by the CEO in the quarterly reports required in Subsection 38-81(e) of this article. (4) The County Comptroller is hereby authorized to process invoices and make payments against line items set forth in the Annual Appropriation Ordinance at the direction of the System Board or, if authorized by the System Board, at the direction of the CEO. The System Board shall provide the Comptroller with all documentation necessary for the Comptroller to perform this accounts payable function and to perform the budget control function. The Comptroller shall also issue payroll checks for employees within the CCHHS. Sec. 38-84. - Human resources. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Cook County Code, including, but not limited to, provisions pertaining to Personnel Policies, the System Board shall have authority over all human resource functions currently performed by the Cook County Bureau of Human Resources with regard to all employees, including physicians and dentists, within the CCHHS, including, but not limited to, position classification, compensation, recruitment, selection, hiring, discipline, termination, grievance, affirmative action, performance management, probationary periods, training, promotion and maintenance of records. The System Board shall adopt written rules, regulations and procedures with regard to these functions. Until such time as the System Board adopts its own rules, regulations or procedures with regard to these functions, the existing Personnel Rules, regulations and procedures of the County shall apply. The System Board may exercise the authority granted in this section, in whole or in part, pursuant to its discretion and consistent with existing collective bargaining agreements and obligations. The System Board and the CCHHS Human Resources Department shall collaborate monthly with the Cook County Bureau of Human Resources to ensure efficiency and uniformity to the extent practicable in human resource functions and policies. Except as otherwise limited herein, the System Board shall have authority over the following human resource functions with regard to employees, including physicians and dentists, within the CCHHS: position classification, compensation, recruitment, selection, hiring, discipline, termination, affirmative action, performance management, probationary periods, training, promotion and maintenance of records. The System Board shall adopt written rules, regulations and procedures with regard to these functions subject to the approval of the Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources for Cook County. The System Board or the System Board's designee shall collaborate with the Cook County Bureau of Human Resources to ensure position classification and compensation are in accordance with the annual appropriation. The recommended salary, termination, term, severance and any contract bonus provisions or compensation policies negotiated by the System Board for the CEO or other Direct Appointments of the System Board or CEO shall be subject to the review and approval of the County Board. The System Board may exercise the authority granted in this section, in whole or in part, pursuant to its discretion and consistent with existing collective bargaining agreements and obligations. (b) Employees within the CCHHS are employees of the County, and as such except where otherwise permitted herein, shall be free from any political interference in accordance with the Supplemental Relief Order and Consent Decree CCHHS Employment Plan and Supplemental Policies established in the federal civil litigation filed in the Northern District of Illinois under Case No. 69 C 2145 and titled "Shakman, et al. v. Democratic Organization, et al." which may be amended from time to time. (c) Collective bargaining agreements shall be negotiated by the Cook County Bureau of Human Resources with input from the System Board and the CEO subject to the President's direction. The CEO or designee shall participate cooperate with the County in negotiating collective bargaining agreements covering CCHHS employees and CCHHS may participate in negotiations with the Cook County Bureau of Human Resources in regard to negotiating management rights and work rules. All such collective bargaining agreements must be approved by the System Board and the County Board. (d) With respect to CCHHS bargaining unit employees, the Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources for Cook County shall be granted the authority to settle contract or disciplinary employment-related grievances, arbitrations and mediations without approval of the System Board at the same settlement authority level as the Cook County State's Attorney's Office has in litigation matters. At the level where a collective bargaining agreement provides for grievances to be presented to Human Resources, the Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources for Cook County shall have sole authority to respond to and adjust said grievance. When exercising this authority, the Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources or designee, will at a minimum discuss the implications of the decisions with CCHHS Human Resources. CCHHS shall implement any resolutions or settlements reached by the Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources for Cook County regarding a CCHHS employee within 30 days of receipt of the resolution and/or settlement. Any extensions of time to implement a resolution or settlement must be approved by the Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources for Cook County. The Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources for Cook County shall have the authority to implement any resolutions or settlements where CCHHS has failed to implement within 30 days. (e) With respect to CCHHS employees, the Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources for Cook County has been granted the authority over all labor relations matters regarding the unionized employees of CCHHS. Labor Relations matters include but are not limited to collective bargaining (successor agreements), impact bargaining (bargaining with union representatives regarding policy and work rule changes and terms and conditions of employment), and mid-term bargaining; interpretation of collective bargaining agreements; and implementation of collective bargaining agreements. CCHHS shall not enter into agreements with unions, verbal or written that amend or modify the terms of existing collective bargaining agreements and/or practices without consulting the Bureau of Human Resources Labor Relations Division. CCHHS shall comply with all lawful directives from the Director of Labor and/or the Bureau Chief of Human Resources for Cook County concerning labor matters and/or compliance with the collective bargaining agreements within an established timeframe. If there is an opposing view on the interpretation of the collective bargaining agreements and/or any policy or rule governing a unionized employee, the interpretation of the Bureau of Human Resources Labor Relations Division will govern. (f) Where the Director of Labor and/or Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources for Cook County determines that training is needed concerning a collective bargaining agreement or other labor relations matter, CCHHS shall schedule the training within the timeframe directed by the Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources and cooperate with the Bureau of Human Resources in scheduling and ensuring that appropriate staff are trained within the established timeframe and with consideration of clinical and operational schedules. The training programs implemented by the Bureau of Human Resources will be reviewed with CCHHS Human Resources Department prior to implementing said training. (g) The System Board or the CEO shall not hire or appoint any person in any position in the CCHHS unless it is consistent with the Annual Appropriation Ordinance in effect at the time of hire or appointment. The System Board shall have the authority to recommend the appropriate compensation for employees hired to work within CCHHS subject to the approval of the Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources for Cook County and the Director of the Department of Budget and Management Services and consistent with any applicable collective bargaining agreements. (h)(e) Nothing herein shall diminish the rights of Cook County employees who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and who, pursuant to this article, are placed under the jurisdiction of the System Board, nor diminish the historical representation rights of said employees' exclusive bargaining representatives, nor shall anything herein change the designation of "Employer" pursuant to the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. This ordinance is subject to all existing collective bargaining agreements between Cook County and exclusive bargaining representatives, which cover employees under the jurisdiction of the System Board. (i) CCHHS shall implement any decisions of the Employee Appeals Board within 30 days after receipt of the decision from the Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources for Cook County unless a decision to appeal has been approved by the Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources. Any extension of time to implement a decision of the Employee Appeals Board must be approved by the Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources for Cook County. CCHHS shall have no right to appeal any decision of the Employee Appeals Board without the approval of the Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources. The Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources for Cook County shall have the authority to implement any decision of the Employee Appeals Board where CCHHS has failed to implement the decision within 30 days without an approved extension or approved appeal by the Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources. (j) Any person who willfully takes any official action without authority as provided in this section including but not limited to: collective bargaining, failing to implement grievance resolutions and settlements, failing to implement directives of the Bureau Chief of Human Resources of Cook County as to labor matters and failing to implement decisions of the Employee Appeals Board may be subject to discipline up to and including termination of employment. The Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources for Cook County shall have the authority to investigate violations of this section. If the Bureau Chief of Human Resources of Cook County recommends discipline of any employee pursuant to this section, the CCHHS shall within 30 days implement the recommendation and conduct a pre-disciplinary hearing where applicable or provide a written explanation to the Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources for Cook County explaining why the discipline was reduced or not initiated. Sec. 38-85. - Procurement and contracts. (a) The System Board shall have authority over all procurement and contracts for the CCHHS. The System Board shall adopt written rules, regulations and procedures with regard to these functions, which must be consistent with the provisions set forth in the Cook County Code on Procurement and Contracts; provided, however, that approval of the County Board or County Purchasing Agent required under the Cook County Code on Procurement and Contracts is not required for procurement and contracts within the CCHHS. The System Board shall act in place of the County Board in any contract, bylaws or agreement with the County which requires the approval or other action of the County Board unless expressly prohibited otherwise in this article or unless the contract expressly provides that the System Board shall not have such authority. Until such time as the System Board adopts its own rules, regulations or procedures with regard to Procurement and Contracts, the existing provisions of the Cook County Code pertaining to Procurement and Contracts shall apply. The System Board may exercise the authority granted in this section, in whole or in part, pursuant to its discretion. (b) No contract or other obligation shall be entered into by the System Board unless it is consistent with the Annual Appropriation Ordinance in effect. (c) Any multiyear contracts entered into by the System Board must contain a provision stating that the contract is subject to County Board approval of appropriations for the purpose of the subject contract; and that in the event funds are not appropriated by the County Board, the contract shall be cancelled without penalty to, or further payment being required by, the System Board or the County. The System Board shall give the vendor notice of failure of funding as soon as practicable after the System Board becomes aware of the failure of funding. Multiyear contracts shall also contain provisions that the System Board's or County's obligation to perform shall cease immediately upon receipt of notice to the vendor of lack of appropriated funds; and that the System Board's or County's obligation under the contract shall also be subject to immediate termination or cancellation at any time when there are not sufficient authorized funds lawfully available to the System Board to meet such obligation. Sec. 38-86. - Disclosure of interests required. (a) Any Director, officer, agent, or professional or business adviser of the System Board, or the CEO who has direct or indirect interest in any contract or transaction with the CCHHS, shall disclose this interest in writing to the System Board which shall, in turn, notify the President and the County Board of such interest. (b) This interest shall be set forth in the minutes of the System Board and the Director, agent, or professional or business advisor or CEO having such interest shall not participate on behalf of the CCHHS in any way with regard to such contract or transaction unless the System Board or County Board waives the conflict. (c) The Cook County Board of Ethics shall have jurisdiction over the investigation and enforcement of this section and over the sanctions for violations as set forth in Sections 2-601 and 2-602 of the Cook County Code of Ethical Conduct. (d) Employees of CCHHS shall be bound by the Cook County Code of Ethical Conduct set forth in the Cook County Code, Chapter 2. Article VII, Ethics. Sec. 38-87. - Annual report of the System Board. (a) The System Board shall submit to the President and the County Board, within six months after the end of each Fiscal Year, a report which shall set forth a complete and detailed operating and financial statement of the CCHHS during such Fiscal Year. (b) Included in the report shall be any recommendations for additional legislation or other action which may be necessary to carry out the mission, purpose and intent of the System Board. Sec. 38-88. - Managerial and financial oversight. (a) The County Board may conduct financial and managerial audits of the System Board and the CCHHS. (1) The County Board may examine the business records and audit the accounts of the System Board or CCHHS or require that the System Board examine such business records and audit such accounts at such time and in such manner as the County Board may prescribe. The System Board shall appoint a certified public accountant annually, approved by the County Board, to audit the CCHHS' financial statements. (2) The County Board may initiate and direct financial and managerial assessments and similar analyses of the operations of the System Board and CCHHS, as may be necessary in the judgment of the County Board, to assure sound and efficient financial management of the System Board and the CCHHS. (3) The County Board shall initiate and direct a management audit of the CCHHS as deemed advisable and approved by the County Board. at least once every year. The audit shall review the personnel, organization, contracts, leases, and physical properties of the CCHHS to determine whether the System Board is managing and utilizing its resources in an economical and efficient manner, The audit shall determine the causes of any inefficiencies or uneconomical practices, including inadequacies in internal and administrative procedures, organizational structure, types of positions, uses of resources, utilization of real property, allocation of personnel, allocation of salary, purchasing policies and equipment. (4) The County Board may direct the System Board to reorganize the financial accounts and management and budgetary systems of the System Board or CCHHS in a manner that the County Board deems appropriate to achieve greater financial responsibility and to reduce financial inefficiency. Any such reorganization shall be in keeping with best practices adopted by the Professional Financial Accounting Standards Board. (5) The County Board may consult directly with CCHHS management or the System Board to recommend management related changes based upon the recommendations of any management audit initiated by the County Board. If the System Board or CCHHS does not accept the recommended changes, then a public hearing of the County Board shall be held at which the Chairperson of the System Board and the CEO of the CCHHS must explain why the changes were not accepted. (b) The System Board and the CCHHS shall be subject to audit in the manner now or hereafter provided by statute or ordinance for the audit of County funds and accounts. A copy of the audit report shall be submitted to the President, the Chairperson of the Finance Committee of the County Board, the Chairperson of the Health and Hospitals Committee, and the Director of the County Office of the Auditor. Sec. 38-89. - Indemnification. (a) The County shall defend and indemnify patient care personnel and public health practitioners, including, but not limited to, physicians, dentists, podiatrists, fellows, residents, medical students, nurses, certified nurse assistants, nurses' aides, physicians' assistants, therapists and technicians (collectively "practitioners") acting pursuant to employment, volunteer activity or contract, if provided for therein, with the County with respect to all negligence or malpractice actions, claims or judgments arising out of patient care or public health activities performed on behalf of the CCHHS. The County shall also defend and indemnify such practitioners against liability arising out of the preparation or submission of a bill seeking payment for services provided by such practitioners for the CCHHS, to the extent such liability arises out of the negligent or intentional acts or omissions of a person or persons, other than the practitioner, acting on behalf of the CCHHS. The County shall also defend and indemnify the members of the Nominating Committee and the System Board with respect to all claims or judgments arising out of their activities as members thereof which defense and indemnification shall be subject to the same provisions which apply to the defense and indemnification of practitioners as set forth below. (b) The County shall not be obligated to indemnify a practitioner for: (1) Punitive damages or liability arising out of conduct which is not connected with the rendering of professional services or is based on the practitioner's willful or wanton conduct. (2) Professional conduct for which a license is required but the practitioner does not hold a license. (3) Conduct which is outside of the scope of the practitioner's professional duties. (4) Conduct for which the practitioner does not have clinical privileges, unless rendering emergency care while acting on behalf of the CCHHS. (5) Any settlement or judgment in which the County did not participate. (6) The defense of any criminal or disciplinary proceeding. (c) To be eligible for defense and indemnification, the practitioner shall be obligated to: (1) Notify, within five days of receipt, the Cook County Department of Risk Management and the Civil Actions Bureau of the Cook County State's Attorney's Office of any claim made against the practitioner and deliver all written demands, complaints and other legal papers, received by the practitioner with respect to such claim to the Department of Risk Management. (2) Cooperate with the State's Attorney's Office in the investigation and defense of any claim against the County or any practitioner, including, but not limited to, preparing for and attending depositions, hearings and trials and otherwise assisting in securing and giving evidence. (3) Promptly notify the Cook County Department of Risk Management and the Civil Actions Bureau of the Cook County State's Attorney's Office of any change in the practitioner's address or telephone number. (d) All actions shall be defended [by] the Cook County State's Attorney. Decisions to settle indemnified claims shall be made by the County or the State's Attorney's Office, as delegated by the County, and shall not require the consent of the indemnified practitioner. If a practitioner declines representation by the State's Attorney's Office, the County shall have no obligation to defend or indemnify the practitioner. Sec. 38-90. - Applicability of the Cook County Code. Except as otherwise provided herein, provisions of the Cook County Code shall apply to the System Board and the CCHHS and their Directors, officers, employees and agents. To the extent there is a conflict between the provisions of this article and any other provision in the Cook County Code, the provisions in this article shall control. Sec. 38-91. - Transition. (a) The County Board recognizes that there will be a necessary transition period between the adoption of this article and the point at which the System Board is capable of assuming all of its powers and responsibilities as set forth in this article. The Office of the President shall cooperate with the System Board during this transition to enable the System Board to assume fully its authority and responsibilities in as timely a manner as practicable. Such cooperation shall include accommodating requests from the System Board to provide adequate staffing at the CCHHS through the transfer or reassignment of personnel to the CCHHS, including, but not limited to, personnel to perform human resource and procurement/contracting functions. (b) In order to avoid unnecessary duplication of services, the System Board, on behalf of the CCHHS, may, at its discretion, continue to utilize various ancillary services provided through the Office of the President, including, but not limited to, those services provided by the Office of Capital Planning and Policy, the Bureau of Information Technology, the Department of Risk Management, the Department of Facilities Management, the Department of Real Estate Management, the Office of the Comptroller, and the Office of the County Auditor. (c) Any contracts entered into by the County on behalf of the Bureau of Health prior to the adoption of this article shall remain in effect; provided, however, that the System Board shall act in place of the County Board in any contract, bylaws or agreement with the County which requires the approval or other action of the County Board unless expressly prohibited otherwise in this article. Sec. 38-92. - Severability. Any provision of this article declared to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid shall not impair the remaining provisions of this article. Sec. 38-93. - Making CCHHS permanent. The Cook County Health and Hospitals System and this article shall continue, unless the Cook County Board of Commissioners acts to revoke its powers and responsibilities. Sec. 38-94. - Quarterly reporting. (a) The Health and Hospitals System shall report to the Board of Commissioners quarterly on the cost that the office incurs due to processing medical cases involving firearms. Secs. 34-95-34-108. - Reserved. * * * * BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that CHAPTER 38. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ARITCLE VII. COOK COUNTY DIRECT ACCESS PROGRAM, SECTION 38-159 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows: ARTICLE VII. - COOK COUNTY DIRECT ACCESS PROGRAM Sec. 38-159. - Establishing a direct access program. In consultation with the Cook County Board President or his/her designee, the The Chief Executive Officer of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System (herein referred to as CEO), or his/her designee, is hereby authorized and empowered, subject to the policy approval of the Cook County Board President and the County Board acting in their official capacity and as the Board of Public Health, to establish a direct access program to ensure uninsured residents of Cook County have access to quality health care: (1) Leveraging CCHHS' existing charity care program. (2) Building on the infrastructure and operations systems of the CountyCare Health Plan to ensure proper care coordination, provider relations, and data analytics. (3) Maximizing the community partnerships and linkages established over the past 180 years of service to the residents of Cook County.
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Awarded January 15, 2020 · Term 10 yr · not stated
Estimated next decision window: January 2030
HONORING THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF DR. JOHN JAY SHANNON, M.D. WHEREAS, the Cook County Board President and the members of the Cook County Board of Commissioners are pleased to honor Dr. John Jay Shannon, M.D., who served as Chief Executive Officer of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System from 2014 to 2019, for his hard work and dedication toward furthering Cook County’s 180-year public health mission of delivering integrated health services with dignity and respect regardless of a patient’s ability to pay; and WHEREAS, under Dr. Shannon’s leadership, Cook County Health is continuing a transformative journey, developing innovative and integrative approaches to the fulfillment of Cook County Health’s mission by aligning its role as a provider of care, both in traditional and correctional settings, a public health authority and a health plan; and. The journey has included significant investments in outpatient services to shift the system from its historic role as a provider of sick care to a provider of choice; and WHEREAS, Dr. Shannon’s journey at Cook County Health has included a significant policy shift and investment in outpatient services to shift Cook County Health from its historic role as a provider of sick care to a provider of health care.; and WHEREAS, Dr. Shannon spent most of his professional career at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, formerly Cook County Hospital. He first joined the medical staff in 1990 and served in several roles, including Director of the Adult Asthma Clinic, where he led several quality improvement collaborations aimed at improving the delivery of care for asthma patients within the health system and across the County. He also served as an Associate Chair of the Department of Medicine and Chief of the Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Stroger; and WHEREAS, prior to Cook County Health, Dr. Shannon served as Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Parkland Health & Hospital System in Dallas from 2007-2012. While there, he served for two years as a trustee of the Dallas-Ft. Worth Hospital Council. WHEREAS, Dr. Shannon is a graduate of St. Ignatius College Prep, earned his bachelor’s degree from Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama and returned to Cook County to earn a medical degree from Rush Medical College; and WHEREAS, Dr. Shannon and his wife Robin are the parents of three adult children and the grandparents of two young boys. WHEREAS, under the leadership of Dr. Shannon, Cook County Health has improved and added patient services and access to care, built the largest Medicaid managed care plan in Cook County despite competing with national brands and made significant and long-overdue upgrades and modernization of the facilities - all while significantly reducing Cook County Health’s reliance on local taxpayer support. WHEREAS, under the leadership of Dr. Shannon, Cook County Health has invested substantially in quality and safety improvement initiatives, advocacy initiatives and fiscal stewardship that has led to: · The Joint Commission accreditation for Stroger, Provident and their associated ambulatory services, Primary Care Medical Home certification for our Community Health Systems. · The creation of a national model for correctional health that has led to better outcomes for our patients and the dissolution of a ten-year consent decree at the Cook County Jail. · The establishment of an ophthalmology center and new digital mammography, radiology and nuclear medicine technology at Provident Hospital. · Integration of behavioral health into primary care and Naloxone distribution at the Cook County Jail as part of an overarching strategy of medication assisted treatment for individuals with opioid use disorders. · Investment of millions in long-overdue capital equipment replacement. · Advocacy at every level of government to protect the Affordable Care Act and expanded access to populations historically left behind. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Cook County Board President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Dr. John J. Shannon is recognized for the positive impact he has made at the Cook County Health and Hospitals System, positioning the Cook County Health to continue its core mission for years to come, and we wish him the best on his future endeavors; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be presented to Dr. John J. Shannon as a symbol of our respect and his dedication to Cook County Health.
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Awarded December 19, 2019 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION REQUESTING A MEETING OF THE COOK COUNTY HEALTH & HOSPITALS COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS COOK COUNTY HEALTH’S FORMULARY PROGRAM WHEREAS, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists defines a formulary, as a “continually updated list of medications and related information, representing the clinical judgment of pharmacists, physicians, and other experts in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and promotion of health; and WHEREAS, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists: health systems should develop, maintain, and implement a formulary management process, whereby decisions on the management of a formulary system is founded on the evidence-based clinical, ethical, legal, social, philosophical, quality-of-life, safety, and economic factors that result in optimal patient care; and WHEREAS, the process must include the active and direct involvement of physicians, pharmacists, and other appropriate health care professionals; and WHEREAS, this evidence-based process should not be based solely on economic factors, rather the formulary system should be standardized among components of integrated health systems when standardization leads to improved patient outcomes and safety; and WHEREAS, formulary design should be patient-centered, fiscally responsible, and evidence-based; furthermore, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) guidelines state that drug selection should be based on clinical outcomes, clinical comparability, safety, patient ease of use, and bioequivalence with drug unit cost being a secondary consideration; and WHEREAS, a comprehensive, well-maintained formulary that is tailored to the organization’s patient care needs, policy framework, and medication-use systems ensures that the six critical processes identified by the Joint Commission (selection and procurement, storage, ordering and transcribing, preparing and dispensing, administration, and monitoring) work in concert to ensure optimal outcomes; and WHEREAS, over the last decade, insurers have increasingly used step therapy, or “fail-first,” policies as a strategy to contain pharmaceutical costs; and WHEREAS, step therapy requires patients to begin treatment for a medical condition on a typically less expensive drug, and only progress to costlier second-line drugs when the first-line therapy becomes ineffective or inappropriate, shifting clinical decision-making away from physicians and toward centralized policies that define treatment steps for patient populations based on the potential for more cost-effective care; and WHEREAS, step therapy can delay access to the most efficacious therapies as well increase the duration of illness and raise the total cost of health care delivery in the long run; and WHEREAS, in order to regulate the use of step therapy, the State of Illinois passed an amendment to the Health Maintenance Organization Act to provide certain exceptions upon which a step therapy override will always be provided as well as set clinical review criteria that must be used to establish step therapy protocols; and WHEREAS, delays in receiving health care, whether caused by step therapy edits or other factors such as rigid formulary policies, have been shown to be significantly detrimental to patient health outcomes such as disease progression, increased symptom severity, poorer patient outcomes, or even death; and WHEREAS, medication adherence just as overall continuity of care leads to better patient health outcomes as well as saves money; and WHEREAS, the CCH formulary should be standardized across the system and should be designed to provide a physician- and patient-friendly option to prescribe and receive drugs not included on the formulary, using patient-centered, clinically-based criteria with efficacy given the most weight in assessing medication value, which is consistent with the FDA decision to approve a medication on the basis of a favorable benefit-to-risk assessment, and avoids cost being given undue weight in the evaluation; and WHEREAS, the mission of Cook County Health (CCH) is to deliver integrated health services with dignity and respect regardless of a patient’s ability to pay; foster partnerships with other health providers and communities to enhance the health of the public; and advocate for policies that promote the physical, mental and social well-being of the people of Cook County; and WHEREAS, the advent of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and resulting County Care program along with State Medicaid has given the County a tool to ensure that the most vulnerable patients have access to coordinated health-care coverage; and WHEREAS, health plans should constitute Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P and T) committees with plan payers, members, and local practitioners who are credible and respected to review, revise as appropriate and approve formularies, including those provided to the health plan by contracted pharmacy benefit management (PBM) organizations; and WHEREAS, the goal of a plan’s policies should be to promote optimal matching of patients to existing therapies rather than to declare, without medical expertise, that one therapy is better than another for everyone and plan restrictions designed to control costs should be implemented with great caution as unnecessary restrictions on access will lead to worse health outcomes and more health care spending over time; and WHEREAS, CCH should work collaboratively with the pharmaceutical industry, PBMs, health plans, and physicians to conduct research, publicly share the results and strive to bring as much uniformity and consistency to its drug formulary system as is possible within a competitive health care marketplace; and WHEREAS, in light of its mission, CCH should strive to deliver clinical evidence-based and best in class healthcare including in the design and use of formularies and should not exclude newly FDA-approved drugs or indications based solely on economic factors; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby request that a meeting of the Health and Hospitals Committee be convened to discuss the formulary program of Cook County Health, including how it impacts outcomes for the most common disease states of CCH patients such as Heart Disease, Diabetes, Asthma and Sexually Transmitted Infections; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chief Clinical Pharmacist, the Chairperson of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee and any other pertinent representatives of Cook County Health appear before the Committee and be prepared to give an overview to the Committee and answer questions related to the formulary program and processes of said program.
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Awarded November 20, 2019 · Term not stated · not stated
Employee: Raymond Lee Job Title: Pharmacy Technician Department: Stroger Hospital Date of Incident: 02/02/2018 Incident/Activity: Petitioner tripped and fell getting on an elevator Accidental Injuries: right shoulder Petition and Order No: 18 WC 35942 Claim Amount: $40,545.00 Attorney: Lannie Pollens Ltd Date of Subcommittee Approval: 09/25/2019 Prior/pending claims: n/a
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Awarded October 24, 2019 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT Department(s): Department of Risk Management Vendor: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, a Division of Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Company Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract Good(s) or Service(s): Employer Sponsored Health Insurance Benefits Original Contract Period: 12/1/2015 - 11/30/2018 with (2) two (1) one-year renewal options Proposed Contract Period Extension: 12/1/2019 - 11/30/2020 Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $1,170,195,500.00 Original Approval (Board or Procurement): Board, 10/28/2015, $884,195,500.00 Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): 9/12/2018, 12/1/2018-11/30/2019, $286,000,000.00 Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A This Increase Requested: $298,870,000.00 Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2020 $298,870,000.00 Accounts: 11250.1021.501620 Contract Number(s): 1518-14008 Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation and partial MBE/WBE waiver. The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: This increase and second of two (2) one (1) year renewal options will allow the Department of Risk Management to continue the administration of the County’s Employer Sponsored Health Insurance Benefits. An HMO and PPO health plan for over 47,000 employees and their dependents is administered through Health Care Service Corporation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL). The Director of Risk Management is authorized to execute annual Benefit Program Applications to support the selected HMO and PPO plans and rates. This contract was awarded through the Request for Proposals process in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code, Health Care Service Corporation was selected based on the established evaluation criteria.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded October 24, 2019 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT Department(s): Department of Risk Management Vendor: Rising Medical Solutions, Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute Good(s) or Service(s): Workers’ Compensation Administration Services Contract Value: $7,950,000.00 Contract period: 1/1/2020 - 12/31/2022 with two (2) one-year renewal options Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2020 $2,650,000.00, FY 2021 $2,650,000.00, FY2022 $2,650,000.00 Accounts: 11250.1021.580111 Contract Number(s): 1944-17617 Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation and partial MBEWBE waiver. The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: The Department of Risk Management of the Bureau of Finance respectfully submits this item requesting authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute contract 1944-17617 with Rising Medical Solutions (Rising). This contract with Rising is intended to provide Workers’ Compensation Administration Services. Depending on the nature and complexity of a given claim, Workers Compensation Adjusters and the Office of the State Attorney require access to a variety of services. Within this contract Rising will make available services including Medical Bill Review/Repricing Services, Utilization Review, Case Management Services, Independent Medical Examinations, Recorded Statements and Surveillance, Durable Medical Equipment, Pharmacy Benefit Manager and Vocational Rehabilitation Placement Service. This contract is awarded through Request for Proposals (RFP) procedures in accordance with Cook County Procurement Code. Rising Medical Solutions was selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded October 23, 2019 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION HONORING COUNTYCARE FOR BEING NAMED A TOP MEDICAID MANAGED CARE PLAN IN ILLINOIS WHEREAS, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) released their 2019-2020 Health Insurance Plan Ratings, ranking Cook County Health’s (CCH) CountyCare, the system’s Medicaid managed care plan, as one of the top-rated Medicaid Managed Care Plans in Illinois; and WHEREAS, overall CountyCare tied for the top rating in Illinois, with a score of 3.5, and scored the highest in the State for preventive care and treatment, and tied for second for consumer experience; and WHEREAS, CountyCare is the largest Medicaid Managed Care Organization (MCO) in Cook County with 320,000 members; and WHEREAS, CountyCare covers prescription drugs, primary and specialty care, laboratory and X-ray services, mammograms, mental health treatment, transportation to medical appointments, and other services; and WHEREAS, CountyCare has one of the largest networks with more than 4,500 care providers, 15,000 specialists and over 50 hospitals throughout Cook County; and WHEREAS, CountyCare emphasizes provider-based care coordination designed to improve health outcomes; and WHEREAS, this recognition is a testament to the leadership of Cook County Health and the CountyCare team; and WHEREAS, this Honorable Body wishes to recognize and commend the CountyCare team on a job well done, and looks forward to more great outcomes in the future; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the President and Members of the Cook County Board of Commissioners do hereby congratulate CountyCare for their NCQA score as one of the top MCO’s in the State of Illinois; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this text be spread upon the official proceedings of this Honorable Body and that a suitable copy be presented to Cook County Health CEO Dr. Jay Shannon and CountyCare CEO James Kiamos as a symbol of our respect and esteem...end
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded July 25, 2019 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT Department(s): Risk Management Vendor: Deloitte Consulting LLP, Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute Good(s) or Service(s): Health & Group Benefits Consulting Contract Value: $1,046,000.00 Contract period: 7/31/2019 - 8/1/2022 with two (2) one-year renewals Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2020 $392,000.00, FY 2021 $327,000.00, FY 2022 $327,000.00 Accounts: 11000.1490.520835 Contract Number(s): 1830-17616 Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation and partial MWBE waiver. The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: The Department of Risk Management is requesting authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute a contract with Deloitte Consulting LLP. This contract with Deloitte Consulting LLP is to provide Health and Group Benefits Consulting services. The services identified include annual actuarial assessments, procurement support, vendor management, compliance support, communications, and the ability to provide strategic counsel on industry trends such as plan design management and other aspects of employee benefits cost containment. This contract is awarded through Request for Proposal (RFP) procedures in accordance with Cook County Procurement Code. Deloitte was selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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On agenda June 27, 2019 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION REQUESTING A HEARING OF THE HEALTH AND HOSPITALS COMMITTEE OF THE COOK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO DISCUSS THE PRACTICES OF COOK COUNTY HEALTH (CCH) RELATED TO COUNTYCARE FINANCES AS DISCUSSED IN THE INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT (IIG 18-0100) WHEREAS, in 2012, the State of Illinois obtained a federal Section 1115 demonstration waiver to get an early start on Medicaid expansion as a result of provisions in the Affordable Care Act, which allowed adults living in Cook County and making less than roughly $15,860 (or 133% below the federal poverty level) to get Medicaid; and WHEREAS, the initiative was named “CountyCare” and was designed to help the state and CCH build capacity and experience to support implementation of the official Medicaid expansion in January 2014, as more than 618,000 uninsured adults were estimated to be eligible for the ACA’s Medicaid expansion in Illinois, with over 341,000 of them residing in Cook County; and WHEREAS, as part of this initiative CountyCare had to handle management of its waiver from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and needed a third party to evaluate the effectiveness of the waiver showing that it enrolled enough patients; that those patients were geographically acceptable enough to encourage providers to participate in the plan; and showing that CountyCare could deliver and generate enough medically necessary claims processed through the state Medicaid agency; and WHEREAS, the program is considered crucial to the financial survival of the health system, and to the county itself, which subsidizes the system with tax dollars; Before CountyCare, the system historically had been spending $500 million to $600 million a year for uncompensated care; and WHEREAS, in 2014, CountyCare transformed its health plan to also accept traditional Medicaid populations and as a result is now one of the largest Medicaid managed health plans in the State; CountyCare currently has a healthcare network of approximately 4,500 primary care providers, 15,000 specialists, 50 hospitals, and 335,000 Members; and WHEREAS, on June 21st, 2019, the Office of the Independent Inspector General (OIIG) released a report on CountyCare Healthcare Expenses (IIG 18-0100), which was prompted after receiving information during the course of their review of CCH bad debt expense and claim denials; and WHEREAS, the OIIG report identified key managerial decisions and financial policies associated with large volumes of unpaid healthcare expenses related to the CountyCare program including outstanding liabilities of $701 million for the 2018 fiscal year-end compared to the small amounts the State tends to owe CountyCare at the end of the year and according to the report can only pay 2% of the outstanding liabilities; and WHEREAS, according to the report, CountyCare does not generate enough revenue to pay all the outstanding healthcare expenses at the end of the fiscal year and has a practice of using subsequent period budgetary funds to pay prior period bills, such that CountyCare's unpaid healthcare expenses are steadily growing and could become too large to pay without an extraordinary contribution from another funding source in the future; and WHEREAS, the report further states that CCH routinely changes revenue and expense figures between CCH's operating units (e.g., Stroger, CountyCare, etc.) to reach desired financial goals for CountyCare and Stroger Hospital in CCH's monthly and annual financial reports, and as a result, these practices make it difficult for the CCH Board and Cook County Board of Commissioners to have a sound baseline to evaluate the performance of the individual operating units that make-up CCH; and WHEREAS, CCH has stated that they are absolutely confident in the integrity of the CountyCare program and will respond in a comprehensive manner in time; and WHEREAS, with the FY2020 budget process already started, the time is now to address this report and provide answers to the Board and the Public; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby request that a meeting of the Health and Hospitals Committee be convened to discuss the CountyCare program and financial and reporting practices of Cook County Health as it relates said program; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the OIIG appear before the Committee and be prepared to explain its review of CountyCare, CCH, and the five report recommendations; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chief Financial Officer and any other pertinent representatives of Cook County Health, as well as the Independent Hospital Board appear before the Committee and be prepared to update the Committee on the contents of the OIIG report and the relationship between CountyCare and CCH, and be prepared to answer questions on the same.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded June 27, 2019 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION PROSPECTIVE AGREEMENT WITH NATIONWIDE RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS WHEREAS, on February 2, 1978, the County adopted the County of Cook Employees Deferred Compensation Plan for employees of the County of Cook and Cook County Forest Preserve District pursuant to Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States; Public Act 78-1277 of the Illinois General Assembly (40 ILCS 5/24-101 et seq.) and Article VII, Section 6 of the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and WHEREAS, on July 13, 2016, the County updated The Deferred Compensation Plan for Public Employees as Amended and Restated for the County of Cook and Cook County Forest Preserve District (“Plan”); and WHEREAS, the declared purpose of the Plan is to enable all employees of the County of Cook and Forest Preserve District to better provide for their retirement security; and WHEREAS, the Plan entails no County or taxpayer funds as the funds are voluntarily contributed by employees as payroll deductions; and WHEREAS, an Administrative Services Provider is required to perform reasonable and necessary third party administrative services to the Plan; and WHEREAS, the Deferred Compensation Committee (“Committee”) has the authority to issue from time to time competitive Requests for Proposal to no less than five qualified parties and take such other action as is necessary, advisable or prudent to negotiate prospective agreements with one or more third party administrators, and present said prospective agreement to the Employer for approval, with or without the support of the Chief Procurement Officer of the County or the Forest Preserve District; and WHEREAS, the Committee directed the issuance and review of a Request for Proposals for an Administrative Services Provider in accordance with the Plan requirements; and WHEREAS, the Committee has determined it is in the best interest of the participants to require an administrator to provide unbundled investment options; and WHEREAS, the Committee has determined it is in the best interests of the participants to improve the Plan experience through improved communications and interactions while minimizing disruption, and WHEREAS, Nationwide Retirement Solutions agreed to unbundle investment options, substantially reduce the individual service fees for loans and for managed accounts in addition to improvements to the participant experience and provided this commitment in a Letter of Intent; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, in accordance with the Plan, the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby authorize the Committee to negotiate an Administrative Services Provider contract with Nationwide Retirement Solutions for the Plan; and BE IT RESOLVED, that the Chair of the Committee be authorized to execute the negotiated contract with Nationwide Retirement Solutions on behalf of Cook County.
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Awarded June 26, 2019 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE HONORABLE KIMBERLY A. LIGHTFORD AS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE ILLINOIS STATE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER WHEREAS, Senator Kimberly A. Lightford was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 10, 1968; and WHEREAS, Senator Kimberly A. Lightford was raised in Maywood, Illinois and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Public Communications from Western Illinois University and a master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Illinois Springfield; and WHEREAS, prior to being elected to public office, Senator Kimberly A. Lightford gained extensive management experience working as a Trustee for the Village of Maywood and for State of Illinois departments such as the Illinois Department of Central Management Services, the Illinois Department of Corrections and the Illinois Secretary of State’s office; and WHEREAS, in 1998, Senator Kimberly A. Lightford became the youngest African American female elected to the Illinois State Senate representing the 4th District. Senator Lightford has become a vocal champion for promoting quality education, advocating for quality healthcare, and providing support for working families; and WHEREAS, Senator Kimberly A. Lightford became Assistant Majority Leader in 2009 and enhanced her role as an advocate for education reform. Senator Lightford has served on the Senate Education Committee as either a sitting member, Vice Chair or Chairman. Her expertise positioned her as a lead negotiator on the legislation that established stronger methods of evaluating teachers and tracking student progress; and WHEREAS, on January 9, 2019, Senator Kimberly A. Lightford was appointed as the Illinois State Senate Majority Leader, making her the first African American female to hold the position and among the highest-ranking elected officials in state government; and WHEREAS, Senator Kimberly A. Lightford currently serves as Chair of the Assignments Committee and a member on Committees such as the Committee of the Whole, Education, Energy and Public Utilities, Executive, and Executive Appointments. She is also the Sub-Chairperson for the Special Committees on Government Operations and Charter Schools and a member on the Special Committees on Supplier Diversity and Oversight Medicaid Management Care; and WHEREAS, due to her leadership, Senator Kimberly A. Lightford has helped to pass laws that provides universal preschool programs and makes sure that all children start school at six years old. Senator Lightford has also improved the safety of children by providing specialized bullying prevention curricula and no bullying school zones; and WHEREAS, Senator Kimberly A. Lightford has worked to improve the quality of life for working families by passing legislation such as the Illinois Equal Pay Act, the African American Equal Pay Act, reforming the Payday Loan Industry, and raising the minimum wage in Illinois to $15 dollars per hou; and WHEREAS, in addition to advancing a progressive legislative agenda, Senator Kimberly A. Lightford has led efforts to rebuild The Loretto Hospital in the Austin community. Senator Lightford secured more than $20 million in funding that helped the hospital build a state-of-the-art emergency department, a pharmacy and remodel all bed space. Due to her efforts, The Loretto Hospital renamed their emergency department to The Kimberly A. Lightford Emergency Department; and WHEREAS, for nearly two decades, Senator Kimberly A. Lightford has brought resources back to the 4th District. Senator Lightford initiated the “Uplift Our Future” program, a Saturday University which provides mentoring and educational resources for middle school students. She has also hosted an annual Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Rainbow Tea and breast cancer and prostate cancer awareness events; and WHEREAS, in December 2018, Senator Kimberly A. Lightford was instrumental to securing $3 million to improve a community center operated by the Maywood Park District. The Maywood Park District named the Lightford Recreation Center in her honor; and WHEREAS, Senator Kimberly A. Lightford currently serves as the Chair of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus, Commissioner for the Education Commission of States, Co-Chair of the Education Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures, and an Executive Fellow at the Erikson Institute; and WHEREAS, Senator Kimberly A. Lightford and her family currently resides in Maywood, Illinois where she is active in the community as a member of the Board of Directors for the Proviso-Leyden Council for Community Action, The Loretto Hospital, and the Boys & Girls Club of West Cook County. Senator Lightford is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Commissioners of Cook County, on behalf of the 5.2 million residents of Cook County does hereby congratulate Senator Kimberly A. Lightford as the first African American female Illinois State Senate Majority Leader and honors her many contributions to the people of Illinois; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a suitable copy of this Resolution be spread upon the official proceedings of this Honorable Body and that an official copy of the same be tendered to Senator Kimberly A. Lightford.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded June 6, 2019 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 1384 - THE MEDICARE FOR ALL ACT WHEREAS, the United States spends nearly twice as much per capita on health care as all other comparable countries and yet ranks only 35th in the world by global health standards, including on such critical barometers as average life expectancy, infant mortality, maternal mortality, and death from preventable diseases; and WHEREAS, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enacted important improvements, primarily through the expansion of Medicaid in states that have agreed to do so, and limits on some insurance industry abuses, that reform left tens of millions with a continuing crisis in access, cost, and quality of care; and WHEREAS, the uninsured rate for U.S. adults has risen for four straight years up to nearly 30 million, even after implementation of the ACA, with the greatest increase among women, young adults, and lower-income people; and WHEREAS, tens of millions more who pay for insurance remain underinsured due to the still largely unregulated high cost of medical care that has led to one-third of all GoFundMe accounts being established to pay for exorbitant medical bills; and WHEREAS, more than 40 percent of all U.S. adults under the age of 65 forego needed medical care, 30 percent fail to fill a prescription or take less than the recommended dose, and a third said they had to choose in the past year between paying for food, heating, housing, or health care, according to a 2018 survey by the West Health Institute and NORC at the University of Chicago; and WHEREAS, the inability to pay medical bills continues to be a leading cause of personal bankruptcy, and people who need medical care should never face bankruptcy as a result of needing care; and WHEREAS, the ever-rising cost of health care and its discriminatory characteristics contribute to the growing national chasm in wealth inequality; and WHEREAS, discrimination, based on race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, and where one lives is particularly systematic to a profit-based health care system; and WHEREAS, 55 percent of the uninsured are people of color; African Americans suffer higher death rates than whites at an earlier age due to heart disease, diabetes, cancer, HIV, and infant mortality; African-American women are three to four times more likely than white women to die in childbirth; and African-American and Latino students are more likely to experience health risks due to exposure to toxins and air pollution at school; and WHEREAS, continued attacks on the ACA by the Trump administration and GOP in Congress have given insurance companies a new pretext to demand double-digit premium increases, while the government’s failure to maintain taxpayer subsidies to help moderate-income families pay the high cost of insurance plans has exacerbated the crisis experienced by millions of American families; and WHEREAS, employer-provided health benefits are declining and employees’ costs are increasing through cost-shifting to workers, including increased cost of premiums for workers covered by employer-paid insurance, which have risen by an average of 65 percent, and deductibles have risen by an average of 212 percent over the past decade; and WHEREAS, many other countries around the world use taxes to pay for national universal health care, which leaves U.S. based companies that pay for employee health care at a competitive disadvantage; and WHEREAS, due to their profit incentive, private insurance companies deny up to one-fourth of all claims for care and restrict patient choice through narrow networks for doctors and hospitals, limited drug formularies, and other limits in coverage; and WHEREAS, the United States ranks first in cost, but only 35th among countries of the world in health system outcomes and quality according to the Lancet and worse for infant mortality and life expectancy, with no relationship between what health care costs in the United States and the quality of care or access to care; and WHEREAS, the Medicare for All Act, H.R. 1384, would: • Establish guaranteed, universal health care for all U.S. residents • Provide comprehensive health care, including all primary care, hospital and outpatient services, dental, vision, audiology, maternity and newborn care, women’s reproductive services, mental health, prescription drugs, and long-term care services • Eliminate all costs for premiums, deductibles, copays, and other out-of- pocket costs that have caused such a crisis for tens of millions of people • Ensure genuine patient choice of any doctor, hospital, clinic, or other provider a patient chooses without the restrictions imposed by private insurers • Sharply reduce the cost of prescription drugs by authorizing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices as most of the rest of the world does • Protect the ability of service veterans to continue to receive their specialized care through the Veterans Administration if they choose, and Native Americans to receive their medical benefits through the Indian Health Service if they choose; and WHEREAS nearly all U.S. residents and businesses would spend less, and usually far less, under a Medicare for All program, such as H.R. 1384, than they do today for health coverage and medical, dental, vision, and other care; and WHEREAS , various studies, both conservative and progressive, have estimated that the U.S. would save from $2 trillion to $5 trillion over 10 years over what our country is projected to spend under the current system, due to massive savings in administration costs, lower prescription drug prices, and improved efficiency through a uniform payment system with global budgeting - without the waste for billing, marketing, profit-taking; and WHEREAS, the Medicare for All Act, H.R. 1384, would establish a system of public financing that retains the private provider system with real patient choice and greater transparency on how our public dollars are spent; and WHEREAS public opinion polls show up to 70 percent public support for a Medicare for All/single-payer health care system and for the government to guarantee health care for all people living in the United States; and WHEREAS the Medicare for All Act, H.R. 1384, would establish peace of mind for everyone, relieving worry about medical bills and access to needed care through a humane system based on patient need, not ability to pay NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Cook County affirms that health care is a human right that should be guaranteed to all U.S. residents; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Cook County endorses H.R. 1384, the Medicare for All Act that will expand health coverage and health security, eliminate health disparities, and lower health care costs for all of our community residents.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded April 25, 2019 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED LEASE AMENDMENT Department: Department of Real Estate Management Request: Request to Approve Sixth Amendment to Retail Lease Landlord: County of Cook Tenant: CareCenter Pharmacy, L.L.C. Location: 69 West Washington St., Lower Level Pedway LL-12 Term/Extension Period: 5/1/2019-12/31/2021 Space Occupied: 1,565 sq. ft. Monthly Rent: $3,195.21 for 5/1/2019-12/31/2019; $3,553.85 for 1/1/2020-12/31/2020; $3,912.50 for 1/1/2021-12/31/2021 Fiscal Impact: $115,157.93 Revenue Generating FY 19-21 (Total term) Accounts: N/A Option to Renew: NA Termination: Allowable with ninety (90) days notice Utilities Included: Yes Summary: Requesting approval of a Sixth Amendment to Lease extending the term at 69 W Washington St., Lower Level Pedway LL-12 in Chicago, Illinois for the Tenant, CareCenter Pharmacy, L.L.C.
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On agenda February 21, 2019 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION REQUESTING A HEARING OF THE HEALTH AND HOSPITALS COMMITTEE FOR A REPORT FROM THE SENIOR STAFF OF COOK COUNTY HEALTH & HOSPITAL SYSTEM WHEREAS, the Cook County Health and Hospital System (CCHHS) is the largest provider of healthcare services in Cook County; and WHEREAS, the County through CountyCare, a no-cost Illinois Medicaid managed care health plan, provides health insurance to thousands of Cook County residents; and WHEREAS, the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners, in recommending and approving the annual appropriation bill, has invested in many programs to protect the health and well-being of persons in Cook County; and WHEREAS, on June 1, 2010, the Cook County Board of Commissioners voted to make permanent the independent Board of Directors overseeing the Cook County Health and Hospitals System; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners retains oversight authority over the hospital system through passage of the budget for CCHHS, as well as appointment authority over directors appointed to the Board of Directors; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby request that a meeting of the Health and Hospitals Committee be convened to discuss the operations of the Cook County Health and Hospital System. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the senior staff of the Cook County Health and Hospital System appear before the Committee and be prepared to update the Committee on the CCHHS’s services and operations
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded February 21, 2019 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION REQUESTING A HEARING OF THE LEGISLATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF THE COOK COUNTY SHERIFF’S PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE BACK PROGRAM WHEREAS, in October 2016, the Cook County Board of Commissioners passed an ordinance addressing the Safe Disposal of Pharmaceuticals, Cook County Code of Ordinances, Ch. 46, Title II, Division 4, §§ 46-101 - 46-119; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Sheriff has responsibility under this ordinance for the collection and safe disposal of prescription drugs; and WHEREAS, the collection sites have been set up in police departments, courthouses, and other locations throughout Cook County for the safe disposal of prescription drugs; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Sheriff entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to create a “Prescription Drug Take Back Program” that became effective January 1, 2018; and WHEREAS, the Sheriff has prepared a written report concerning their efforts in 2017 and 2018 to collect and destroy these pharmaceuticals. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby request that a meeting of the Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee be convened to discuss the operation of this program managed by the Sheriff; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Sheriff or his designated staff appear before the Committee and be prepared to update the Committee on the status of the Prescription Drug Take Back Program.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded January 24, 2019 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT RENEWAL Department: Cook County Sheriff’s Office Other Part(ies): Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization to enter into and execute First Amendment to an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Goods or Services: The Sheriff’s Office seeks to expand and maintain the Prescription Drug Take-Back Program, which pharmaceutical drugs are collected and disposed of through environmentally sound methods to maximize the volume of pharmaceutical drugs prevented from entering the Chicago Area Waterway System. Agreement Number: N/A Agreement Period: Original Contract Period: 1/1/2018 - 12/31/2018. Renewal period: 1/1/2019 - 12/31/2019 Fiscal Impact: None. Revenue Neutral. Accounts: N/A Summary: Authorization for the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to enter into and execute First Amendment to an Intergovernmental Agreement for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to provide funding to allow the Cook County Sheriff’s Office to continue to engage with local law enforcement agencies to expand participation in the Prescription Drug Take-Back Program as follows: Up to $76,406.62 annually for personnel and administrative costs associated with operating the program. Up to $23,593.38 annually for reimbursement of the purchase and installation of collection receptacles...end
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded December 12, 2018 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT Department(s): Various County Bureaus, Agencies and Office of the Elected Officials Vendor: Various Law Firms: Laner Muchin LTD, Chicago, Illinois Brother & Thompson, Chicago Illinois Zuber Lawler & del Duca, Chicago, Illinois Franczek Radelet, P.C., Chicago, Illinois Hennessy & Roach, P.C., Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend the time contract Good(s) or Service(s): Labor and Employment Consultation and/or Representation Services for six (6) categories of legal services: Category I - Union Contract Negotiations Category II - Contract Interpretation Category III - Labor Relations Category IV - Worker’s Compensation Category V - Employment Law Category VI - Employee Benefits Original Contract Period: 5/1/2013 - 4/30/2015 Proposed Contract Period Extension: 10/31/2018-10/30/2019 Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $2,367,866.00 Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 4/17/2013, $1,900,000.00 Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): 6/29/2016, 5/1/2016 - 4/30/2017; 4/12/2017, 5/1/2017 - 4/30/2018; 5/16/2018, 5/1/2018-10/30/2018, $467,866.00 Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): 7/15/2015, 5/1/2015 - 4/30/2016 This Increase Requested: N/A Potential Fiscal Impact: $0.00 Accounts: N/A Contract Number(s): Laner Muchin, LTD (13-90-048I for Category I, II, III, V and VI) Brothers & Thomspon (13-90-048C for Category II, III and V) Zuber Lawler & Del Duca (13-90-048G for Category I, II, III and V) Franczek Radelet, P.C. (13-90-048F for Category I, II, III, and V) Hennessy & Roach, P.C. (13-90-048H for Category I, II, III, IV and V) Concurrences: The contract-specific goal set on this contract was zero. The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: These contracts represent a partial list of qualified law firms to provide labor and employment consultation and/or representation for the above six (6) categories of services on an as needed basis. Using agencies enter into letters of engagement with firms to provide legal services. The Office of the Chief Procurement Officer has worked with various agencies countywide to determine their respective needs. This extension allows for the completion of the procurement process to award new contracts for similar services. These contracts were awarded through a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) process in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. These firms were selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded December 11, 2018 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION HONORING THE VICTIMS OF MERCY HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER SHOOTING WHEREAS, on November 19, 2018 a senseless shooting took place at Mercy Hospital & Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois; and WHEREAS, on that tragic day, we lost three beloved public servants: City of Chicago Police Officer Samuel Jimenez, Dr. Tamara O'Neal of Mercy Hospital, and Dr. Dayna Less, Pharmacy resident for Mercy Hospital; and WHEREAS, P.O. Samuel Jimenez was a loving and giving person, always willing to help those in need; and WHEREAS, P.O. Samuel Jimenez was a graduate of Northeastern Illinois University and a graduate of Foreman High School; and WHEREAS, in 2016, Samuel Jimenez joined the Chicago Police Department to protect and serve the people of the city he grew up in; and WHEREAS, P.O. Samuel Jimenez heard the call about an active shooter at Mercy Hospital and did not hesitate to rush to the hospital; and WHEREAS, P.O. Samuel Jimenez is remembered by his wife and high school sweetheart, Crystal, his three children, family and friends; and WHEREAS, Dr. Tamara O'Neal, known for her helpful spirit, smile and voice, dedicated her life to serving and saving the life of others; and WHEREAS, Dr. Tamara O'Neal graduated from LaPorte High School in 1998 and continued to study at Purdue University, Southern Illinois University and University of Illinois at Chicago; and WHEREAS, Dr. Tamara O'Neal was determined to become a doctor, and during medical school formed a group called the “OHQ”, one hitter quitters, encouraging medical students to pass their exams on the first try; and WHEREAS, after graduation medical school, Dr. Tamara O’Neal’s helpful spirit extended to volunteering doing blood pressure screenings or doing high school physicals; and WHEREAS, Dr. Tamara O’Neal, a devout Christian, was the choir coordinator for Christian Fellowship Worship Center in LaPorte, Indiana; and WHEREAS, Dr. Tamara O’Neal is remembered by her family, friends, colleagues and everyone whom she helped save; and WHEREAS, Dr. Dayna Less was a strong, loving person who lived her life to the fullest and, when faced with adversity, used it to help others; and WHEREAS, Dr. Dayna Less at age 17 created a blog, Mydaughtersheadache.com, as a support network and hope for others experiencing chronic headaches, which helped hundreds of people, mostly adolescents, find real help and healing; and WHEREAS, Dr. Dayna Less was a graduate of Purdue University, where she pursued the Doctor of Pharmacy program; and WHEREAS, Dr. Dayna Less’ kindness and willingness to help the less fortunate extended all the way to Kenya where she worked in a hospital for two months with Purdue University, during the time of a Kenyan Doctor strike.; and WHEREAS, Dr. Dayna Less also volunteered at local state fair and immunization events by providing blood pressure screenings, coordinated children’s activities at public library events, volunteered with Habitat for Humanity after hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, and was a camp counselor for St. Sava; and WHEREAS, people across the City of Chicago, the County of Cook and the rest of the nation mourn the loss of these benevolent public servants; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners, on behalf of the residents of Cook County, do extend their deepest condolences and most heartfelt sympathy to the families of City of Chicago Police Officer Samuel Jimenez, Dr. Tamara O'Neal, and Dr. Dayna Less.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded November 14, 2018 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT Department(s): Risk Management Vendor: CaremarkPCS Health, LLC, Northbrook, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute Good(s) or Service(s): Pharmacy Benefits Management Services Contract Value: $225,000,000.00 Contract period: 12/1/2018 - 11/30/2021, with two (2) one (1) year renewal options Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2019 $75,000,000.00, FY 2020 $75,000,000.00, FY 2021 $75,000,000.00 Accounts: 490-181, 499-181, 899-181 Contract Number(s): 1830-17125 Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation and partial MWBE waiver. The Interim Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: This contract will provide group pharmacy benefits to all members and their dependents covered by health plans administered by the Department of Risk Management. Cook County partnered with the City of Chicago, Chicago Park District, Chicago Transit Authority, City Colleges of Chicago, and the Officer’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of Cook County and Forest Preserve District Employees’ Annuity and Benefit Fund of Cook County (Cook County Pension Fund). These entities are collectively referred to as the “Agencies.” Through this RFP, the Agencies sought to identify a pharmacy benefits manager to provide quality Pharmacy Benefits Management (PBM) services in a cost-effective manner. CVS Health was selected due to the highly competitive pricing provided and the proven expertise necessary to serve the members of the County’s health plans. This contract is awarded through the Joint Procurement Request for Proposals (RFP) pursuant to Section 34-142 of the Procurement Code, and the Government Joint Purchasing Act, 30 ILCS 525. Caremark PCS Health, LLC was selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded November 14, 2018 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION APPROVAL OF SALARY ADJUSTMENTS AND HEALTHCARE PLAN REVISIONS FOR NON-UNION EMPLOYEES AND OFFICIALS WHEREAS, Section 5 of the Annual Appropriation Bill and Budget Resolution has established regulations for the Budget Director, Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources and the Board of Commissioners to approve cost of living increases and non-compounding cost of living allowances to non-union employees and officials; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 5 of the Annual Appropriation Bill and Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2018, the Cook County Board of Commissioners (“Board of Commissioners”) provided that in the event that union employees receive cost of living increases and/or a non-compounding cost of living allowance or a step freeze, in Fiscal Year 2018 as a result of negotiated and approved collective bargaining agreements, non-union employees may also receive cost of living increases, non-compounding cost of living allowances and/or step freezes subject to the approval of the Budget Director, Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources and the Board of Commissioners; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 5 of the proposed Annual Appropriation Bill for Fiscal Year 2019, the Board of Commissioners provided that in the event that union employees receive cost of living increases and/or a non-compounding cost of living allowance(s), and/or healthcare benefits plan design or cost changes in Fiscal Year 2019, as a result of negotiated and approved collective bargaining agreements, non-union employees may also receive cost of living increases, non-compounding cost of living allowances, step freezes, and/or healthcare benefits plan design or cost changes subject to the approval of the Budget Director, Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources and the Board of Commissioners; and WHEREAS, in consideration of the 2018 and 2019 Budget Resolutions as approved by the Board of Commissioners, the Budget Director and the Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources have worked to recommend appropriate salary adjustments for the County’s non-union workforce which would be implemented in Fiscal Year 2018 and Fiscal Year 2019; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners has approved salary adjustments and general wage increases for a large number of Cook County employees covered under collective bargaining agreements; and WHEREAS, salary adjustments and general wage increases are reflected in the salary schedules included in the proposed Cook County Executive Budget Recommendation, Vol. 3: Classification and Compensation Schedule, as amended, for all non-union employees and officials; and WHEREAS, the Budget Director and the Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources recommend the following: (a) effective upon passage by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, all non-union employees in active status shall receive a one-time $1,200 payment; and (b) effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2019, the pay rate for all non-union employees except those employees with a current annual salary of $200,000 or greater shall be increased by 2%; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Healthcare Plan shall be revised to account for prescription co-pay increases as follows: Item Effective December 1, 2018 Rx $15/30/50 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby support and approve the salary increases and healthcare plan revisions for the County’s non-union workforce as provided herein.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded November 14, 2018 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION APPROVAL OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT INCLUDING AN ECONOMIC PACKAGE (WAGE INCREASES AND HEALTHCARE) BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF COOK AND THE COOK COUNTY PHARMACY ASSOCIATION, CHICAGO JOINT BOARD, RETAIL, WHOLESALE AND DEPARTMENT STORE UNION (RWDSU), LOCAL 200, REPRESENTING PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACY TECHNICIANS WHEREAS, the Illinois Public Employee Labor Relations Act (5 ILCS 315/1 et seq.) has established regulations regarding collective bargaining with a union; and WHEREAS, a collective bargaining agreement for the period of December 1, 2017 through November 30, 2020 has been negotiated between the County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), Local 200, representing Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians; and WHEREAS, salary adjustments and general wage increases are reflected in the salary schedules included in the collective bargaining agreement negotiated between County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), Local 200, representing Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians; and (a) effective upon ratification of the collective bargaining agreement by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, all bargaining unit members in active status shall receive a one-time $1,200 payment; and (b) effective December 1, 2018, the entry rate for all job classifications shall be reduced by 10%; and (c) effective the first full pay period on or after September 1, 2019, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 2.00%; and (d) effective the first full pay period on or after September 1, 2020, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 2.00%; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Healthcare Plan (Appendix C) shall be revised as follows: Item Upon ratification by County Board RX $15/30/50 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby approve the collective bargaining agreement as provided by the Bureau of Human Resources.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded November 14, 2018 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION APPROVAL OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT INCLUDING AN ECONOMIC PACKAGE (WAGE INCREASES AND HEALTHCARE) BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF COOK AND THE COOK COUNTY PHARMACY ASSOCIATION, CHICAGO JOINT BOARD, RETAIL, WHOLESALE AND DEPARTMENT STORE UNION (RWDSU) LOCAL 200, REPRESENTING ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF WHEREAS, the Illinois Public Employee Labor Relations Act (5 ILCS 315/1 et seq.) has established regulations regarding collective bargaining with a union; and WHEREAS, a collective bargaining agreement for the period of December 1, 2017 through November 30, 2020 has been negotiated been negotiated between the County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), Local 200, representing Administrative Staff; and WHEREAS, salary adjustments and general wage increases are reflected in the salary schedules included in the collective bargaining agreement negotiated between County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), Local 200, representing Administrative Staff; and (a) effective upon ratification of the collective bargaining agreement by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, all bargaining unit members in active status shall receive a one-time $1,200 payment; and (b) effective December 1, 2018, the entry rate for all job classifications shall be reduced by 10%; and (c) effective the first full pay period on or after September 1, 2019, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 2.00%; and (d) effective the first full pay period on or after September 1, 2020, the pay rates for all job classifications shall be increased by 2.00%; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Healthcare Plan (Appendix C) shall be revised as follows: Item Upon ratification by County Board RX $15/30/50 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby approve the collective bargaining agreement as provided by the Bureau of Human Resources.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded November 14, 2018 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED LEASE AGREEMENT Department: Department of Real Estate Management Request: Request to Authorize Lease Landlord: 12757 S. Western Ave., LLC Tenant: County of Cook Location: 12757 S. Western Ave., Blue Island, Illinois Term/Extension Period: Ten (10) Years Space Occupied: Approximately 42,276 square feet Monthly Rent: Price PSF Monthly Annual 1 $8.23 $28,994.29 $347,931.48 2 $8.44 $29,719.15 $356,629.17 3 $8.65 $30,462.13 $365,545.15 4 $8.86 $31,223.68 $374,684.15 5 $9.08 $32,004.27 $384.051.25 6 $9.31 $32,804.38 $393,652.53 7 $9.54 $33,624.49 $403,493.85 8 $9.78 $34,465.10 $413,581.19 9 $10.03 $35,326.73 $423,920.72 10 $10.28 $36,209.90 $434,518.74 Monthly Construction Amortization: 1 $19.50 $68,698.50 $824,382.00 2 $19.99 $70,415.96 $844,991.55 3 $20.49 $72,176.36 $866,116.34 4 $21.00 $73,980.77 $887,769.25 5 $21.52 $75,830.29 $909,963.48 6 $22.06 $77,726.05 $932,712.57 7 $22.61 $79,669.20 $956,030.38 8 $23.18 $81,660.93 $979,931.14 9 $23.76 $83,702.45 $1,004,429.42 10 $24.35 $85,795.01 $1,029,540.15 Fiscal Impact: FY2019-FY2029 Accounts: 41215.4893.10155.550130.00000.0000 Option to Renew: Two (2) five (5) year renewal options Termination: One (1) year written notice to the landlord. Utilities Included: No. In addition to Base Rent and Construction Amortization, tenant shall pay its pro-rata share of real estate taxes and common area maintenance, which are estimated to approximate $10.11 per square foot Summary/Notes: CCHHS will utilize the premises for The Cook County Ambulatory & Community Health Network, (ACHN) to eliminate operational costs at the Oak Forest Campus while expanding primary care and additional services in family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics, behavioral health, dental and pharmacy services to meet the growing demand for area healthcare services.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded October 17, 2018 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION URGING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT INTERPRETATION OF THE PUBLIC CHARGE RULE AND OPPOSING ANY FEDERAL REGULATORY CHANGE THAT WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT IMMIGRANT FAMILIES WHEREAS, Cook County is a “Fair and Equal County for Immigrants” as defined in 07-R-240; and WHEREAS, on October 10, 2018 the Federal Register published a proposed rule developed by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that would drastically change the “public charge” test for individuals seeking admission to or legal permanent residency in the United States; and WHEREAS, “public charge” currently refers to a person who is likely to become “primarily dependent” on government services and as such may be barred from entering or gaining lawful status in the United States or; and WHEREAS, at present, public charge is limited to being a direct recipient of cash assistance including General Assistance (GA), the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, or Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or institutionalized long-term care at the government’s expense; and WHEREAS, the proposed rule changes public charge to consider likely use of or receipt of non-cash assistance including non-emergency Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the low-income prescription drug subsidy for Medicare Part D, and certain federal housing benefit programs; and WHEREAS, the proposed rule would also require DHS to consider the person’s age; medical condition; family status; household assets, resources, and financial status; and education and skills in determining whether that person is likely to become a public charge; and WHEREAS, children, older adults, individuals with limited education and/or limited English proficiency, and those with household income less than 250% of the federal poverty level will face more difficulty getting approval to enter the United States or gain lawful status; and WHEREAS, over half a million residents of Cook County - more than one tenth of the population - are non-citizens; and WHEREAS, over 94,000 children in Illinois live in a household with at least one non-citizen receiving SNAP and those households make up over 10% of Cook County households receiving SNAP; and WHEREAS, the promulgation of the proposed rule may result in a significant “chilling effect” that will lead to many eligible households dis-enrolling from or forgoing enrollment into benefits that help address basic human needs such as health care, food/nutrition, and housing; and WHEREAS, DHS’s proposed rule outlines possible impacts on those otherwise eligible for benefits, including “worse health outcomes, including increased prevalence of obesity and malnutrition, especially for pregnant or breastfeeding women, infants, or children, and reduced prescription adherence”; and WHEREAS, the proposed rule further outlines a direct impact on health systems with “increased use of emergency rooms and emergent care as a method of primary health care due to delayed treatment”; “increased prevalence of communicable diseases, including members of the US citizen population who are not vaccinated”; “increases in uncompensated care”; and WHEREAS, in addition to public health, the proposed rule would impact overall social mobility as it would create “increased rates of poverty and housing instability”; and “reduced productivity and educational attainment.”; and WHEREAS, an estimated $92 million annually is estimated to be lost by Cook County residents if at least a quarter of households with at least one immigrant who receive these benefits were to withdraw from or forgo enrollment; and WHEREAS, promulgation of the proposed public charge rule would exacerbate heightened fear and anxiety in the immigrant community and force many Cook County residents to make difficult decisions about accessing basic services such as health care and nutrition assistance programs; and WHEREAS, more than 50,000 households in Cook County include at least one immigrant enrolled in Medicaid; and WHEREAS, the loss of Medicaid for Cook County residents could result in significant increases in uncompensated care and decreased patient revenue from Medicaid reimbursement for Cook County Health and Hospitals System and other hospital and healthcare providers in Cook County; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners opposes any proposed change to the public charge rule which could negatively impact residents in Cook County. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners opposes any federal regulatory change that would negatively impact immigrant families and urges President Donald Trump and the Department of Homeland Security to immediately withdraw the proposed public charge rule; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Cook County State’s Attorney send a response to the Federal Register, under the rule making powers of the federal rules, indicating to the Department of Homeland Security how strongly we are opposed to the proposed public charge rule; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Secretary to the Board of Commissioners transmit a suitable copy of this Resolution to the President of the United States, the Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security and the members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded September 26, 2018 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT RENEWAL Department: Cook County Sheriff’s Office Other Part(ies): Sheriff of Kendall County, Yorkville, Illinois Request: Authorization for the County of Cook on behalf of the Sheriff of Cook County (“Cook County”) to enter into and execute Renewal and First Amendment to the Intergovernmental Agreement (“IGA”) with the Sheriff of Kendall County (“Kendall County”). Goods or Services: The Sheriff of Kendall County to provide boarding and lodging to detainees from the Cook County Department of Corrections at a rate of $60.00 per day, per detainee, plus medical expenses Agreement Number: N/A Agreement Period: 9/14/2016 - 9/15/2018. Renewal period 9/14/2018 - 9/15/2020 Fiscal Impact: $950,000.00 Accounts: 11100.1239.11140.520330 Summary: Authorization for the County of Cook on behalf of the Sheriff of Cook County to enter into and execute First Renewal and First Amendment to the IGA with the Sheriff of Cook County and the Sheriff of Kendall County to provide boarding and lodging to detainees from the Cook County Department of Corrections at a rate of $60.00 per day, per detainee, and payment of each such sum in total shall be made monthly by Cook County. Also, Cook County shall be responsible for costs associated with “hospitalization, (and) non-routine medical and dental care, including prescriptions” for which Kendall County has incurred non-routine costs. Cook County shall satisfy medical services costs incurred pursuant to this IGA from the County Jail Medical Costs Fund established under Section 46-3 of the Cook County Code.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded September 12, 2018 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT Department(s): Risk Management Vendor: Health Care Service Corporation DBA Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract Good(s) or Service(s): Employer Sponsored Health Insurance Benefits Original Contract Period: 12/1/2015 - 11/30/2018, with (2) two (1) one year renewal options Proposed Contract Period Extension: 11/30/2018 - 11/30/2019 Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $884,195,500.00 Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 10/28/2015, $884,195,500.00 Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A This Increase Requested: $286,000,000.00 Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2019 $286,000,000.00 Accounts: Countywide-176 Health Insurance Contract Number(s): 1518-14008 Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation and a partial MWBE waiver with indirect participation. The Interim Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: This increase and first of two (2) one (1) year renewal options will allow the Department of Risk Management to continue the administration of the County’s Employer Sponsored Health Insurance Benefits. An HMO and PPO health plan for over 55,000 employees and their dependents is administered through Health Care Service Corporation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL). The Director of Risk Management is authorized to execute annual Benefit Program Applications to support the selected HMO and PPO plans and rates. This contract was awarded through the Request for Proposals process in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code, Health Care Service Corporation was selected based on the established evaluation criteria.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded September 12, 2018 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT Department(s): Risk Management Vendor: CorVel Healthcare Corporation, Irvine, California Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract Good(s) or Service(s): Workers’ Compensation Administration Services Original Contract Period: 10/1/2014 - 9/30/2017, with two (2) one (1) year renewal options Proposed Contract Period Extension: 10/1/2018 - 9/30/2019 Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $6,000,000.00 Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 9/10/2014, $6,000,000.00 Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): 7/31/2017, 10/1/2017 - 9/30/2018 This Increase Requested: $3,000,000.00 Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2019 $3,000,000.00 Accounts: 542-845 Contract Number(s): 1318-13179 Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation. The Interim Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: This increase and second of two (2) renewal option will allow the Department of Risk Management to continue to work with CorVel Healthcare Corporation on the administration of Cook County workers compensation claims. CorVel services support workers’ compensation claims activity and are initiated at the direction of the Department of Risk Management and the Office of the States Attorney. Contracted services include Medical Bill Review, Case Management (Telephonic Nurse and Field Nurse), Independent Medical Examination services, Durable Medical Equipment services, Pharmacy, Vocational Rehabilitation / Placement services, and Utilization Review / Peer Review Services. This contract was awarded through the Request for Proposals (RFP) process in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Corvel Healthcare Corporation was selected based on the established evaluation criteria.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded July 25, 2018 · Term not stated · not stated
Employee: Angela Marshall Job Title: Pharmacy Technician Department: Stroger Hospital Date of Incident: 02/27/2014; 06/25/2015; 04/12/2017 Incident/Activity: On 02/27/14, Petitioner injured her back while lifting heavy boxes from skids. On 06/25/15, Petitioner received chemical burns from splashed liquid. On 04/12/17, Petitioner injured her right foot while she was unloading a stack of totes. Accidental Injuries: Back and right foot Petition and Order No: 14 WC 08195 Claim Amount: $6,334.10 Attorney: William J. Turner of Friend, Levinson & Turner, Ltd. Date of Subcommittee Approval: N/A Prior/pending claims: N/A
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded July 25, 2018 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT ALIGNING EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FOR MILITARY SERVICE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that CHAPTER 44 HUMAN RESOURCES, ARTICLE III VACATION AND SICK LEAVE, SECTION NUMBER(S) 44-95, 44-97, 44-101, 44-102, AND ARTICLE IV PENSIONS, SECTION NUMBER 44-132 of the Cook County Code are hereby amended as Follows: Sec. 44-95. - Military l Leave. All eligible employees under the jurisdiction of County Officers on an authorized military leave shall be afforded employment related protections and benefits, in accordance with State and Federal law, provided that any procedural requirements imposed by the applicable employing County officer have been met. (a) Military Service Leave. Any eligible full-time or part-time County employee who has at least six months or more of continuous actual is called to perform uniformed services, whether in the reserves or on active duty, service and is a member of the Illinois National Guard or any of the Reserve Components of the Armed Forces of the United States shall be entitled to leave of absence with full pay for limited service in field training, cruises, and kindred recurring obligations employment related protections and benefits, in accordance with State and Federal law, provided that any procedural requirements imposed by the County have been met. Such leave will normally be limited to 15 days in each year. Subject to certain exceptions under the applicable laws, these benefits are generally limited to five (5) years of leave of absence. (b) Family Military Leave. In accordance with the Illinois Family Military Leave Act, 820 ILCS 151/1, et seq., the County provides eligible employees with up to 30 days of unpaid family military leave during the time federal or state deployment orders are in effect, provided that such employee has exhausted all accrued vacation leave, personal leave, compensatory leave and any other leave granted to the employee, except sick and disability leave. The number of days of leave provided under the Illinois Family Military Leave Act will be reduced by the number of days of qualifying exigency leave provided under the Family Medical Leave Act *** Sec. 44-97. - Records of personal days, sick, vacation and military leave. (a) For employees under the jurisdiction of the County Board, records of personal days, sick, vacation, and military leave shall be maintained by the Civil Service Commission. (b) For employees not under the jurisdiction of the County Board, records of personal days, sick, vacation and military leave shall be maintained by the department head. Records of personal days, sick, vacation, and any other approved leave including but not limited to bereavement leave, family and medical leave, military leave, and family military leave shall be maintained by each County office or department in the Cook County Time and Attendance System. *** Sec. 44-101. - Employees' annuity and benefit fund contribution for employees in armed forces. The County Board shall annually provide in its annual appropriation bill sufficient funds to make contributions for such employees based on the same percentage of the salaries of such employees as at the time of entering such military or naval service or training service leave for the period of their compulsory or voluntary service to the State or Federal government, and that all such employees at the conclusion of such military service leave, be restored to their positions as required by State and Federal law. Sec. 44-102. - Status of employees in armed forces. Reserved. (a) All employees under the jurisdiction of the County officers, other than the County Board of Commissioners, who serve in the military or naval forces of the United States, either voluntarily or by reason of the Conscription Act, have their positions, seniority and status preserved the same as any other County employee. (b) All County employees including Forest Preserve employees under the jurisdiction of County officers, other than the Board of Commissioners, who serve in the military or naval forces of the United States, either voluntarily or by reason of the Conscription Act, have their positions, seniority and status preserved the same as any other County employee. *** Sec. 44-132. - Contribution for employees in armed forces. The Board shall annually provide in its annual appropriation bill sufficient funds to make contributions for such employees based on the same percentage of the salaries of such employees as at the time of entering such military service leave for the period of their compulsory or voluntary service to the State or Federal government, and that all such employees at the conclusion of such military service leave, be restored to their positions as required by State and Federal law. Effective date: This ordinance shall be in effect immediately upon adoption
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded June 5, 2018 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION HONORING HANOVER PARK ON BEING ACCREDITED AS A SAFE COMMUNITY BY THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL WHEREAS, Hanover Park became one of only thirty two communities in the entire nation to be accredited as a Safe Community by the National Safety Council; and WHEREAS, the National Safety Council established the Safe Communities America program three years ago to acknowledge the efforts of communities in creating safe places to live; and WHEREAS, under the program, stakeholders in the community must form a coalition aimed at addressing injury prevention in six areas; and WHEREAS, the six major areas are violence and suicide prevention, elder adult falls, emergency preparedness, workplace safety, prescription drug overdose prevention, and traffic safety; and WHEREAS, in Hanover Park the police department took on the task of leading the coalition by implementing multiple programs including a heroin and opioid prevention initiative; and WHEREAS, the village also partnered with the American Red Cross to implement a free home alarm installation program, and create an elder falls program; and WHEREAS, the National Weather Service also accredited the village as a StormReady community due to the work of the coalition. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners do hereby congratulate the Village of Hanover Park on being named a Safe Community by the National Safety Council.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded May 16, 2018 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT Department(s): Risk Management and Bureau of Human Resources Vendor: PricewaterhouseCoopers Public Sector LLP (PwC), Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract Good(s) or Service(s): Health & Group Benefits Consulting Services Original Contract Period: 8/1/2014-7/31/2017 with two (2) one-year renewals Proposed Contract Period Extension: 8/1/2018 - 7/31/2019 Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $2,004,332.48: Category I (Risk Management) - $1,363,050, Category 2 (Human Resources) - $641,282.48 Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 7/23/2014, $1,704,332.48 Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): 6/28/2017, $300,000.00, 8/1/2017 - 7/31/2018 Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A This Increase Requested: $350,000.00 Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2018 $350,000.00 Accounts: 490-260 Professional Services Contract Number(s): 1430-13181 Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority-and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation and a partial MWBE waiver. DO NOT PUT TEXT HERE. FOR PROCUREMENT TO ADD CONCURRENCE STATEMENT OR N/A Summary: This increase and second of two (2) one (1) year renewal options will allow the Department of Risk Management to continue to access actuarial and consulting services related to group health benefits administration and related regulatory matters. PwC also provides specialized support of the benefits vendor procurements within the Department of Risk Management. This contract was awarded through a Request for Proposal (RFP) process in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. PwC was awarded based on established evaluation criteria.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded May 16, 2018 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED ORDINANCE DESIGNATION OF COOK COUNTY AS A HYBRID ENTITY FOR THE PURPOSES OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT WHEREAS, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and its Rules (codified in the Code of Federal Regulations at 45 CFR parts 160 and 164, Pub. Law No. 10-191) impose privacy and security standards and requirements upon health plans, health care clearing houses, and health care providers that transmit any health information in electronic form in connection with standard transactions within the scope of HIPAA, otherwise known as Covered Entities; and WHEREAS, Cook County (“County”), a unit of local government under the laws of the State of Illinois, is a single legal entity which conducts both Covered Functions and non-covered Functions; and WHEREAS, the operation of the Cook County Health & Hospitals System (“CCHHS”) and the County’s patient arrestee program, self-insured health, dental, vision and pharmacy benefit plans as administered by the Department of Risk Management are Covered Functions subject to the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules; and WHEREAS, HIPAA allows a Covered Entity to designate itself as a Hybrid Entity when it performs both Covered and non-Covered Functions and to designate Health Care Components, which must comply with HIPAA; and WHEREAS, a Hybrid Entity limits the Covered Entity’s potential liability by requiring only those departments designated as Health Care Components to comply with HIPAA; and WHEREAS, HIPAA requires any entity that performs a function on behalf of a Covered Entity or a Health Care Component of a Hybrid Entity, which involves the use or disclosure of protected health information (“PHI”), shall be required to execute a business associate agreement (“BAA”); and WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners desires to declare Cook County a Hybrid Entity, designates the County’s Health Care Components; directs the Cook County Health System Board to designate a Privacy and Security Officer at the CCHHS and directs that the Director of Risk Management or his/her designee serve as the Privacy Officer and designate a Security Officer to ensure that the County’s patient arrestee program, self-insured health, dental, and pharmacy benefit plans are HIPAA compliant; and BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Chapter 2 - ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE XIV- HIPAA Compliance, SECTION 2-1020 - 2-1026- is hereby enacted as follows: ARTICLE XIV - HIPAA Compliance Sec. 2-1020 - Definitions The definitions of terms set forth in HIPAA are adopted and incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth. Business Associate - A person or entity that performs a function on behalf of a Covered Entity or assists a Covered Entity with a function or activity involving the use or disclosure of PHI. Business Associate Agreement (“BAA”) - A contract between a HIPAA covered entity and a HIPAA business associate which protects PHI in accordance with HIPAA guidelines. Covered Entity - A health plan, a health care clearinghouse or a health care provider that transmits any health information in electronic form within the scope of HIPAA. Covered Functions - Those functions of a Covered Entity which make it a health plan, health care provider or health care clearinghouse. Electronic Protected Health Information (“ePHI”) - Protected health information created or received by a Covered Entity that is transmitted by electronic media or maintained by electronic media. Health Care Component - A component or combination of components of a Hybrid Entity designated by the Hybrid Entity, including any component that would meet the definition of a Covered Entity if it were a separate legal entity. Health Care Component(s) may include a component only to the extent that it performs covered functions. Hybrid Entity - A single legal entity that is a Covered Entity whose business functions include covered and non-covered functions as defined by HIPAA. The entity must designate Health Care Components and document the designation in accordance with HIPAA requirements. Non-covered Functions- Those functions performed by components of a Hybrid Entity that are not subject to HIPAA requirements. Protected Health Information (“PHI”) - Individually identifiable health information collected from an individual that is created or received by a Covered Entity. PHI encompasses information that identifies an individual and relates to the past, present or future physical or mental health of an individual, the provision of health care to an individual or payment for the provision of health care to the individual. Sec. 2-1021 - Health Care Component Designation for Hybrid Entity (a) Cook County is required to comply with HIPAA privacy and security standards to maintain the confidentiality of PHI as referenced in Cook County Resolution 03-R-300 (adopted on July 1, 2003). (b) Cook County delegates itself as a Hybrid Entity pursuant to HIPAA as it conducts business activities which include Covered Functions and non-Covered Functions. (c) In accordance with HIPAA, only departments or organizations which administer Cook County’s patient arrestee program, self-insured health plans or provide electronically billed health care services and transmit ePHI will be designated as a Health Care Component of Cook County. (d) The following Cook County self-insured health plans and organizations are hereby designated as Health Care Components of Cook County: 1. Self-insured health, dental, vision and pharmacy plans as administered by the Department of Risk Management; 2. Patient Arrestee Medical Care program as administered by the Department of Risk Management; and 3. Cook County Health and Hospitals System. (e) All other departments, organizations or functions of Cook County that do not engage in covered functions are hereby designated as non-covered functions of Cook County. (f) The Cook County Board may amend the designation of the Health Care Components by adding or removing a department, office, division or self-insured health plan to or from such designation. Sec. 2-1022 - HIPAA Privacy Rule and Security Rule Compliance (a) Notwithstanding the designation of the County Health Care Components herein, the County shall be responsible for developing policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule and Security Rule, and shall be responsible for activities related to oversight of compliance with, and enforcement of the aforementioned rules. A Health Care Component shall not disclose any PHI, ePHI or HIPAA-required documentation which it receives or maintains to another County department or agency 1) if such disclosure would be prohibited by the HIPAA Privacy or Security Rules, 2) if the Health Care Component and 3) such other County department or agency were separate and distinct legal entities. Sec. 2-1023 - Designation of Privacy Officers and Security Officers (a) Each Health Care Component shall have a designated Privacy Officer and Security Officer. A Health Care Component’s Privacy Officer and Security Officer may appoint an employee of the Health Care Component to assist in the performance of the Privacy Officer and/or Security Officer’s responsibilities. (b) The Privacy Officer and Security Officer for the Healthcare Components of the County (other than the CCHHS) shall be the Director of the Department of Risk Management or his or her designee. (c) The Privacy Officer and a Security Officer for the CCHHS shall be the Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer for the Cook County Health and Hospital System or his or her designee. (d) The Privacy and Security Officers for their respective Health Care Components shall each develop written policies and procedures and perform any other duties or obligations as required by HIPAA. Sec. 2-1024 - HIPAA Required Agreements; Authorization (a) Any entity (including another County department or agency) that performs a function on behalf of the County or a Health Care Component of the County as defined in Section 2-1021 (d), which involves the use or disclosure of PHI shall be required to execute a business associate agreement. (b) The Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer of CCHHS and the Director of Risk Management of the County are hereby authorized to enter into BAAs necessary to comply with the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules and, to enter into all other agreements required by the HIPAA. Sec. 2-1026 - Severability If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is held to be invalid or unconstitutional, or unlawful for any reason, by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed and is hereby declared to be a separate, distinct and independent provision of this ordinance, and such holding or holdings shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. Effective date: This ordinance shall be in effect immediately upon adoption.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded May 16, 2018 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT Department(s): Various County Bureaus, Agencies and Office of the Elected Officials Vendor: Various Law Firms: Laner Muchin LTD, Chicago, Illinois Brother & Thompson, Chicago Illinois Zuber Lawler & del Duca, Chicago, Illinois Franczek Radelet, P.C., Chicago, Illinois Hennessy & Roach, P.C., Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend and increase contract Good(s) or Service(s): Labor and Employment Consultation and/or Representation Services for six (6) categories of legal services: Category I - Union Contract Negotiations, Category II - Contract Interpretation, Category III - Labor Relations, Category IV - Worker’s Compensation, Category V - Employment Law, and Category VI - Employee Benefits Original Contract Period: 5/1/2013 - 4/30/2015 Proposed Contract Period Extension: 5/1/2018 - 10/30/2018 Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $1,900,000.00 Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 4/17/2013, $1,900,000.00 Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): 6/29/2016, 5/1/2016 - 4/30/2017; 4/12/2017, 5/1/2017 - 4/30/2018 Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): 7/15/2015, 5/1/2015 - 4/30/2016 This Increase Requested: $467,866.00 Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2018, $467,866.00 Accounts: Various Accounts: Bureau of Human Resources, 1490-521045, $361,850.00 Clerk of the Circuit Court, 1335-521045, $48,000.00 Office of the Chief Judge, 1310-521045, $23,016.00 Sheriff’s Office, 1214-521045, $20,000.00 Treasurer’s Office, 1060-521045, $15,000.00 Contract Number(s): Laner Muchin, LTD (13-90-048I for Category I, II, III, V and VI) Brothers & Thomspon (13-90-048C for Category II, III and V) Zuber Lawler & Del Duca (13-90-048G for Category I, II, III and V) Franczek Radelet, P.C. (13-90-048F for Category I, II, III, and V) Hennessy & Roach, P.C. (13-90-048H for Category I, II, III, IV and V) Concurrences: The contract specific goal set on this contract was zero. The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: These contracts represent a partial list of qualified law firms to provide labor and employment consultation and/or representation for the above six (6) categories of services on an as needed basis. Using Agencies enter into letters of engagement with firms to provide legal services. The Office of the Chief Procurement Officer has worked with various Using Agencies to complete a different strategic process to procure legal services to meet various agency needs. This extension request will allow for the completion of the procurement process to award new contracts for similar services. These contracts were awarded through a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) process in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. These firms were selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded April 25, 2018 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION URGING THE STATE OF ILLINOIS TO ENACT OPIOID PRESCRIPTION LIMITS WHEREAS, the opioid epidemic in our country has risen to extreme levels, causing the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans, and billions of dollars in economic costs; and WHEREAS, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in 2016 116 people died every day from opioid-related drug overdoses; and WHEREAS, 42,249 people died from overdosing on opioids in that year alone; and WHEREAS, of those deaths, 17,087 were the result of overdosing on commonly prescribed opioids; and WHEREAS, the cost of these drugs totaled $504 billion in 2016; and WHEREAS, most recently, the state of Florida passed a bill to combat this crisis by instituting prescription limits on opioids and increasing funding for treatment; and WHEREAS, Florida will be the 25th state since 2016 that has passed legislation that imposes some limits or guidelines on opioid prescriptions, and only the 3rd to create statutory limits of three or four days for Schedule II painkillers like OxyContin and Fentanyl; and WHEREAS, Illinois is not one of the states with any of these imposed limits, and as a result the opioid epidemic remains relatively unchecked; and WHEREAS, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) now supports policies limiting the supply of opioids for acute pain treatment; and WHEREAS, PhRMA has concluded that too often, individuals receive a 30-day supply of opioid medicines for minor treatments or short-term pain, and that overprescribing and dispensing can lead to patients taking opioids longer than necessary or to excess pills falling into the wrong hands; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the members of this board, as public servants to the residents of Cook County, urge the Illinois General assembly to pass comprehensive legislation to limit prescriptions to these opioids to five days in order to combat the crisis currently affecting our communities and state as a whole.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded March 14, 2018 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED PAYMENT APPROVAL Department(s): Capital Planning and Policy Action: Payment Approval Payee: Leopardo Companies, Inc., Chicago, Illinois Good(s) or Service(s): Construction Services Fiscal Impact: $130,807.72 Accounts: Capital Improvement Program Contract Number(s): 12-28-340 GC4,1 Summary: Division VIII pharmacy and dental spaces had been sitting vacant since the opening of the building. The dental and pharmacy needed to be built-out to complete the building and to facilitate the continued licensure of the dental program at the Department of Corrections. During the course of the build-out, DCPP worked with DOC to address all of the business and facility needs resulting in a modification of the project schedule. This represents payment for work performed and completed.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded February 7, 2018 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT Department: Cook County Sheriff’s Office Other Part(ies): Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. Goods or Services: The Sheriff’s Office seeks to expand and maintain the Prescription Drug Take-Back Program, which pharmaceutical drugs are collected and disposed of through environmentally sound methods to maximize the volume of pharmaceutical drugs prevented from entering the Chicago Area Waterway System. Agreement Number(s): N/A Agreement Period: 1/1/2018 - 12/31/2018. The agreement is for one (1) year and may be renewed by mutual agreement of the parties. Fiscal Impact: None. Revenue Neutral. Accounts: N/A Summary: Authorization for the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to provide funding to allow the Cook County Sheriff’s Office to continue to engage with local law enforcement agencies to expand participation in the Prescription Drug Take-Back Program as follows: Up to $76,406.62 annually for personnel and administrative costs associated with operating the program. Up to $23,593.38 annually for reimbursement of the purchase and installation of collection receptacles.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded December 13, 2017 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION URGING CONGRESS TO PROTECT ACCESS TO QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE PROVIDED TO MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AND THOUSANDS OF COOK COUNTY RESIDENTS BY THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WHEREAS, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly called the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) was adopted in 2010 to dramatically reduce the number of uninsured Americans and improve overall public health for the American people; and WHEREAS, the ACA protects our working families against health insurance discrimination and denial for pre-existing conditions, provides subsidies to working families to offset the cost of health insurance, incentivizes states to expand Medicaid coverage for the working poor, and requires coverage of basic family health care needs in health insurance plans; and WHEREAS, the Congressional Budget Office (“CBO”), the nonpartisan budget-scoring agency, estimated that between 2010-2019 the ACA would yield a projected reduction in the Country’s deficits of more than $150 billion over that period; and WHEREAS, the ACA, over the last six (6) years, has cut the overall uninsured rate in the United States from 15.7% to 8.6% and, among those ages 18-64, from 22.3% to 11.9%, and reduced the number of uninsured at our County health system from 70% to 30%; and WHEREAS, thanks to the ACA, more than 1 million people in Illinois get insurance through the ACA marketplace or the expansion of Medicaid, and through CountyCare, the Cook County Health & Hospital System (“CCHHS”) which provides 140,000 Medicaid recipients with health care coverage, a number that could double in 2018; and WHEREAS, the repeal of ACA would lead to a significant negative economic impact for Illinois as the Illinois Health & Hospital Association predicted the state could lose as much as $11.6 billion to $13.1 billion in annual economic activity, translating into a potential loss of 84,000 to 95,000 jobs, if Congress and President Trump repeal coverage for those 1 million people without a viable and comprehensive replacement plan; and WHEREAS, thanks in large part to the ACA, the Cook County Health & Hospitals System (“CCHHS”) has been able to reduce its reliance on the annual taxpayer allocation by more than $370 million due to the ACA and Medicaid expansion, a 75 percent decrease in local tax support since 2009, from $481 million to $111.5 million; and WHEREAS, should the ACA be repealed or severely diminished, the annual loss of revenue for care provided by the Cook County Health & Hospitals System may likely exceed $300 million annually and could be as high as $800 million. Additionally, other hospitals and providers in Cook County would stand to lose more than $300 million in reimbursements from our CountyCare Health Plan, which is on top of the hundreds of millions more dollars lost from other Medicaid health plans, and cuts mentioned in ACA repeal proposals thus far are unsustainable, unfair, callous and would require increased state or local revenues to meet the needs of the uninsured in Cook County; and WHEREAS, a significant increase in the uninsured rate and amount of uncompensated care in the County and the region due to the loss of health insurance coverage for working families because of any repeal of the ACA would undermine the “patient mix” of the CCHHS, reducing the financial success of the system and diminishing the quality of life of our residents; and WHEREAS, the Republican-led Congress has made repeated efforts to repeal parts or all of the ACA, with the Senate recently passing the elimination of the individual mandate, a central tenet of the ACA that health policy experts and proponents say is essential to making the law work; and; WHEREAS, the CBO reported that repealing said mandate would increase the number of uninsured by 13 million by 2027 and that health insurance premiums would rise by about 10 percent in most years over the next decade in the individual market created by the Affordable Care Act; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners, believes that access to quality, affordable health care is a human right, not a privilege, and is essential to the quality of life of families and individuals in Cook County and everywhere throughout our country; and WHEREAS, it is the responsibility of our federal, state and local officials to defend the issues and interests of their constituents, including advocating for access to quality, affordable health care coverage provided for by the Affordable Care Act; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the President and Cook County Board of Commissioners oppose the repeal of the Affordable Care Act and replacing it with any alternative that would not improve access to quality, affordable health care for all of our residents; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President and Cook County Board of Commissioners oppose any measure that results in a loss of health insurance coverage by any American, weakens the ACA’s protection against health insurance discrimination or denial based on preexisting conditions, reduces the ACA’s subsidies to individuals for buying health care, or reduces the incentives for states to cover individuals through expanding Medicaid; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County urges the Illinois Congressional Delegation, Illinois General Assembly, the Governor and members of the general public to oppose and resist any weakening of the protections of the Affordable Care Act for working families; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be sent to the President of the United States, U.S. Speaker of the House, U.S. Senate Majority Leader, U.S. House Minority Leader, U.S. Senate Minority Leader, the Illinois Congressional Delegation, Governor of Illinois, President of the Illinois Senate, and Speaker of the Illinois House.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded October 11, 2017 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT Department(s): Risk Management Vendor: CaremarkPCS Health, LLC, Northbrook, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract Good(s) or Service(s): Pharmacy Benefits Management Services Original Contract Period: 12/1/2014 - 11/30/2017, with two (2) one (1) year renewal options Proposed Contract Period Extension: 12/1/2017 - 11/30/2018 Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $204,727,769.92 Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 11/19/2014, $204,727,769.92 Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A This Increase Requested: $82,000,000.00 Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2018 $82,000,000.00 Accounts: 542-181 Contract Number(s): 1455-13418 Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority-and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation and a MWBE waiver with indirect participation. The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: This increase and first of two (2) one (1) year renewal options will allow the vendor to continue to provide the pharmacy benefit management program for eligible Cook County employees and their dependents. Cook County offers pharmacy benefits carved out from the health plan and in accordance with collectively bargained plan designs. The expense is covered through annual appropriations. The contract was initially awarded following a joint procurement effort between Chicago Public Schools (CPS), Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Chicago Park District (CPD) and Cook County pursuant to 34-142 of the Cook County Procurement Code.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded September 13, 2017 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED LEASE AGREEMENT Department: Department of Real Estate Management Request: Approval of a (New) Lease Agreement Landlord: LW Arlington, LLC Tenant: County of Cook Location: 3250 Arlington Heights Rd, Arlington Heights, Illinois Term/Extension Period: Ten (10) years and two (2) months Space Occupied: Approximately 25,771 rentable square feet; final determination of square footage will be subject to space planning and in accordance with the 1996 BOMA standard for office buildings. Final determination is 24,948 sq. ft. Monthly Rent: Landlord will abate initial two (2) months of gross rent to start upon lease commencement: Years Rent PSF Monthly Annual 1 $16.00 $33,264.00 $399,168.00 2 $16.50 $34,303.50 $411,642.00 3 $17.00 $35,343.00 $424,116.00 4 $17.50 $36,382.50 $436,590.00 5 $18.00 $37,422.00 $449,064.00 6 $18.50 $38,461.50 $461,538.00 7 $19.00 $39,501.00 $474,012.00 8 $19.50 $40,540.00 $486,486.00 9 $20.00 $41,580.00 $498,960.00 10 $20.50 $42,619.50 $511,434.00 Fiscal Impact: Approval of this item would commit Fiscal 2018-2027 funds Accounts: 893-660 Rental of Facilities Option to Renew: Two (2) five (5) year periods at prevailing market rate. Termination: N/A Utilities Included: No, In addition to Base Rent, Tenant shall be responsible, on a monthly basis, for its proportionate share of real estate taxes and operating expenses above a 2017 base year estimated at $6.50/sf combined. Summary/Notes: Landlord will provide an allowance of $50.00/sf of approx. $1,247,400.00 with two months of free rent. Construction costs are estimated at $109.25/sf at approx. $2,725,544.00 with net costs of approx. 1,478,144.00 with an additional $5.00-$7.00/sf for all IT/Cabling. The Cook County Ambulatory & Community Health Network (ACHN) will utilize the premises to operate a primary care clinic allowing for additional services in family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics, behavioral health and additional specialty provider services along with dental and pharmacy services to meet the growing demand for area healthcare services.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded September 13, 2017 · Term not stated · not stated
SECOND PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO 17-5210 PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS BY COUNTY DEPARTMENTS BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS, Section 1-9 - Regulations issued by County departments is hereby amended as follows: Sec. 1-9. - Rules and Regulations issued by County departments, agencies, and offices impacting the public at-large. (a) Public facing Rules and Regulations issued to implement ordinances and resolutions enacted by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, as defined in Sec. 1-3 of Chapter 1 of this Code and issued by County departments, agencies and offices in accordance with this Code shall be transmitted to the Chair of the Cook County Rules Committee and posted on the County department, agency or offices web page at www.cookcountyil.gov at least County Clerk 10 days 30 days prior to taking effect, with the exception of emergency Rules and Regulations which shall be transmitted to the Chair of the Cook County Rules Committee Clerk and posted on the applicable department, agency or office web page at the time of issuance. Public facing Rules and Regulations issued by County departments, agencies and offices in accordance with this Code shall be placed on the County Board Agenda by the issuing department, agency or office and referred to the Rules Committee where said Rules and Regulations will be received and filed, unless the Rules Committee has suggested modifications. Should the Rules Committee have suggested modifications, the Rules Committee shall confer with the issuing department, agency or office prior to making any suggested amendments. County departments, agencies and offices will be charged with maintaining a hard copy of its respective Rules and Regulations for public review and shall place a copy of said Rules and Regulations and any amended Rules and Regulations on their respective web page at www.cookcountyil.gov. Regulations shall be maintained by the Clerk and by the issuing department. (b) The requirements provided in Sec. 1-9 (a) shall not apply to: (1) Rules or Regulations that concern only the internal management of a department, agency, office, process, procedure or function and do not affect the private rights or procedures available to the public; (2) employee matters/employee personnel rules; (3) informal advisory rulings; (4) intra-agency memoranda; (5) enforcement notices and orders; (6) quasi-judicial proceedings; or (7) the prescription of standardized forms. (c) A failure to comply in whole or in part with the requirements of Sec. 1-9(a) shall not be grounds for a challenge to a Rule or Regulation’s validity by a person governed by such Rule or Regulation. Effective date: This Ordinance Amendment shall be in effect immediately upon adoption.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded July 19, 2017 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT Department(s): Risk Management Vendor: ConnectYourCare, Hunt Valley, Maryland Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute Good(s) or Service(s): HFSA/DCFSA/HSA Commuter Employee Benefits Administration Contract Value: $607,680.00 Contract period: 12/1/2017 - 11/30/2020, with (2) two one (1) year renewal options Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2018 $182,040.00, FY 2019 $202,680.00, FY 2020 $222,960.00 Accounts: 490-827 (499-827, 899-827) Contract Number(s): 1618-15644 Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority-and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation. The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: The Department of Risk Management is requesting authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into a contract with ConnectYourCare. This contract will provide: 1) Healthcare Flexible Spending Account Administration (HFSA), Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account Administration (DCFSA) and Health Savings Account Administration (HSA); and 2) Commuter Benefits. HFSA, DCFSA and Commuter Benefits are currently offered to Cook County employees. Request for Proposals (RFP) procedures were followed in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Connect Your Care was selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded June 28, 2017 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT Department(s): Risk Management and Bureau of Human Resources Vendor: PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (PwC), Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract Good(s) or Service(s): Health & Group Benefits Consulting Services Original Contract Period: 8/1/2014 - 7/31/2017 with two (2) one-year renewals. Proposed Contract Period Extension: 8/1/2017 - 7/31/2018 Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $1,704,332.48: Category 1 (Risk Management) - $1,063,050, Category 2 (Human Resources) - $641,282.48 Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 7/23/2014, $1,704,332.48 Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A This Increase Requested: $300,000.00 Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2018 - $300,000.00 Accounts: 490-260 Contract Number(s): 1430-13181 Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority-and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation and partial MBE/WBE waiver. The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: This increase and first of two (2) one (1) year renewal options will allow Risk Management to continue to access actuarial and consulting services related to group health benefits strategy and related regulatory matters. PwC also supports benefit vendor procurements within the Department of Risk Management. This contract was awarded through a Request for Proposal (RFP) process in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. PwC was awarded based on established evaluation criteria.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded April 12, 2017 · Term 1 yr · not stated
Estimated next decision window: April 2018
PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT Department(s): Various County Bureaus, Agencies and Office of the Elected Officials Vendor: Various Law Firms: Laner Muchin LTD, Chicago, Illinois Brothers & Thompson, Chicago, Illinois Zuber Lawler & del Duca (merged with Greene & Letts), Chicago, Illinois Franczek Radelet, P.C., Chicago, Illinois Hennessy & Roach, P.C. Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to extend contract Good(s) or Service(s): Labor and Employment Consultation and/or Representation Services for six (6) categories of legal services: Category I - Union Contract Negotiations, Category II - Contract Interpretation, Category III - Labor Relations, Category IV - Worker’s Compensation, Category V - Employment Law, and Category VI - Employee Benefits Original Contract Period: 5/1/2013 - 4/30/2015 Proposed Contract Period Extension: 5/1/2017 - 4/30/2018 Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $1,900,000.00 Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 4/17/2013, $1,900.000.00 Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): 6/29/2016, 5/1/2016 - 4/30/2017 Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): 7/15/2015, 5/1/2015 - 4/30/2016 This Increase Requested: N/A Potential Fiscal Impact: N/A Accounts: N/A Contract Number(s): Laner Muchin, LTD (13-90-048I for Category I, II, III, V and VI) Brothers & Thomspon (13-90-048C for Category II, III and V) Zuber Lawler & Del Duca (13-90-048G for Category I, II, III and V) Franczek Radelet, P.C. (13-90-048F for Category I, II, III, and V) Hennessy & Roach, P.C. (13-90-048H for Category I, II, III, IV and V) Concurrences: The MWBE contract-specific goal set on this contract was zero. The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: These contracts represent a partial list of qualified law firms to provide labor and employment consultation and/or representation for the above six (6) categories of services on an as needed basis. Using Agencies enter into letters of engagement with firms to provide legal services. This request is for a twelve month extension as the Office of the Chief Procurement Office continues to work with Using Agencies to complete a different strategic process to procure legal services to meet various agency needs. These firms were selected based on evaluation criteria established in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded November 15, 2016 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT Amendment Number: FY2017 Amendment No. 5 Source of Funding: N/A Explanation of Amendment: Amends Section 9 of the Budget Resolution to allow the Commissioners of the Cook County Board of Commissioners to amend their budget allocation before 12/31/2016. Budgetary Unit: Resolution Comments: Section 9. In order to make necessary transfers of $10,000 or less within and between the 100 (excluding the 110, 172, 175,176, 177, 178, 179, 826, and 181 accounts), 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 and 800 accounts/account series, the Elected Officials, Heads of Departments, Offices, Institutions or Agencies are hereby required to request and receive advance approval from the Budget and Management Services Director. Upon request and justification from the Agency, the Director of Budget and Management is hereby authorized to review said transfer requests and approve said transfer requests in an amount equal to $10,000 or less within and between accounts without Board approval. A report of such approved transfers shall be made to the Cook County Board of Commissioners by the Budget and Management Services Director via placement of said report on a Board Agenda on a quarterly basis. Except for transfers authorized in Section 8, transfers requested that are equal to or less than $10,000 from the 110 account or greater than $10,000 that are within or between the 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 or 800 account series will require the advance approval by the Board. No transfers are allowed from the 172,175,176,177,178,179, 826 or 181 accounts except for the purposes of payment of employee benefit claims and related expenses No transfers are required for shifts in funds between business units within the same department for non-personnel accounts. Transfers made for department 018, account 350 are restricted to the following accounts: 183, 190, 220, 241, 289 or 630. The Elected Officials, Heads of Departments, Offices, Institutions and Agencies of the County, are prohibited from incurring any liability against any account in excess of the amount herein authorized for such account without securing the prior approval by the Budget and Management Services Director and/or the Board of Commissioners or the Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board for the pledging of appropriate unencumbered balances for subsequent transfer as provided for by the Board of Commissioners or the Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board . The Budget and Management Services Director is hereby authorized to issue rules governing transfers. \ Any newly Elected Official who assumes office on or after December 1, 2016, is hereby authorized to transfer funds within and between the 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 or 800 accounts/account series under their respective departments or business units for 90 days after assuming office. Newly Elected Officials may also transfer positions among departments under their control during that 90 day period. Any transfer of funds or positions within a 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 or 800 account/account series by a newly Elected Official may not increase any appropriation with the adopted 2017 Cook County Executive Budget Recommendation. Any newly Elected Official subject to this provision shall provide a report to the Budget and Management Services Director and Board of Commissioners summarizing any transfers made under this provision. Cook County Commissioners are hereby authorized to transfer funds within and between the 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 or 800 accounts/account series under their respective departments before December 31, 2016.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded November 15, 2016 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT Amendment Number: FY2017 Amendment No. 5-S Source of Funding: N/A Explanation of Amendment: Amends Section 9 of the Budget Resolution to allow the Commissioners of the Cook County Board of Commissioners to amend their budget allocation before 12/31/2016. Budgetary Unit: Resolution Comments: Section 9. In order to make necessary transfers of $10,000 or less within and between the 100 (excluding the 110, 172, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 826, and 181 accounts), 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 and 800 accounts/account series, the Elected Officials, Heads of Departments, Offices, Institutions or Agencies are hereby required to request and receive advance approval from the Budget and Management Services Director. Upon request and justification from the Agency, the Director of Budget and Management is hereby authorized to review said transfer requests and approve said transfer requests in an amount equal to $10,000 or less within and between accounts without Board approval. A report of such approved transfers shall be made to the Cook County Board of Commissioners by the Budget and Management Services Director via placement of said report on a Board Agenda on a quarterly basis. Except for transfers authorized in Section 8, transfers requested that are equal to or less than $10,000 from the 110 account or greater than $10,000 that are within or between the 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 or 800 account series will require the advance approval by the Board. No transfers are allowed from the 172, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 826 or 181 accounts except for the purposes of payment of employee benefit claims and related expenses No transfers are required for shifts in funds between business units within the same department for non-personnel accounts. Transfers made for department 018, account 350 are restricted to the following accounts: 183, 190, 220, 241 , 289 or 630. The Elected Officials, Heads of Departments, Offices, Institutions and Agencies of the County, are prohibited from incurring any liability against any account in excess of the amount herein authorized for such account without securing the prior approval by the Budget and Management Services Director and/or the Board of Commissioners or the Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board for the pledging of appropriate unencumbered balances for subsequent transfer as provided for by the Board of Commissioners or the Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board . The Budget and Management Services Director is hereby authorized to issue rules governing transfers. Any newly Elected Official who assumes office on or after December 1, 2016, is hereby authorized to transfer funds within and between the 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 or 800 accounts/account series under their respective departments or business units for 90 days after assuming office. Newly Elected Officials may also transfer positions among departments under their control during that 90 day period. Any transfer of funds or positions within a 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 or 800 account/account series by a newly Elected Official may not increase any appropriation with the adopted 2017 Cook County Executive Budget Recommendation. Any newly Elected Official subject to this provision shall provide a report to the Budget and Management Services Director and Board of Commissioners summarizing any transfers made under this provision. Cook County Commissioners are hereby authorized to transfer funds within and between the 100, 200, 300, 400, 500. 600 or 800 accounts/account series under their respective departments before December 1, 2016. The Budget Director shall have the authority to manage the Turnover Adjustment in Department 18 - Secretary to the Board of Commissioners to manage the turnover in each of the Offices of the County Commissioners.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded October 5, 2016 · Term not stated · not stated
Employee: Rubina Anees Job Title: Pharmacy Tech Department: Cermak Health Services Date of Incident: 02/04/2015 Incident/Activity: The Petitioner slipped and fell on ice and snow while delivering medications from Cermak to Division 11 at Cook County Jail, injuring her back and right knee. Accidental Injuries: Back and right knee Petition and Order No: 15 WC 10614 Claim Amount: $7,500.00 Attorney: Jim M. Vainikos of Cornfield and Feldman, L.L.P. Date of Subcommittee Approval: N/A Prior/pending claims: None
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded September 14, 2016 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION APPROVING A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WHEREAS, the Illinois Public Employee Labor Relations Act (5 ILCS 315/1 et seq.) has established regulations regarding collective bargaining with a union; and WHEREAS, a Collective Bargaining Agreement for the period of December 1, 2012 through November 30, 2017 has been negotiated between the County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board, Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union, AFL-CIO-CLC Local 200 (RWDSW Local 200) representing two hundred and ten (210) Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians; and WHEREAS, salary adjustments and general wage increases were previously approved are reflected in the Salary Schedules included in this Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiated between the County of Cook and RWDSW Local 200; and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby approve the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the County of Cook and RWDSU Local 200 as provided by the Bureau of Human Resources.
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Awarded September 14, 2016 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AMENDING THE CODE OF ETHICAL CONDUCT BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that CHAPTER 2. Administration, ARTICLE VII. Ethics, DIVISION 2. Code of Ethical Conduct, Subdivisions I through VI, Sections 2-560 through 2-614 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows: ARTICLE VII. - ETHICS DIVISION 2. - CODE OF ETHICAL CONDUCT Subdivision I. - In General Sec. 2-560. - Short title. This division shall be known and may be cited as the "Cook County Ethics Ordinance." Sec. 2-561. - Purpose. (a) The purpose of this division is to establish the code of conduct for every Official, Board or Commission Appointee, and Employee of the County. All Officials, Board or Commission Appointees, and Employees of the County shall: (1) Owe a fiduciary duty to the County; (2) Treat members of the public with respect and be responsive and forthcoming in meeting their requests for information; (3) Protect the County’s interests when contracting for outside services; (4) Put forth honest effort in the performance of their duties; (5) Conduct business on behalf of the County in a financially responsible manner; (6) Protect and conserve County property and assets, and use County property and assets for authorized purposes or activities; (7) Adhere to all applicable laws and regulations; and (8) Report any violations, suspected violations, or other misconduct under this article to the Board of Ethics in a timely manner. (b) This division is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the County, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. Sec. 2-5612. - Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Absolutely necessary means that another means of identification, such as employee identification number, cannot be substituted for the social security number without frustrating the purpose of the request. Agency means the County Board, any committee or other subdivision thereof, any County department or other administrative unit, commission, board or other division of the government of the County. Board or Commission Appointee means all individuals appointed by the President to any Boards or Commissions created by State Statute or County Ordinance that require the approval, confirmation or advice and consent of the County Board. Board or Commission means any Board or Commission created under County Ordinance or State Statute whose members are appointed by the President subject to the approval, confirmation or advice and consent of the County Board. Board of Ethics means the County Board of Ethics, as defined in Section 2-591. Campaign for elective office means any activity in furtherance of an effort to influence the selection, nomination, election, or appointment of any individual to any Federal, State, or local public office or office in a political organization, or the selection, nomination, or election of Presidential or Vice-Presidential electors, but does not include activities: (1) Relating to the support or opposition of any executive, legislative, or administrative action; (2) Relating to collective bargaining; or (3) That are otherwise in furtherance of the person's official duties. Candidate means any person who has filed nominating papers or petitions for nomination or election to an elected office, or who has been appointed to fill a vacancy in nomination, and who remains eligible for placement on the ballot at either a general primary election or general election or who has raised or expended money in pursuit of elected office. Collective bargaining has the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 3 of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act (5 ILCS 5/1-3). Compensated time means any time worked by or credited to an employee that counts toward any minimum work time requirement imposed as a condition of employment but does not include any designated holidays or any period when the employee is on a leave of absence. Compensation means money, thing of value or other pecuniary benefit received or to be received in return for, or as reimbursement for, services rendered or to be rendered. Compensatory time off means authorized time off earned by or awarded to an employee to compensate in whole or in part for time worked in excess of the minimum work time required of that employee as a condition of employment. Confidential Information means any information that may be exempt from disclosure under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, codified at 5 ILCS 140/1, et. Seq or required to be held confidential by agreement. Contract management authority means personal involvement in or direct supervisory responsibility for the formation or execution of a County contract, including without limitation the preparation of specifications, evaluation of bids or proposals, negotiation of contract terms or supervision of performance. Contribution has the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 9-1.4 of the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/9-1.4). County means the County and all government agencies of the County. Done Business or Doing Business means any one or any combination of sales, purchases, leases or contracts to, from or with the County or any County agency in excess of $10,000.00 during the previous four years. Economic interest means any interest valued or capable of valuation in monetary terms; provided that economic interest is subject to the same exclusion as financial interest. Employee means an individual employed by the County whether part-time or full-time or by a contract of employment. The term "employee" shall include individuals employed by County Officers as referenced in Article VII, Section 4 of the Illinois Constitution. The term "employee" shall not include judges of election. Familial relationship shall mean a person who is related to an official, employee, board or commissioner appointee as spouse or any of the following, whether by blood, marriage or adoption: as parent, father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, great aunt, great uncle, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half sister, and including the father, mother, grandfather, or grandmother of the official’s, employee’s, board or commission appointee’s spouse, domestic partner, civil union partner, parent, child, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, grandparent, grandchild, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother or half sister. Financial interest means any of the following: (1) Any interest as a result of which the owner currently received or is entitled to receive in the future more than $1,200.00 $2,500.00 per year. (2) Any interest with a cost or present value of $5,000.00 or more. (3) Any interest representing more than ten percent of a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise, organization, holding company, joint stock company, receivership, trust, or any legal entity organized for profit; provided, however, the term "financial interest" shall not include any of the following: a. Any ownership through purchase at fair market value of inheritance of less than one percent of the shares of a corporation, or any value of or dividends of such shares, if such shares are registered on a securities exchange pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. § 78a et seq.); b. The authorized compensation paid to an official or employee for his or her office or employment, or the authorized compensation paid to a board or commission appointee for his or her office or employment; c. Any economic benefit provided equally to all residents of the County; d. A time or demand deposit in a financial institution; e. An endowment or insurance policy or annuity contract purchased from an insurance company; f. Any accrued pension rights in the County fund; or g. With respect to a mutual fund, the individual securities of other instruments owned by the mutual fund. Gift means any gratuity, discount, entertainment, hospitality, loan, forbearance, or other tangible or intangible item having monetary value including, but not limited to, cash, food and drink, and honoraria for speaking engagements related to or attributable to government employment or the official position of an official, board or commission appointee or employee that is given without fair-market consideration. Gifts shall exclude: (1) Anything for which the official, board or commission appointee or employee or his or her spouse, domestic partner, civil union partner or immediate family member living with him or her pays the market value; (2) Any opportunities, benefits, or services that are available to an official, board or commission appointee or employee or his or her spouse, domestic partner, civil union partner or immediate family member living with him or her on the same terms and conditions as the general public; and (3) Any contribution that is lawfully made and reported under the Election Code or under this article associated with political fundraising for a political organization, political committee, or candidate for elected office. Leave of absence means any period during which an employee does not receive compensation for employment, service credit towards pension benefits, and health insurance benefits paid for by the employer. Legislative action means the introduction, sponsorship, consideration, debate, amendment, passage, defeat, approval, veto or other official action or nonaction on any ordinance, resolution, motion, order, appointment, application or other matter pending or proposed in the County Board or any committee or subcommittee thereof. Official means any elected County official (or appointed official, regardless of whether the official is compensated. Person means any individual, entity, corporation, partnership, firm, association, organization, unincorporated organization, company, recipient of County funds, union, trust, trustee, legal representative, legal entity, estate, as well as any parent or subsidiary corporate affiliate of any of the foregoing, and whether or not operated for profit. Political activity means any activity in support of or in connection with any campaign for elective office or any political organization or political committee, but does not include activities relating to the support or opposition of any executive, legislative or administrative action; if in furtherance of the person’s official duties, relating to collective bargaining; or that are otherwise in furtherance of the person's official duties. Political fundraising committee incorporates the definition of that that term as it appears in the Illinois Election Code, 10 ILCS 5/9-1.8(a). , means any fund, organization, political action committee or other entity that, for purposes of influencing in any way the outcome of any election, receives or expends money or anything of value or transfers money or anything of value to any other fund, political party, candidate, organization, political action committee, or other entity. Political organization means a party, committee, association, fund, or other organization (whether or not incorporated) that is required to file a statement of organization with the State Board of Elections or a county clerk under Section 9.3 of the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/9-3), but only with regard to those activities that require filing with the State Board of Elections or a county clerk. Prohibited political activity means: (1) Preparing for, organizing, or participating in any political meeting, political rally, political demonstration, or other political event. (2) Soliciting contributions, including, but not limited to, the purchase of, selling, distributing, or receiving payment for tickets for any political fund-raiser, political meeting, or other political event. (3) Soliciting, planning the solicitation of, or preparing any document or report regarding any thing of value intended as a campaign contribution. (4) Planning, conducting, or participating in a public opinion poll in connection with a campaign for elective office or on behalf of a political organization or political committee for political purposes or for or against any referendum question. (5) Surveying or gathering information from potential or actual voters in an election to determine probable vote outcome in connection with a campaign for elective office or on behalf of a political organization or political committee for political purposes or for or against any referendum question. (6) Assisting at the polls on election day on behalf of any political organization, political committee or candidate for elective office or for or against any referendum question. (7) Soliciting votes on behalf of a candidate for elective office or a political organization or political committee or for or against any referendum questions or helping in an effort to get voters to the polls. (8) Initiating for circulation, preparing, circulating, reviewing, or filing any petition on behalf of a candidate for elective office or for or against any referendum question. (9) Making contributions on behalf of any candidate for elective office in that capacity or in connection with a campaign for elective office. (10) Preparing or reviewing responses to candidate questionnaires in connection with a campaign for elective office or on behalf of a political organization or political committee for political purposes. (11) Distributing, preparing for distribution, or mailing campaign literature, campaign signs, or other campaign material on behalf of any candidate for elective office or for or against any referendum question. (12) Campaigning for any elective office or for or against any referendum question unless the referendum question is supported by the Cook County Board of Commissioners by Resolution or Ordinance. (13) Managing or working on a campaign for elective office or for or against any referendum question. (14) Serving as a delegate, alternate, or proxy to a political party convention. (15) Participating in any recount or challenge to the outcome of any election. Prohibited source means any person or entity who: (1) Is seeking official action: a. By the official, board or commission appointee; or b. In the case of an employee, by the employee or by the official, County agency, board or commission or other employee directing the employee. (2) Does business or seeks to do business: a. With the official, board or commission appointee; or b. In the case of an employee, with the employee or with the official, County agency, board or commission or other employee directing the employee. (3) Conducts activities regulated: a. By the official, board or commission appointee; or b. In the case of an employee, by the official, County agency, board or commission or other employee directing the employee. (4) Has interests that may be substantially affected by the performance or nonperformance of the official duties of the official, board or commission appointee or employee; or (5) Is registered or required to be registered with the County pursuant to the Cook County Lobbyist Ordinance, except that an entity not otherwise a prohibited source does not become a prohibited source merely because a registered lobbyist is one of its members or serves on its board of directors. Publicly post or publicly display means to intentionally communicate or otherwise intentionally make available to the general public. Relative, meaning those people related to the, official, employee or board or commission appointee as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, great aunt, great uncle, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half sister, and including the father, mother, grandfather, or grandmother of the official’s, employee’s, board or commission appointee’s spouse, domestic partner, or civil union partner. Seeking to do business means means taking action within the past six months to obtain a contract or business with the County when, if such action were successful, it would result in the person doing business with the County. This includes responding to a request for qualifications, joining a pool of pre-qualified vendors or any similar procurement vehicle. The presumption that such a person is “seeking to do business” will last for the same duration as any RFQ, pre-qualified pool or similar procurement vehicle remains valid for all qualified respondents. Single candidacy means the time period during which a candidate is seeking office with primary election and general election being separate candidacies. Statement means the disclosure of economic interest form required to be filed by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act (5 ILCS 420/4A-101 et seq.). Sec. 2-5623. - Applicability. This Ordinance shall apply to all officials, board or commission appointees and employees of Cook County, as defined in Section 2-561. Board or commission appointees must agree to adhere to the Cook County Ethics Ordinance in order to be eligible for appointment to any board or commission as defined in Section 2-561. This Article shall further apply where applicable to persons doing business, seeking to do business or who have done business with Cook County, prohibited sources and candidates for County office. Subdivision II. - Code of Ethical Conduct Sec. 2-571. - Fiduciary duty. (a) Officials and employees shall at all times in the performance of their public duties owe a fiduciary duty to the County. Board or commission appointees appointed under County Ordinance owe a fiduciary duty to the County in the performance of their public duties and appointed board or commission appointees appointed under State Statute owe a fiduciary duty to the members of the public for which they have been appointed to serve. (b) The fiduciary duty owed by officials, Board or commission appointees and employees shall include the following duties: (1) Avoid the appearance of impropriety; (2) Comply with laws and regulations by avoiding both the violation of any applicable law or regulation and the creation of a strong risk of a violation of any other law or regulation; (3) Conserve County property and assets and avoid their wasteful use; (4) Conduct business on behalf of the County in a financially responsible manner; (5) Protect the County’s best interests when contracting for outside services; and (6) Report any violations, suspected violations, or other misconduct under this article to the Board of Ethics in a timely manner. Sec. 2-572. - Improper influence. (a) No official or employee shall make, participate in making or in any way attempt to use their official position to influence any County governmental decision or action in which the official or employee knows, has reason to know or should know that the official or employee has any economic interest distinguishable from that of the general public of the County. (b) No official or employee shall make, participate in making or in any way attempt to use their official position to influence any County governmental decision or action, including decisions or actions on any Cook County Board Agenda Item, in exchange for or in consideration of the employment of said official's or employee's relatives, domestic partner or civil union partner by any other official or employee. (c) No board or commission appointee shall make, participate in making or in any way attempt to use his or her official position to influence any decision or action by the Board or Commission to which they are appointed in which the board or commission appointee knows, has reason to know or should know that the board or commission appointee has any economic interest distinguishable from that of the general public served by the board or commission to which they are appointed. Sec. 2-573. - Dual employment. (a) No official or employee shall accept other employment which will impair his or her independence of judgment in the exercise of official duties. (b) No official or employee shall accept other employment which will impair his or her ability to perform County duties and responsibilities. (c) The Ethics Director and Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources shall be authorized to promulgate rules regarding dual employment; said rules shall be applicable to all offices and agencies under the jurisdiction of the Ethics Ordinance. Any deviation from said rules shall be approved by the Ethics Director. Sec. 2-574. - Receiving and soliciting gifts and favors. (a) Gift ban. Except as otherwise provided in this division, no official, board or commission appointee or employee shall intentionally solicit or knowingly accept any gift from any prohibited source or in violation of any Federal or State statute, rule, or regulation or any County ordinance, rule or regulation. This ban applies to and includes spouse, domestic partners, civil union partners of, and immediate family living with the official, board or commission appointee or employee. No prohibited source shall intentionally offer or make a gift that violates this Section. (b) Exceptions. The restriction in Subsection (a) of this Section does not apply to the following: (1) Opportunities, benefits, and services. Opportunities, benefits, and services that are available on the same conditions as for the general public. (2) Market value paid. Anything for which the official, board or commission appointee or employee or his or her spouse domestic partner, civil union partner or immediate family member living with him or her pays the market value. (3) Lawful contribution, fundraising event. Any contribution that is lawfully made under the Election Code or under this article or activities associated with a fundraising event in support of a political organization or candidate. (41) Educational materials, training, conferences and missions. This exception may be further defined by rules adopted by the Board of Ethics. (52) Travel expenses for a meeting to discuss County or Board or Commission business. This exception may be further defined by rules adopted by the Board of Ethics. (63) Gift from relative. A gift from a prohibited source who is also a relative of the recipient official, board or commission appointee or employee or his or her spouse or immediate family member living with him or her. A gift from a relative, meaning those people related to the individual as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, great aunt, great uncle, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half sister, and including the father, mother, grandfather, or grandmother of the individual's spouse, and the individual's fiance or fiancee. (74) Gift on basis of personal friendship. A gift from a prohibited source who is also a personal friend of the recipient official, board or commission appointee or employee or his or her spouse or immediate family member living with him or her,Anything provided by that an individual on the basis of the a personal friendship unless the official, board or commission appointee or employee has reason to believe that, under the circumstances, the gift was provided because of the official position or employment of the official, board or commission appointee or employee and not because of the personal friendship. In determining whether a gift is provided on the basis of personal friendship, the official, board or commission appointee or employee Board of Ethics shall consider the circumstances under which the gift was offered, such as: a. The history of the relationship between the individual giving the gift and the recipient of the gift, including any previous exchange of gifts between those individuals, particularly the history of the relationship pre-dating the official position or employment of the official, board or commission appointee or employee; b. Whether to the actual knowledge of the official, board or commission appointee or employee the individual who gave the gift personally paid for the gift or sought a tax deduction or business reimbursement for the gift; and c. Whether to the actual knowledge of the official, board or commission appointee or employee the individual who gave the gift also at the same time gave the same or similar gifts to other officials or employees or their spouses, domestic partners, civil union partners or immediate family members living with them. (85) Food or refreshments not exceeding $75.00 per person. Food or refreshments not exceeding $75.00 per person in value on a single calendar day; provided that the food or refreshments are consumed on the premises from which they were purchased or prepared or catered. For purposes of this subsection, the term "catered" means food or refreshments that are purchased ready to eat and delivered by any means. (96) Food, refreshments, lodging, transportation, etc., from outside employment. Food, refreshments, lodging, transportation, and other benefits resulting from the outside business or employment activities (or outside activities that are not connected to the duties of the official, board or commission appointee or employee as an office holder or employee) of the official, board or commission appointee or employee, or the spouse, domestic partner, or civil union partner of the official, board or commission appointee or employee, if the benefits have not been offered or enhanced because of the official position or employment of the official, board or commission appointee or employee, and are customarily provided to others in similar circumstances. (107) Intra-governmental and inter-governmental gifts. For the purpose of this article "intra-governmental gift" means any gift given to an official or employee of a County agency or board or commission appointee from another official or employee of the same County agency or board or commission; and "inter-governmental gift" means any gift given to an official, board or commission appointee or employee of a County agency or department by an official, board or commission appointee or employee of another County agency or department, of a State of Illinois agency, of a Federal agency, or of any governmental entity. (118) Bequests. Bequests, inheritances, and other transfers at death. (129) Items valued at less than $100.00. Any item or items from any one prohibited source during any calendar year having a cumulative total value of less than $100.00. Each of the exceptions listed in this subsection is mutually exclusive and independent of one another. (c) An official, board or commission appointee or employee does not violate this article if the official, board or commission appointee or employee promptly takes reasonable action (within 30 days of receipt) to return the prohibited gift to its source or gives the gift or an amount equal to its value to an appropriate charity that is exempt from income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as now or hereafter amended, renumbered, or succeeded. (d) Gifts which have a value of greater than $100.00 (or a series of gifts with an aggregate value of greater than $100.00 from one prohibited source during any calendar year 12-month period) received by any official, board or commission appointee or employee from a prohibited source shall be disclosed to the Board of Ethics by the recipient within ten business days of receipt. The disclosure shall include the name and government title of the recipient; the name, address, occupation and employer of the donor; a description of the gift and its value; and the intended use or disposition of the gift. This requirement applies with equal force to gifts that are excepted from the restriction in Subsection (a) of this section and gifts for which an official, board or commission appointee or employee has taken an action under Subsection (c) of this section in order to remain compliant with Subsection (a). (e) Any and all gifts having a value greater than $100.00 and received by an official, board or commission appointee or employee for participating in speaking engagements, lectures, debates or organized discussion forums arising out of his or her County employment shall be disclosed to the Board of Ethics within ten business days of receipt. Sec. 2-576. - County-owned property. No official, board or commission appointee or employee shall engage in or permit the unauthorized use of property that is owned or leased by the County or the Board or Commission to which they are appointed. Such property shall only be used for official County or Board or Commission business. Sec. 2-577. - Use or disclosure of confidential information. No official, board or commission appointee or employee shall use or disclose confidential information gained in the course of or by reason of his or her position or employment, other than: (1) In the performance of his or her official duties; (2) As may be required by law; or (3) As permitted in Section 2-584 or other whistleblower law. For purposes of this subsection, the term "confidential information" means any information that may not be obtained pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, as amended. Sec. 2-578. - Conflicts of interest. (a) No official or employee shall make, or participate in making, any County governmental decision and no board or commission appointee shall make, or participate in making, any board or commission decision with respect to any matter in which the official, board or commission appointee or employee, or the spouse, or dependent, domestic partner or civil union partner of the official or employee, has any economic interest distinguishable from that of the general public. For purposes of this Section, the term "dependent" shall have the same meaning as provided in the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, as amended. (b) Any employee who has a conflict of interest as described by Subsection (a) of this Section shall advise his or her supervisor of the conflict or potential conflict. The immediate supervisor shall either: (1) Assign the matter to another employee; or (2) Require the employee to eliminate the economic interest giving rise to the conflict and only thereafter shall the employee continue to participate in the matter. (c) Any official, board or commission appointee or employee who has a conflict of interest as described by Subsection (a) of this Section shall disclose the conflict of interest in writing the nature and extent of the interest to the Cook County Board of Ethics as soon as the employee, board or commission appointee or official becomes aware of such conflict and shall not take any action or make any decisions regarding that particular matter. A Cook County Board Commissioner shall vote present on any matter in which they may have a conflict of interest publicly disclose the nature and interest of such interest on the report of proceedings of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, and shall also notify the Cook County Board of Ethics of such interest within 2472 hours of introduction of any ordinance, resolution, contract, order or other matter before the Cook County Board of Commissioners, or as soon thereafter as the Commissioner is or should be aware of such conflict of interest. The Board of Ethics shall make all disclosures available for public inspection and copying immediately upon request. Sec. 2-579. - Representation of other persons. (a) No elected official or employee may represent, or have an economic interest in the representation of any person other than the County in a formal or informal proceeding or transaction before any County agency in which the agency's action or nonaction is of a nonministerial nature and no board or commission appointee may represent, or have an economic interest in the representation of any person other than the board or commission in a formal or informal proceeding or transaction before said board or commission to which the board or commission appointee is a party in which the board or commission's action or nonaction is of a nonministerial nature. (b) No elected official or employee may have an economic interest in the representation of any person in any judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding before any administrative agency or court in which the County is a party and that person's interest is directly adverse to that of the County and no board or commission appointee may have an economic interest in the representation of any person in any judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding before any administrative agency or court in which said board or commission to which the board or commission appointee is a party and that person's interest is directly adverse to that of the board or commission. (c) No appointed official may represent any person in the circumstances described in Subsection (a) or (b) of this Section unless the matter is wholly unrelated to the appointed official's County duties and responsibilities and no board or commission appointee may represent any person in the circumstances described in Subsection (a) or (b) of this Section unless the matter is wholly unrelated to the board or commission appointee's duties and responsibilities. (d) For purposes of this Section, the term "economic interest" shall not include the interest of the spouse, domestic partner or civil union partner of an official, board or commission appointee or employee which interest is related to the independent occupation, profession or employment of the spouse, domestic partner, or civil union partner. Sec. 2-580. - Post-employment restrictions. (a) No former official or employee shall assist or represent any person other than the County in any judicial or administrative proceeding involving the County if the official or employee was counsel of record or participated personally and substantially in the proceeding during his or her term of office or employment. (b) No former official or employee shall assist or represent any person in any business transaction involving the County, if the official or employee participated personally and substantially in that transaction during his or her term of office or employment. (c) No former official or employee may, for a period of one year after the termination of his or her term of office or employment, knowingly accept employment or receive compensation or fees for services from an employer if the employee or official, during the year immediately preceding termination of County employment and on behalf of the County, participated personally and substantially in the decision to award County contracts with a cumulative value of over $10,000.00 25,000.00 to a the person or entity, or its parent or subsidiary. (d) No former official or employee may, for a period of one year after the termination of his or her term of office or employment, knowingly and for compensation lobby any County official or employee on behalf of any other entity. (e) No former official or employee may, for a period of one year after the termination of his or her term of office or employment, contract with the County to provide more than $5,000 in compensated professional services to the County or otherwise receive more than $5,000 in compensation for his or her labor from the County. (f) The requirements of this Section may be shall not be waived by the Board of Ethics upon a showing by the former official or employee that such waiver would not result in a conflict of interest, disclosure of the County’s confidential information or the appearance of impropriety. Additional requirements for waiver may be further defined by rules adopted by the Board of Ethics.as authorized. (fg) This Section applies only to persons who terminate an affected position on or after the effective date of this article. Sec. 2-581. - Interest in county business or board or commission business. (a) No elected official or employee shall have a financial interest in his or her own name or in the name of any other person in any contract, work or business of the County, or in the case of a board or commission appointee in any contract, work or business of the board or commission to which they are appointed or that which the board or commission approves. No elected official or employee shall have a financial interest in his or her own name or in the name of any other person in the sale of any article, whenever the expense, price or consideration of the contract, work, business or sale is paid with funds belonging to or administered by the County, or in the case of a board or commission appointee in the sale of any article, whenever the expense, price or consideration of the contract, work, business or sale is paid with funds belonging to or administered by the board or commission to which they are appointed. Compensation for property taken pursuant to the County's eminent domain power shall not constitute a financial interest within the meaning of this Section. Unless sold pursuant to a process of competitive bidding following public notice, no elected official or employee shall have a financial interest in the purchase of any property that: (1) Belongs to the County; (2) Is sold for taxes or assessments; or (3) Is sold by virtue of legal process at the suit of the County. (b) No appointed official shall engage in a transaction described in Subsection (a) of this Section unless the matter is wholly unrelated to the appointed official's County duties and responsibilities and no board or commission appointee shall engage in a transaction described in Subsection (a) of this Section unless the matter is wholly unrelated to the board or commission appointee's board or commission duties and responsibilities. (c) For purposes of this Section, the term "financial interest" shall not include the interest of the spouse, domestic partner, or civil union partner of an official or employee which interest is related to the independent occupation, profession or employment of the spouse, domestic partner, or civil union partner. Sec. 2-582. - Employment of relatives. (a) No official, board or commission appointee or employee shall participate in a hiring decision, or shall employ or advocate for employment, in any agency over which such official, board or commission appointee or employee either serves or over which he or she exercises authority, supervision or control, any person who is a relative or domestic partner of said official or employee, or in exchange for or in consideration of the employment of any said official's or employee's relatives or domestic partners, by any other official, board or commission appointee or employee. (b) No official or employee, on behalf of any County agency, shall participate in a decision whether to contract with any person with whom or in which the official or employee knows that a relativedomestic partner or civil union partner of that official or employee has a financial interest. No official or employee shall exercise contract management authority where any relative or domestic partner of the official or employee is employed by or has contracts with persons doing County work over which the County official or employee has or exercises contract management authority. No board or commission appointee, on behalf of the board or commission to which they are appointed, shall participate in a decision whether to contract with any person with whom or in which the board or commission appointee knows that a relativedomestic partner or civil union partner of that board or commission appointee has a financial interest. No board or commission appointee shall exercise contract management authority where any relative or domestic partner of the board or commission appointee is employed by or has contracts with persons doing board or commission work over which the board or commission appointee has or exercises contract management authority. (c) Any person or persons doing business with the County shall be required, upon execution of a contract with the County of Cook, to disclose to the Board of Ethics the existence of familial relationships they may have with all persons, defined as a relative in Section 2-562, holding an elected office associated with the County of Cook, i.e., Cook County Commissioner, Cook County Board President, Cook County Sheriff, Cook County State’s Attorney, Cook County Assessor, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court, Cook County Recorder of Deeds, Cook County Treasurer, Cook County Board of Review, and Cook County State’s Attorney,. as defined in subsection (e), holding elective office in the State of Illinois, the County of Cook, or in any municipality within the County of Cook. In the event that a business entity is contracted to do business with the County of Cook, the disclosure shall apply to the following persons who are employed by the business entity or who were employed by the business entity during the 12-month period immediately preceding the date of the contract: (1) All persons who are designated as the entity's board of directors; (2) All officers of the business entity; (3) All persons who are responsible for the general administration or operation of the entity; (4) All agents who are duly authorized to execute documents related to Cook County business on behalf of the business entity; (5) All employees who are directly engaged in contractual work with the County on behalf of the business entity. (d) For purposes of Subsection (c), doing business means any one or any combination of leases, contracts or purchases to or with the County or any County agency in excess of $25,000.00 in any calendar year. (e) All persons registered as a lobbyist with the County of Cook shall be required, upon filing with the Cook County Clerk, to disclose to the Board of Ethics the existence of familial relationships they may have with all persons, as defined as a relative in Section 2-562 Subsection (f), holding an elected office associated with the County of Cook, i.e., Cook County Commissioner, Cook County Board President, Cook County Sheriff, Cook County State’s Attorney, Cook County Assessor, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court, Cook County Recorder of Deeds, Cook County Treasurer, and Cook County Board of Review Commissioner,. elective office in the State of Illinois, the County of Cook, or in any municipality in the County of Cook. (f) For purposes of this Section, relative or familial relationship shall mean a person who is related to an official or employee as spouse or any of the following, whether by blood, marriage or adoption: domestic partner, civil union partner, parent, child, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, grandparent, grandchild, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother or half sister. For (ge) The disclosure required by this Section shall be filed by January 1 of each calendar year or within 30 days of the execution of any contract or lease. (hf) Any person or business entity who is doing business with the county in accordance with Subsection (d), at the time this Ordinance is passed shall be required to file such disclosure no later than 60 days after the effective date of this Section. (ig) In addition to other penalties provided in this division, any person filing a late disclosure statement under this Section shall be assessed a late penalty filing fee as set out in Section 32-1 in the amount of $100.00 per day the disclosure is late, payable to the Cook County Board of Ethics upon filing. Any person filing an annual late disclosure statement after January 31 shall be subject to the late penalty. a penalty of $100.00 per day after January 31 that the disclosure is late, payable to the Cook County Board of Ethics upon filing. (ji) In addition to the penalties provided for in subsection (h) of this Section, any person or business entity convicted of a violation of any provision of this division may be is prohibited for a period of three years from the date of the conviction from engaging, directly or indirectly, in any business with the County of Cook. Any person or business entity who is found guilty of by the Board of Ethics to have knowingly or willfully filing filed a false, misleading or incomplete disclosure shall be prohibited for a period of three years from the date of the conviction from engaging, directly or indirectly, in any business with the County of Cook. (kj) The Cook County Board of Ethics is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and procedures for the reporting and enforcement of this Section, including the designation of a disclosure form to be used by all persons required to file under this Section. Sec. 2-583. - Political activity. (a) No official, board or commission appointee or employee shall compel, coerce or intimidate any County official or employee to make or refrain from making any political contribution. No official, board or commission appointee shall directly solicit any political contribution from his or her employees, the spouses, domestic partners or civil union partners of or immediate family living with his or her employees. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent any official, board or commission appointee or employee from voluntarily making a contribution or from receiving a voluntary contribution. (b) No employee with contract management authority or board or commission appointee of a County official whose board or commission appointment provides for compensation and requires confirmation by the Cook County Board of Commissioners shall serve on the political fundraising committee of any elected official or candidate for County office. (c) County employees shall not intentionally perform any prohibited political activity during any compensated time (other than vacation, personal, or compensatory time off). County employees or officials shall not intentionally misappropriate any County property or resources by engaging in any prohibited political activity for the benefit of any campaign for elective office or any political organization or political committee. (d) At no time shall any official or employee intentionally misappropriate the services of any County employee and at no time shall any board or commission appointee misappropriate the services of any board or commission employee by requiring that employee to perform any prohibited political activity: (1) As part of that employee's County duties or in the case of a board or commission, as part of that employee's board or commission duties; (2) As a condition of County employment or in the case of a board or commission, as a condition of board or commission employment; or during any time off that is compensated by the County or board or commission (such as vacation, personal, or compensatory time off). (e) A County employee or board or commission appointee shall not be required at any time to participate in any prohibited political activity in consideration for that employee being awarded any additional compensation or employee benefit, in the form of a salary adjustment, bonus, compensatory time off, continued employment, or otherwise. (f) A County employee or board or commission appointee shall not be awarded any additional compensation or employee benefit, in the form of a salary adjustment, bonus, compensatory time off, continued employment, or otherwise, in consideration for the employee's participation in any prohibited political activity. (g) Nothing in this Section prohibits activities that are otherwise appropriate for a County employee or board or commission appointee to engage in on a voluntary basis as permitted by law. Sec. 2-584. - Whistleblower protection. (a) No complainant, or employee acting on behalf of a complainant, shall be discharged, threatened or otherwise discriminated against regarding compensation, terms, conditions, location or privileges of employment because: (1) The complainant or employee acting on behalf of the complainant reports or is about to report, verbally or in writing, a violation or suspected violation of this Ordinance; or (2) The complainant or employee acting on behalf of the complainant is requested to participate in an investigation, hearing or inquiry held pursuant to this Ordinance, or in any related court action. (b) This Section shall not apply to a complainant, or employee acting on behalf of a complainant, who knowingly makes a false report. Sec. 2-585. - Limitations of contributions to candidates and elected officials. (a) No person shall make contributions exceeding the limits established by the Election Code, 10 ILCS 5/9-1 et seq., when making contributions to any of the following elected officials or candidates for such office: County Board President; Cook County Commissioner; Cook County State's Attorney; Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court; Cook County Assessor; Cook County Treasurer; Cook County Board of Review Commissioner; Cook County Sheriff, Cook County Clerk; and Cook County Recorder of Deeds except as otherwise provided in Section 2-585. (b) No person who does business with the County or who has done business with the County within the preceding four years; or is seeking to do business with the County; or is a person required to register as a lobbyist with the County; or who has sought official action by the County within the preceding four years, or is an officer, director or partner of a firm, contracted by the County to act as financial counsel, bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, legal counsel, or financial manager for the issuance of any bond and directly working on said bond transaction; or firm, officers, directors or partners, contracted by the County to provide financial audits of County finances and directly working on said contract shall make contributions in an aggregate amount exceeding $750.00: (1) To any candidate for County office or elected County official during a single candidacy; or (2) To any elected official of the government of the County during any nonelection year of his or her term. (3) To any local, state, or federal campaign political committee that is controlled by, or established in support of, a specific candidate for County office or an elected County official. The combined effect of these provisions is intended to permit total contribution up to, but not exceeding, $1,500.00 in a year in which a candidacy occurs. A year, for purposes of this Section, is from January 1 to December 31 of each year. (c) For purposes of Subsection (b) of this Section, an entity and its subsidiaries, parent company or otherwise affiliated companies (including a separate segregated fund of an entity, as that term is described in 52 U.S.C. § 30118(b)) , and any of their employees, officers, directors and partners who make a political contribution for which they are reimbursed by the entity or its affiliates shall be considered a single person. The political contributions of an entity’s employees, officers, directors, and/or partners for which they are reimbursed by the entity or its affiliates shall also be considered those of a single person. However, nothing in this provision shall be construed to prohibit such an employee, officer, director or partner from making a political contribution for which he is not reimbursed by a person with whom he or she is affiliated. Even if that person has made the maximum contribution allowed under Subsection (b) of this Section. (d) Effective October 2, 2013, no Board or commission appointee of a County official whose board or commission appointment provides for compensation and requires confirmation by the Cook County Board of Commissioners shall make contributions in an aggregate amount exceeding $750.00: (1) To the appointing County official or the Members of the Cook County Board of Commissioners during a single candidacy; or (2) To the appointing County official or the Members of the Cook County Board of Commissioners during any nonelection year of his or her term. The combined effect of these provisions is intended to permit total contribution up to, but not exceeding, $1,500.00 in a year in which a candidacy occurs. A year, for purposes of this Section, is from January 1 to December 31 of each year. (e) Any contributions made under this Section shall be reported as required by the Election Code, 10 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq. (f) For purposes of Subsection (b) of this Section, "done business" or "doing business" means any one or any combination of sales, purchases, leases or contracts to, from or with the County or any County agency in excess of $10,000.00 in any 12 consecutive months or during the previous four years. (g) For purposes of Subsection (b) of this Section, "seeking to do business" means taking action within the past six months to obtain a contract or business with the County when, if such action were successful, it would result in the person doing business with the County as defined in Subsection (f) of this Section. (h) Any firm, or its officers, directors or partners, contracted by the County to provide financial audits of County finances and directly working on said contract are prohibited from making campaign contributions to any County official or candidate for County office. (i) Any firm, or its officers, directors or partners, contracted by the County to act as financial counsel, bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, legal counsel, or financial manager for the issuance of any bond is prohibited from making campaign contributions to any County official or candidate for County office. (j) Any candidate for any County office or any current elected official in Cook County government shall return contributions found in excess of the limitations set forth in this Section within 30 days of notification from the Board of Ethics. Failure to return contributions within 30 days shall be a violation of this Section and subject to fines under Section 2-602(d). Sec. 2-586. - Newsletters, brochures, public service announcements, and promotional materials. (a) County funds and resources may not be used by any elected County official to print, orpay for the printing of, or mail any newsletters or brochures during the period beginning January 1 of the year of a general primary election and ending the day after such general primary election and during a period beginning September 1 of the year of a general election and ending the day after such general election if the elected County official is a candidate in such primary or general election. A County elected official may not mail, during the period beginning January 1 of the year of a general primary election and ending the day after such general primary election and during a period beginning September 1 of the year of a general election and ending the day after such general election, any newsletters or brochures that were printed at any time using County funds or resources if the elected County official is a candidate in such primary or general election. (b) This Section shall not apply to any informational brochures that are solely related to and accompany any mailing of a property tax bill, notice of property tax assessment, or notice of voter registration or polling place information, or to a brochure mailed to a constituent in response to that constituent's inquiry concerning the needs of that constituent or questions raised by that constituent. (c) No public service announcement or advertisement that is on behalf of any County administered program and contains the proper name, image, or voice of any elected County official shall be broadcast or aired on radio or television or printed in a commercial newspaper or commercial magazine at any time on or after the date that the elected County official files nominating papers for any elected office, and ending the day after such general election if the elected County official is a candidate in such primary or general election. for any time thereafter that the elected County official remains a candidate for any office. This Section shall not apply to any information available or posted by the County or any elected County official on any Cook County owned website or County owned social media account. (d) The proper name or image of any elected official may not appear on any promotional materials or items if designed, paid for, produced, and/or distributed with public funds or resources, including but not limited to: (1) Bumper stickers; (2) Commercial billboards; (3) Lapel pins or buttons; (4) Magnets; (5) Sports teams; (6) Items of clothing or apparel or (57) Stickers, if designed, paid for, produced, and/or distributed with public funds. Sec. 2-587. - Ethics Education Seminar. (a) Each elected official, members of each elected official's personal staff, each employee holding a senior administrative service position with the County, and each board or commission appointee, upon due notice, shall attend an ethics education seminar offered on a regular basis by the Board of Ethics within 120 days of the effective date of this amendatory ordinance or within 120 days of becoming an elected official, becoming a member of an elected official's personal staff, becoming a board or commission appointee or holding a senior administrative service position with the County (or as soon thereafter as an ethics education seminar is offered by the Board of Ethics) and every four years thereafter. The seminar shall educate persons as to their duties and responsibilities under this article. (b) The Board of Ethics shall define "senior administrative service position" by rule. Sec. 2-588. - Identity protection policy. (a) Prohibited activities. No officer or employee of the County shall do any of the following: (1) Publicly post or publicly display in any manner an individual's social security number; (2) Print an individual's social security on any card required for the individual to access products or services provided by the person or entity; (3) Require an individual to transmit his or her social security number over the internet, unless the connection is secure or the social security number is encrypted; (4) Print an individual's social security number on any materials that are mailed to the individual, through the U.S. Postal Service, any private mail service, electronic mail, or any similar method of delivery, unless State or Federal law requires the social security number to be on the document to be mailed. A social security number that may be permissibly mailed under this Section may not be printed, in whole or in part, on a postcard or other mailer that does not require an envelope or be visible on an envelope without the envelope having been opened; (5) Collect, use or disclose a social security number from an individual, unless (i) required to do so under State or Federal law, rules or regulations, or the collection, use or disclosure of the social security number is absolutely necessary for the performance of that agency's duties and responsibilities; (ii) the need and purpose for the social security number is documented before collection of the social security number; and (iii) the social security number collected is relevant to the documented need and purpose; (6) Require an individual to use his or her social security number to access an internet website; (7) Use the social security number for any purpose other than the purpose for which it was collected. (b) Exceptions. The prohibitions in subsection (a) do not apply in the following circumstances: (1) The disclosure of social security numbers to agents, employees, contractors or subcontractors of the County or disclosure to another governmental entity or its agents, employees, contractors or subcontractors if disclosure is absolutely necessary in order for the entity to perform its duties and responsibilities; (2) The disclosure of social security numbers pursuant to a court order, warrant or subpoena; (3) The collection, use or disclosure of social security numbers if it is absolutely necessary in order to ensure the safety of County employees, persons committed to correctional facilities, local jails and other law enforcement facilities or retention centers; and all persons working in or visiting a County facility; (4) The collection, use or disclosure of social security numbers if it is absolutely necessary for internal verification or administrative purposes; (5) The collection or use of social security numbers to investigate or prevent fraud, to conduct background checks, to collect a debt, to obtain a credit report from a consumer reporting agency under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, to undertake any permissible purpose that is enumerated under the federal Gramm Leach Bliley Act, or to locate a missing person, a lost relative, or a person who is due a benefit such as a pension benefit or an unclaimed property benefit. (c) Conflicts. Any standards of the County for the collection, use or disclosure of social security numbers that are stricter than the standards under this policy with respect to the protection of those social security numbers shall control in the event of any conflict with the provisions of this policy. (d) Public Inspection and Copying of Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this policy to the contrary, all officers of the County must comply with the provisions of any other State law with respect to allowing the public inspection and copying of information or documents containing all or any portion of an individual's social security number. All officers and employees of the County must redact social security numbers from the information or documents before allowing the public inspection or copying of the information or documents. (e) Applicability. (1) This policy does not apply to the collection, use or disclosure of a social security number as required by State or Federal law, rule or regulation. (2) This policy does not apply to documents that are required to be open to the public under any State or Federal law, rule or regulation, applicable case law, Supreme Court Rule, or the Constitution of the State of Illinois. (f) Compliance with Federal Law. If a Federal law takes effect requiring any Federal agency to establish a national unique patient health identifier program, the County shall follow that law. (g) Embedded Social Security Numbers. No officer or employee of the County may encode or embed a social security number in or on a card or document including, but not limited to, using a bar code, chip, magnetic strip, RFID technology, or other technology, in place of removing the social security number as required by this policy. (h) Identity Protection Requirements. In accordance with the requirements of the Identity Protection Act, 5 ILCS 179/1 et seq. (1) All officers, employees, and agents of the County identified as having access to social security numbers in the course of performing their duties shall be trained to protect the confidentiality of social security numbers. Training shall include instructions on the proper handling of information that contains social security numbers from the time of collection to the time of destruction of such information. (2) Only employees who are required to use or handle information or documents that contain social security numbers shall have access to such information or documents. (3) Social security numbers requested from an individual in permissible circumstances shall be provided in a manner that makes the social security number easily redacted if required to be released as part of a public records request. (4) When collecting a social security number in permissible circumstances or upon request by the individual, a statement of the purpose(s) for which the County is collecting and using the social security number shall be provided. (5) The County shall advise its employees of the existence of this policy and make a copy of the policy available to each employee, and shall also make this privacy policy available to any member of the public upon request. If the County amends this privacy policy, then the County shall also advise its employees of the existence of the amended policy and make a copy of the amended policy available to each employee. (i) Implementation. All County agencies shall adopt procedures to come into compliance with this policy by the effective date of this Ordinance. (j) Violation. Any person who intentionally violates the prohibitions in Subsection (a) of this policy is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. Suspected violations shall be reported to the Board of Ethics or the Office of the Independent Inspector General as soon as practicable, and they will refer violations to the State's Attorney when appropriate for prosecution. (k) Supersede. This policy does not supersede any more restrictive law, rule or regulation regarding the collection, use or disclosure of social security numbers. However, all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed insofar as they conflict herewith. Subdivision III. - Financial Disclosure Sec. 2-589. - Generally. (a) Officers and employees shall file verified written statements of economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, 5 ILCS 420/4A-101 et seq. All statements shall be available in electronic form for examination and duplication by the Board of Ethics upon request. (b) The Board of Review and the Cook County Assessor shall post on their respective internet websites information pertaining to appeals filed with each office. The information posted will consist of the name of the applicant, the disposition of the appeal, the property index number, the appeal number, the Attorney or other representative of record and the basis for the disposition. The website shall allow for users to search by address, pin number, appeal number or name of the Attorney or other representative of record. The Board of Review and the Cook County Assessor shall post the required appeal information for a total of four assessment years on their respective websites. Subdivision IV. - Board of Ethics Sec. 2-591. - Composition and powers. The organization and administration of the Cook County Board of Ethics shall be sufficiently independent to assure that no interference or influence external to the office adversely affects the independence and objectivity of the Board of Ethics. The composition and powers of the Board of Ethics are as follows: (1) The Board of Ethics shall be composed of five members appointed by the President of the County Board with the advice and consent of the County Board and will take into account the diversity of communities and conditions protected by this article. The Board of Ethics shall have an executive director who shall be appointed by the President. (2) Each member of the Board shall: a. Reside within the corporate boundaries of the County; b. Not be an employee of the County or any agency thereof; c. Not hold elected public or political party office within the County; d. Have no individual financial interest in any work or business of or official action by the County; e. Not take an active part in managing the political campaign of a candidate for County office; f. Not be convicted of any felony or any crime involving moral turpitude; g. Not be engaged in activities that require registration under the Cook County Lobbyist Registration Ordinance; and h. Not be a relative as defined in Section 2-562 of related, either by blood or by marriage up to the degree of first cousin, to any elected official of the County. (3) The members of the Board shall be appointed for terms of four years and hold office until their successors have been appointed. The initial appointment of the members shall be as follows: One member for four years; two members for three years; and two members for two years. (4) Any member of the Board may be removed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Board of Commissioners, for incompetence, substantial neglect of duty, gross misconduct, malfeasance in office, or violation of any law, after written notice, stating the grounds for removal. (5) Board members shall receive no compensation for their services. (6) The Board shall be responsible for initiating, receiving, and investigating violations of this article. The Board's authority to investigate an alleged violation of this article is limited to violations which occurred not more than two years prior to the date upon which a complaint is received or discovery of the fact that an alleged violation has occurred. (7) The Board shall have the authority to issue a subpoena for the appearance of witnesses, the production of evidence, or both, in the course of investigations and hearings. A subpoena shall be served in the same manner as subpoenas issued under the rules of the Illinois Supreme Court and shall be subject to the same witness and mileage fees fixed by law for such subpoenas. The Board shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this process. (8) The Board may delegate to the Board staff as the Board considers necessary any matter properly before the Board. The Board shall adopt rules which specify those duties and responsibilities which may be delegated to Board staff, and those duties and responsibilities which shall remain with the members of the Board. County agencies, officials, board or commission appointees and employees shall cooperate with the Board or its delegate. Information necessary to any investigation shall be made available upon written request. (9) If necessary, the Board shall conduct hearings to determine contested facts relevant to the Board’s determination of whether an investigation has found substantial evidence that a violation of the Ordinance has occurred. The Board may delegate this power to a duly licensed attorney of its choosing, provided that any recommended conclusions of fact are subject to review, rejection and modification by the Board before those recommendations are adopted.The Board shall conduct hearings, if necessary, and rule upon matters brought before it by the executive director. The executive director shall receive and initiate complaints of violations of the Ordinance. The executive director shall conduct investigations and shall present the findings of such investigations for such action as the Board determines is appropriate. The Board's authority to investigate an alleged violation of this article is limited to violations which occurred not more than two years prior to the date upon which a complaint is received or discovery of the fact that an alleged violation has occurred. (7) The executive director shall investigate alleged violations of this article. County agencies, employees and officials shall cooperate with the Board and the Executive Director. Information necessary to any investigation shall be made available to the Executive Director upon written request. (8) The Board shall have the authority to issue a subpoena for the appearance of witnesses, the production of evidence, or both, in the course of investigations and hearings. A subpoena shall be served in the same manner as subpoenas issued under the rules of the Illinois Supreme Court and shall be subject to the same witness and mileage fees fixed by law for such subpoenas. The Board shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this process. (9 10) Upon determination by a majority of the Board that there is reason to believe that a violation of this article has occurred, the Board may: a. Notify the person who may have violated this article and request corrective action; b. Impose sanctions for violations as set out in Section 2-602 and sue in its own name to enforce its determinations; c. Recommend to the President or the appropriate elected official that disciplinary or other action within the elected official's authority should be taken in relation to the potential violation; and d. Recommend to the President or the appropriate elected official such other remedies as shall be appropriate. All recommendations shall be in writing and shall be set forth with specificity including a statement of reasons in support. An elected official to whom a recommendation has been sent shall, within 30 days of receipt of the recommendation, report to the Board in writing the actions taken on the recommendation and, to the extent that any recommended action is declined or different action is taken, provide a statement of reasons for that decision. Any person who has received an adverse determination by the Board of Ethics can seek administrative review within 30 days of the date of the Board’s final determination via a writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Cook County. (1011) The Board may also advise, by means of written advisory opinions, and may consult with the County Board of Commissioners, President, County agencies, officials and employees on matters involving this article. (1112) The Board may also from time to time recommend to the President or the Board of Commissioners such legislative action as it deems appropriate to effectuate the policy of this article. (1213) The Board may adopt appropriate rules, definitions and regulations for the conduct of Board activities and duties as set forth in this article. (13 14) The Board shall prepare and publish an annual report summarizing the Board's activities and present the report to the President and the Board of Commissioners. (14 15) The Board shall preserve all pertinent records and reports for a period of not less than ten years. Sec. 2-592. - Confidentiality. Investigations and consideration by the Board of Ethics of potential violations of this article shall be confidential, except as necessary to carry out powers and duties of the Board or to enable another person or agency to consider and act upon the notices and recommendations of the Board. The final determinations of the Board shall be made available to the public with such deletions as may be necessary to prevent disclosure of any information the Board determines to be confidential, in accordance with the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, as amended. The Board may require all persons who may be privy to confidential information regarding any aspect of its investigation sign an acknowledgement regarding the confidentiality of the information as provided in this Section. Subdivision V. - Sanctions for Violation Sec. 2-601. - Employment sanctions. Any employee or official found to have violated any provision of this article, or to have knowingly furnished false or misleading information in any investigation, hearing or inquiry held pursuant to this article, or to have failed to cooperate with an investigation under this article shall be subject to employment sanctions, including discharge by the employing official. The provisions of this article shall not limit the power of officials to otherwise discipline employees. Sec. 2-602. - Fines. (a) As authorized by the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, the Board may impose a fine of up to $5,000.00 per violation against any person found by the Board to have violated, intentionally obstructed or interfered with an investigation of, or intentionally made a false, frivolous or bad faith allegation under Section 2-574 or 2-583. (b) As authorized by the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, a person who intentionally violates any provision of Section 2-574 is guilty of a business offense and subject upon conviction to a fine of at least $1,001.00 and up to $5,000.00. (c) As authorized by the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, a person who intentionally violates any provision of Section 2-583 is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (d) The Board may impose a fine of up to $1,000.00 per offense on any person, including officials or candidates, found by the Board to have knowingly violated any provision of this article other than Section 2-574 or 2-583, or to have knowingly furnished false or misleading information to the Board or to have failed to cooperate with an investigation under this article. Sec. 2-603. - Validity of contract. Any contract negotiated, entered into, or performed in violation of any of the provisions of this article shall be voidable by the County. Subdivision VI. - Requirement for Disclosure of Ownership Interest in Business Entities Seeking County Contracts Sec. 2-610. - Actions requiring county approval; disclosure information required when. (a) Whenever any corporation; partnership; association; business trust; estate; two or more persons having a joint or common interest; other commercial or legal entity; trustee of a land trust; or any beneficiary or beneficiaries thereof makes application to the County of Cook for action requiring an ordinance, or ordinance amendment, county board approval, or other county agency approval, with respect to contracts, leases, or sale or purchase of real estate, the following disclosures and information shall be certified and attached to the application or document: (1) The name, address and percentage of ownership interest of each individual or entity having a legal or a beneficial interest of more than five percent in the applicant. Any entity required by law to file a statement providing substantially the information required by this paragraph with any other government agency may file a duplicate of such statement; (2) Whenever any interest required to be disclosed in paragraph (1) is held by an agent or agents, or a nominee or nominees, the principals for whom such agents or nominees hold such interest shall also be disclosed. The application of a spouse, domestic partner, or civil union partner or any other party, if constructively controlled by another person, or legal entity as set forth above, shall state the name and address and percentage of beneficial interest of such person or entity possessing such constructive control and the relationship under which such control is being or may be exercised. Whenever a stock or beneficial interest is held by a corporation or other legal entity, such shareholder or beneficiary shall also make disclosure as required by paragraph (1) above; (3) A statement under oath that the applicant has withheld no disclosures as to economic interests in the undertaking nor reserved any information, data or plan as to the intended use or purpose for which it seeks county board or other county agency action. Sec. 2-611. - Information to be kept current. All disclosures and information shall be current as of the date upon which the application is presented to the county board or other county agency, and shall be maintained current until such time as the county board or other county agency shall take action on the application. Furthermore, this information shall be maintained in a database and made available for public viewing. Sec. 2-612. - Additional information authorized when. Notwithstanding any of the above provisions, the County Purchasing Agent Chief Procurement Officer with respect to contracts awarded by the Chief Procurement Officer or County chief procurement officer, may require any such additional information from any vendor or prosed vendor applicant which is reasonably intended to achieve full disclosure relevant to the application request for action by the County Board of Commissioners or any other County agency in respect to contracts. Sec. 2-613. - Failure to comply. Any failure to comply with the provisions of this division shall render any ordinance, ordinance amendment, county board approval or other county action in behalf of the applicant, person, business, vendor failing to comply, voidable at the option of the county board or other county agency involved, upon the recommendation of the President or the majority of the County Board of Commissioners. Sec. 2-614. - Rulemaking authority. The County Purchasing Agent is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations and prepare forms to effectuate the purposes of this division. Effective date: This ordinance shall be in effect immediately upon adoption.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded June 29, 2016 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT Department: Cook County Sheriff’s Office Other Part(ies): Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. Goods or Services: The Sheriff’s Office seeks to expand the Prescription Drug Take-Back Program, which pharmaceutical drugs are collected and disposed of through environmentally sound methods to maximize the volume of pharmaceutical drugs prevented from entering the Chicago Area Waterway System. Agreement Number(s): N/A Agreement Period: Upon execution of the agreement. The agreement is for one (1) year and may be renewed by mutual agreement of the parties. Fiscal Impact: None. Revenue Neutral. Accounts: N/A Summary: Authorization for the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to provide funding to support the Sheriff’s Office expansion of the Prescription Drug Take-Back Program as follows: Up to $66,930.00 annually for the reimbursement of funds equivalent to one (1) full-time salary of a Sheriff’s Office deputy assigned to carry out this Program. Up to $33,070.00 annually for reimbursement of the purchase and installation of collection receptacles.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded June 29, 2016 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT Department(s): Various County Bureaus, Agencies and Office of the Elected Officials Vendor: Various Law Firms: 1. Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, DiGianni & Krafthefer, P.C., Chicago, Illinois 2. Brothers & Thompson, P.C., Chicago, Illinois 3. Burke, Burns & Pinelli, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois 4. Littler Mendelson, P.C., Chicago, Illinois 5. Neal & Leroy, LLC., Chicago, Illinois 6. Nyhan, Bambrick, Kinzie & Leroy, P.C., Chicago, Illinois 7. Peterson, Johnson & Murray, Chicago, Illinois 8. Quintairo, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A., Chicago, Illinois 9. Seyfarth Shaw, LLP., Chicago, Illinois 10. Hennessy & Roach, P.C., Chicago, Illinois 11. Laner Muchin, LTD., Chicago, Illinois 12. Greene & Letts Attorneys at Law, Chicago, Illinois 13. Franczek Radelet, P.C., Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew contract Good(s) or Service(s): Labor and Employment Consultation and/or Representation Services for six (6) category of services: · Category I - Union Contract Negotiations, · Category II - Contract Interpretation, · Category III - Labor Relations, · Category IV - Worker’s Compensation, · Category V - Employment Law, and · Category VI - Employee Benefits Original Contract Period: 5/1/2013 - 4/30/2015 Proposed Contract Period Extension: 5/1/2016 - 4/30/2017 Total Current Contract Amount Authority: Combined total of $1,900,000.00 Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 4/17/2013, 5/1/2013 - 4/30/2015, $1,900,000.00 Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): 7/15/2015, 5/1/2015 - 4/30/2016 This Increase Requested: N/A Potential Fiscal Impact: N/A Accounts: Various 261 Accounts Contract Number(s): 1. Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, DiGianni & Krafthefer, P.C. (13-90-048A for Category I, II, III, V and VI) 2. Brothers & Thompson, P.C. (13-90-048C for Category II, III and V) 3. Burke, Burns & Pinelli, Ltd. (13-90-048D for Category I, II and V) 4. Littler Mendelson, P.C. (13-90-048J for Category I, II, III, V and VI) 5. Neal & Leroy, LLC. (13-90-048K for Category V) 6. Nyhan, Bambrick, Kinzie & Leroy, P.C. (13-90-048L for Category IV ) 7. Peterson, Johnson & Murray (13-90-048M for Category I, II, III, IV and V) 8. Quintairo, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. (13-90-048O for Category IV) 9. Seyfarth Shaw, LLP. (13-90-048Q for Category I, II, III, IV, V and VI) 10. Hennessy & Roach, P.C. (13-90-048H for Category I, II, III, IV and V) 11. Laner Muchin, LTD. (13-90-048I for Category I, II, III, V and VI) 12. Greene & Letts Attorneys at Law (13-90-048G for Category I, II, III and V) 13. Franczek Radelet, P.C. (13-90-048F for Category I, II, III, V and VI) Concurrences: The MWBE participation goal for this contract was set for 0%. The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: These contracts represent a partial list of qualified law firms to provide labor and employment consultation and/or representation for the above six (6) categories of services on an as needed basis. In the contract, there were two (2) one-year renewal options, and this request is for the second year renewal period. Using Agencies enter into letters of engagement with firms available on this list to provide legal services, as specified in the letters of engagement, for the various categories on an as needed basis. The Office of the Chief Procurement Officer is currently working with User agencies to issue a new competitive Request for Qualifications. These firms were selected based on evaluation criteria established in the Request for Qualifications in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded April 13, 2016 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION Proposed Resolution Approving economic package including wage increases and healthcare WHEREAS, the Illinois Public Employee Labor Relations Act (5 ILCS 315/1 et seq.) has established regulations regarding collective bargaining with a union; and WHEREAS, a Collective Bargaining Agreement for the period of December 1, 2012 through November 30, 2017 has been negotiated between the County of Cook and Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board, Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union, AFL-CIO, CLC (RWDSU Local 200) representing Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians; and WHEREAS salary adjustments and general wage increases are reflected in the Salary Schedules included in the Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiated between County of Cook and RWDSU Local 200; and (a) effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2013 the pay rates for all classifications shall be increased 1.00% (b) effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2014 the pay rates for all classifications shall be increased 1.50% (c) effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2015 the pay rates for all classifications shall be increased 2.00% (d) effective the first full pay period on or after December 1, 2015 the pay rates for all classifications shall be increased 2.00% (e) effective the first full pay period on or after December 1, 2016 the pay rates for all classifications shall be increased 2.25% (f) effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2017 the pay rates for all classifications shall be increased 2.00% WHEREAS, the current healthcare plan shall be revised as follows: Item 12/1/2015 Classic Blue Eliminate HMO OOP Maximum $1,600/$3,200 HMO Accident/Illness $15 HMO Urgent Care $15 HMO Specialists $20 HMO ER $75 PPO Deductible $350/$700 PPO OOP Maximum $1,600/$3,200 PPO Accident/Illness 90% after $25 PPO Specialist 90% after $35 PPO ER $75 RX $10/$25/$40 Generic Step Therapy Implement Mandatory Maintenance Choice Implement Healthcare Contributions Additional 1 percent of salary aggregate increase (.50 percent increase on 12/1/2015 and .50 percent increase on 12/1/2016) NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby approve the economic package including wage increases and healthcare as provided by the Bureau of Human Resources.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded March 2, 2016 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE GOVERNING THE SAFE DISPOSAL OF PHARMACEUTICALS NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Chapter 46 Law Enforcement, Article II, Sheriff, Division 4, Pharmaceutical Disposal Program, Sections 46-101 - 46 119 is hereby enacted as follows: Sec. 46-101 -Short Title. This Division shall be known and may be cited as the Cook County Safe Disposal of Pharmaceuticals Ordinance. Sec. 46-102 - Definitions. For the purposes of this Division, the following definitions apply: Board means the Board of Commissioners of Cook County, Illinois. Collection Plan means a plan for the collection, transportation and disposal of Unwanted Covered Drugs required under Sec. 46-104 of this Division that is created by the Director. County means Cook County, Illinois. County residents mean human beings residing in the County. Collector means a Person approved by the Director to gather Unwanted Covered Drugs from County residents for the purpose of collection, transportation, and disposal. Covered Drug means a Drug sold, offered for sale or distribution in Cook County in pill, capsule, solid dosage, tablet, suppository, bolus, lozenge, implant, strip, powder and/or pellet form used by County residents, including prescription, nonprescription, brand name and generic drugs. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, “Covered Drug” does not include: (1) vitamins or supplements; (2) herbal-based remedies and homeopathic drugs, products, or remedies; (3) cosmetics, shampoos, sunscreens, toothpaste, lip balm, antiperspirants, or other personal care products that are regulated as both cosmetics and nonprescription drugs under the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Title 21 U.S.C. Chapter 9); (4) Drugs for which Producers provide a pharmaceutical product collection or take-back program as part of a federal Food and Drug Administration-managed risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (21 U.S.C. § 355-1); (5) Drugs that are biological products as defined by 21 C.F.R. § 600.3(h) as it exists on the effective date of this Division if the Producer already provides a pharmaceutical product collection or take-back program; (6) medical devices or their component parts or accessories; and (7) Drugs that are in a cream, elixir, spirit, tincture, syrup, solution, lotion, emulsion, topical, transdermal, aerosol, propellant, valve, actuator, injectable, infusion, irrigation, ointment, suspension, liquid and/or paste form. The definition of Covered Drug shall be inclusive and determined by guidelines issued by the Director with the advice of the Pharmaceutical Disposal Advisory Committee established in Section 46-115. Director means the Director of the Prescription Drug Take Back Program of the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, or a duly authorized representative. District means the districts of Cook County as defined in Article II, Section 22-34 of the Code of Ordinances of Cook County, Illinois. Drug means: (1) any article recognized in the official United States pharmacopoeia, the official national formulary, the official homeopathic pharmacopoeia of the United States or any supplement of the formulary or those pharmacopoeias as published by the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention and the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia Convention of the United States; (2) any substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or other animals; (3) any substance, other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or other animals; or (4) any substance intended for use as a component of any substance specified in (1), (2), or (3) of this definition. Drug Wholesaler means a Person that sells or distributes Drugs and Covered Drugs for resale to an Entity other than a consumer. Generic Drug means a Drug that is chemically identical or bioequivalent to a brand name drug in dosage form, safety, strength, route of administration, quality, performance, characteristics, and intended use though inactive ingredients may vary. Mail-back services means a collection method for the return of Unwanted Covered Drugs from County residents utilizing pre-paid and pre-addressed mailing envelopes. Manufacture means the production, preparation, propagation, compounding, or processing of a Drug but does not include the activities of a Repackager or Drug Wholesaler, or practitioner who, distributes or dispenses such substance or device in the course of his or her professional practice or, prepares, compounds, packages, or labels such substance or device. Manufacturer means a Person engaged in the Manufacture of Drugs. Nonprescription Drug means a Drug that may be lawfully sold without a prescription. Person means any individual, corporation, limited liability corporation, organization, government, governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association and any other legal entity. Pharmacy means a place licensed by the state of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation engaged in the practice of “Pharmacy,” as defined by the Illinois Pharmacy Practice Act, 225 ILCS 85/1 et. seq. is conducted. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, Pharmacy does not include a Pharmacy dispensing pharmaceuticals exclusively pursuant to an “Inpatient Drug Order” as defined by the Illinois Pharmacy Practice Act, 225 ILCS 85/3 (k). Prescription Drug means any Drug, including any controlled substance that is required by federal or state law or regulation to be dispensed by prescription only or is restricted to use by practitioners only. Producer means a Manufacturer engaged in the Manufacture of a Covered Drug sold in the County, including a brand-name or Generic Drug. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, Producer does not include: (1) a retailer whose store label appears on a Covered Drug or the drug’s packaging if the Manufacturer from whom the retailer obtains the drug is identified under Sec. 46-104(c) of this Division; (2) a Repackager if the Manufacturer from whom the Repackager obtains the Drug is identified under Sec. 46-104(c) of this Division; (3) a pharmacist who compounds or repackages a prescribed individual drug product for a consumer; or (4) a wholesaler who is not also the Manufacturer. Registration is the informing of the Director of the distribution of Covered Drugs by a Producer in a manner set forth by the Director. Registration Fee is a sum paid by a Producer to cover the cost of the Collection Plan for the protection of the public safety, health and environment. Repackager means a person who owns or operates an establishment that repacks and relabels a product or package for further sale, or for distribution without a further transaction. Sheriff means the Office of the Cook County Sheriff. Unwanted Covered Drug means any Covered Drug that the owner has discarded or intends to discard. Sec. 46-103 - Implementation of this Division. (a) The Director shall: (1) Develop a Collection Plan that is in compliance with this Division, including determining whether a Drug is a Covered Drug as established in accordance with Section Sec. 46-102; and (2) Determine the method of collection of Unwanted Covered Drugs as specified under this Division; and (3) Determine the total cost of the collection of Unwanted Covered Drugs as specified under this Division. (b) Producers shall: (1) Within 90 days of the passage of this Division register with the Director, in a form mandated by the Director; and (2) Pay all registration fees mandated by Section 32-1 of the Cook County Code. Sec. 46-104 - Collection Plan - Participation. (a) Each Producer shall participate in the Collection Plan and pay a Registration Fee. (b) By three months after the effective date of this Division, or by three months after a Producer starts sale of a Covered Drug in the County, a Producer must register with the Director in writing of the Producer’s intent to participate in the Collection Plan. Within 60 days of a Producer’s Registration, the Director shall meet with the Producer in order to formulate a plan to ensure the Producer’s compliance with this Division. (c) By three months after the effective date of this Division, or by three months after a retailer whose label appears on a Covered Drug or the Covered Drug’s packaging starts selling the Covered Drug in the County, or by three months after a Covered Drug repackaged by Repackager is first sold in the County, and, thereafter, upon request from the Director, a retailer or Repackager whose label appears on a Covered Drug or the Covered Drug’s packaging must provide the contact information of the Manufacturer from whom the retailer or Repackager obtains the Covered Drug, including the telephone number, mailing address and email address of the retailer’s or Repackager’s point of contact at the Manufacturer. (d) The Director may, on a case-by-case basis, approve in writing requests for extensions of time for the submission dates and deadlines in this Sec. 46-104. (e) The Director may audit the records of a Producer. Sec. 46-105 - Collection Plan - Components. The Director shall take all appropriate actions to design, oversee, manage and implement the Collection Plan. The Collection Plan shall include: (a) Contact information for all Producers participating in the Collection Plan, including each Drug Producer’s name, address, phone number, and email address, and the name, address, phone number, and email address of a human being to whom the Director may direct all inquiries regarding the Producer’s participation in the Collection Plan; (b) A description of the proposed collection system to provide convenient ongoing collection service for all Unwanted Covered Drugs from County residents in compliance with the provisions and requirements in Sec. 46-106, including a list of all collection methods and participating Collectors, a list of drop-off sites, a description of how any periodic collection events will be scheduled and located, a description of how any mail-back services will be provided and an example of the prepaid, preaddressed mailers the plan will use. The description of the collection service shall include a list of Retail Pharmacies and law enforcement agencies contacted by the plan under Sec. 46-106 (b) of this Division, and a list of all Collectors who offered to participate; (c) A description of the handling and disposal system, including identification of and contact information for Collectors, transporters and waste disposal facilities to be used by the Collection Plan in accordance with Sec. 46-106 and Sec. 46-108 of this Division; (d) A description of the policies and procedures to be followed by Persons handling Unwanted Covered Drugs collected under the Collection Plan, including a description of how all Collectors, transporters and waste disposal facilities used will ensure that the collected Unwanted Covered Drugs are safely and securely tracked from collection through final disposal, and how all entities participating in the Collection Plan will operate under and comply with all applicable federal and state laws, rules and guidelines, including but not limited to those of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, and how any Pharmacy collection site will operate under applicable rules and guidelines of the Safe Pharmaceutical Disposal Act of Illinois, 210 ILCS 150/1, et. seq. (e) A description of a plan for the removal of any patient information on Drug packaging; (f) A description of the public education effort and promotion strategy required in Sec. 46-107 of this Division, including a copy of standardized instructions for County residents, signage developed for Collectors, and required promotional materials; (g) Proposed short-term and long-term goals of the Collection Plan for collection amounts, education and promotion; and (h) A description of how the Collection Plan will consider: (1) use of existing providers of waste pharmaceutical services; (2) separating Covered Drugs from packaging to the extent possible to reduce transportation and disposal costs; and (3) recycling of Drug packaging to the extent feasible. Sec. 46-106 - Collection Plan - Collection of Covered Drugs. (a) This Section does not require any Person to serve as a Collector in the Collection Plan. A Person may offer to serve as a Collector voluntarily, or may agree to serve as a Collector in exchange for incentives or payment offered by the Director. Collectors may include law enforcement agencies, Pharmacies, mail-back services or other entities, operating in accordance with state and federal laws and regulations for the handling of Covered Drugs, including but not limited to those of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, and in compliance with this Division. A Pharmacy collection site shall operate under applicable rules and guidelines of the Safe Pharmaceutical Disposal Act of Illinois, 210 ILCS 150/1, et. seq. (b) The collection system under the Collection Plan shall: (1) Provide reasonably convenient and equitable access for County residents in all Districts through drop-off sites. The system of drop-off sites shall provide at least one drop-off site for every 150,000 County residents in each District, distributed to provide reasonably convenient and equitable access, but at no time shall there be less than five drop-off sites per District. If the service convenience goal in this subsection (b)(1) cannot be achieved due to a lack of drop-off sites at pharmacies, law enforcement agencies, or other qualified Collectors in each District, then those areas shall be served through periodic collection events and/or or mail-back services. (2) Be safe and secure, including providing for the prompt destruction of patient information on Drug packaging. (3) Give preference to having Retail Pharmacies and law enforcement agencies serve as drop-off sites. (4) Include, as Collectors, any Pharmacy or any law enforcement agency willing to serve voluntarily as a drop-off site for Unwanted Covered Drugs and able to meet the requirements of this Division within three months of their offer to participate, unless the Collector requests a longer time frame. A Collection Plan may also accept other Collectors willing to serve as a drop-off site for Unwanted Covered Drugs and able to meet the requirements of this Division; and (5) At the Director’s discretion, make mail-back services available, free of charge, to disabled and homebound County residents upon request through the Collection Plan’s toll-free telephone number and web site, and through distribution of prepaid, preaddressed mailers to Persons providing services to such County residents. If implemented by the Director, the toll-free telephone number and web site required by this subsection (b)(5) shall be in English, Spanish, Polish, Chinese, Korean, Arabic and Russian. (c) Drop-off sites shall accept all Covered Drugs from County residents during all hours that the Pharmacy, law enforcement agency, or other Collector is normally open for business with the public. Drop-off sites not operated by a law enforcement agency shall utilize secure collection bins in compliance with all applicable requirements, including but not limited to those of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and the Safe Pharmaceutical Disposal Act of Illinois, 210 ILCS 150/1, et. seq. In the event that the Collection Plan operates a drop-off site at a particular location, each drop-off site must accept all Covered Drugs. Sec. 46-107 - Collection Plan - Promotion. (a) The Director may coordinate with each Producer and develop a single system of promotion. The Director may coordinate with each Producer, or its representative, to secure its participation in the single system of promotion. The system of promotion shall: (1) Promote the Collection Plan so that collection options for Covered Drugs are widely understood by County residents, pharmacists, retailers of Covered Drugs and health care practitioners including doctors and other prescribers, veterinarians and veterinary hospitals, and promote the safe storage of Covered Drugs by County residents. (2) Coordinate with Producers to include promotion of the Collection Plan on the Producers’ marketing and packaging materials and devices. (3) Work with Collectors participating in the Collection Plan to develop clear, standardized instructions for County residents on the use of collection bins and a readily-recognizable, consistent design of collection bins. (4) Establish a single toll-free telephone number and single web site where collection options and current locations of drop-off sites will be publicized, and prepare educational and outreach materials promoting safe storage of medicines and describing where and how to return Unwanted Covered Drugs to the Collection Plan. These materials must be provided to Pharmacies, health care facilities, veterinary facilities, and other interested parties for dissemination to County residents. Plain language and explanatory images should be used to make use of medicine collection services readily understandable by all County residents, including individuals with limited English proficiency. (5) Conduct a biennial survey of County residents and a survey of pharmacists, veterinarians, and health professionals in the County who interact with patients on use of medicines after the first full year of operation of the plans. Survey questions shall measure percent awareness of the Stewardship Plans, assess to what extent drop-off sites and other collection methods are convenient and easy to use, and assess knowledge and attitudes about risks of abuse, poisonings and overdoses from prescription and nonprescription medicines used in the home. Draft survey questions shall be submitted to the Director for review and comment at least 30 days prior to initiation of the survey. Results of the survey shall be reported to the Director and made available to the public on the website required in Sec. 46-107 within 90 days of the end of the survey period. The privacy of all survey respondents shall be maintained. (6) Work with the Illinois Poison Center to advertise drop-off sites and other collection opportunities under the Collection Plan. (b) All surveys, outreach, education, promotion, websites, and toll-free phone numbers required by this Section 16-107 shall be in English, Spanish, Polish, Chinese, Korean, Arabic and Russian. (1) The Director shall provide guidance on the development of a single system of promotion. Sec. 46-108 - Collection Plan - Disposal of Covered Drugs. (a) Covered Drugs collected under the Collection Plan must be disposed of at a permitted hazardous waste disposal facility as defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under 40 C.F.R. parts 264 and 265 and/or pursuant to a method permitted by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration under 21 C.F.R. part 1317.95. (b) The Director may grant approval under the Collection Plan to dispose of some or all collected Covered Drugs at a permitted large municipal waste combustor, as defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under 40 C.F.R. parts 60 and 62, if the Director deems the use of a hazardous waste disposal facility described under subsection (a) of this Sec. 46-108 to be infeasible for the Plan based on cost, logistics or other considerations. (c) The Director may use final disposal technologies that provide superior environmental and human health protection than provided by the disposal technologies in subsections (a) and (b) of this Section or equivalent protection at lesser cost. The proposed technology must provide equivalent or superior protection in each of the following areas: (1) monitoring of any emissions or waste; (2) worker health and safety; (3) reduction or elimination of air, water or land emissions contributing to persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic pollution; and (4) overall impact on the environment and human health. Sec. 46-109 -Collection Plan - Administrative and Operational Costs and Fees. A Producer participating in the Collection Plan shall pay to the Cook County Department of Revenue an annual registration fee as established under Section 32-1 of the Cook County Code. The Fee shall be set to recover, but not exceed, actual costs to the County of the registration and implementation of the Collection Plan at a rate duly approved by the Board. When setting the annual registration fee, the Board may consider the following: (1) Collection and transportation supplies for drop-off sites; (2) Acquisition of all secure collection bins for drop-off sites; (3) Ongoing maintenance or replacement of secure collection bins, as requested by Collectors; (4) Prepaid, preaddressed mailers provided to disabled and/or home-bound County residents; (5) Operation of periodic collection events, including costs of law enforcement staff time if necessary; (6) Transportation of all collected Covered Drugs to final disposal, including costs of law enforcement escort if necessary; (7) Environmentally sound disposal of all collected Covered Drugs under Sec. 46-108 of this Division; (8) Creation, promotion and advertisement of the Collection Program; (9) Creation, maintenance and operation of the single toll-free telephone number and single web site as established in Section 46-107. No Person or Producer may charge a point-of-sale fee to consumers or increase the cost of a Covered Drug to recoup the costs of the Collection Plan, nor may they charge a specific point-of-collection fee at the time the Covered Drugs or increase the cost of a Covered Drug are collected. The Department of Revenue shall establish reasonable procedures for the collection of the annual registration fee, including procedures for appealing the amount of the fee and enforcement actions for nonpayment. All appeals and enforcement actions shall be conducted in accordance with Article IX - Administrative Hearings of the Cook County Code. All Registration Fees shall be shall deposited into the Pharmaceutical Disposal Program Special Fund, pursuant to Section 46-110 of the Cook County Code. Sec. 46-110 - Pharmaceutical Disposal Fund. The Comptroller shall create a special fund to be known as the "Pharmaceutical Disposal Fund" which shall be subject to budget and appropriation for purposes related to the funding of the Collection Plan. The Department of Revenue shall collect, account for and transfer any remittals pursuant to Section 46-109 of the Cook County Code into such Fund. The Comptroller shall distribute monies from the Fund after appropriation by the Cook County Board of Commissioners for the purpose of funding the Collection Plan. Sec. 46-111 - Collection Plan - Reporting Requirements. (a) Within six months after the end of the first 12-month period of operation and annually thereafter, the Director and the Pharmaceutical Disposal Advisory Committee established in Section 46-115 shall submit a report to the Board on behalf of participating Producers describing their plan’s activities during the previous reporting period. The report must include: (1) A list of Producers participating in the Collection Plan; (2) The amount, by weight, of Covered Drugs collected, including the amount by weight from each collection method used; (3) the number and types of Pharmaceuticals being disposed of in the Collection Plan; (4) the total cost of the provision of services of the Collection Plan; (5) the total amount of fees collected from participating Producers; (6) a list of the number, site and type of collection sites established and to be established; (7) The number of mailers provided for disabled and/or home-bound County residents; (8) The locations where mailers were provided, if applicable; (9) The dates and locations of collection events held, if applicable; (10) The transporters used and the disposal facility or facilities used for all Covered drugs; (11) Whether any safety or security problems occurred during collection, transportation or disposal of Unwanted Covered Drugs during the reporting period and, if so, what changes have or will be made to policies, procedures or tracking mechanisms to alleviate the problem and to improve safety and security in the future; (12) A description of the public education, outreach and evaluation activities implemented during the reporting period; (13) A description of how collected packaging was recycled to the extent feasible, including the recycling facility or facilities used; (14) A summary of the Collection Plan’s goals, the degree of success in meeting those goals in the past year, and, if any goals have not been met, what effort will be made to achieve the goals in the next year; and (15) The total expenditures of the Collection Plan during the reporting period. (16) The report may also include a summary of available data on indicators and trends of abuse, poisonings and overdoses from prescription and nonprescription drugs and a review of comprehensive prevention strategies to reduce risks of drug abuse, overdoses, and preventable poisonings. (b) The Director shall make reports submitted under this Section available to the public. (c) For the purposes of this Sec. 46-111, “reporting period” means the period from January 1 through December 31 of the same calendar year, unless otherwise specified to the plan operator by the Director. Sec. 46-112- Change of Collection Plan The Director may change the Collection Plan or substantively alter plan operations, including, but not limited to, changes to participating Manufacturers, collection methods, policies and procedures for handling Unwanted Covered Drugs, or education and promotion methods or disposal facilities. The Director must provide timely notice to all Producers before changing the Collection Plan. Sec. 46-113 - Collection Plan - Enforcement and Penalties. (a) The Director shall administer the penalty provisions of this Division. (b) If the Director makes findings and determines that any Person has violated this Division or a regulation adopted pursuant to this Division, the Director shall send a written warning, as well as a copy of this Division and any regulations adopted pursuant to this Division, to the Person or Persons who violated it. The Person or Persons shall have 30 days after receipt of the warning to come into compliance and correct all violations. (c) If the Person or Persons fail to come into compliance or correct all violations, the Director may impose administrative fines for violations of this Division or of any regulation adopted pursuant to this Division. (1) Upon findings made under subsection (b), the Person or Persons shall be subject to an administrative fine as follows: a. A fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a first violation; b. A fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) for a second violation; c. A fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the third violation and each subsequent violation. (2) Each day a violation continues constitutes a separate violation. (3) Fine Procedures. Notice of the fine shall be served on the Person or Persons. The notice shall contain an advisement of the right to request a hearing in the Cook County Department of Administrative Hearings. Hearings on violations shall be conducted in accordance with Article IX. - Administrative Hearings of the Cook County Code of Ordinances. Payments for fines shall be deposited into the Pharmaceutical Disposal Fund established pursuant to Section 46-110. (4) Failure to Pay Fine. If said fine is not paid within 30 days from the date appearing on the notice of the fine or of the notice of determination of the Director or his or her designee after the hearing, the Director may use any lawful means for collecting the fine, including instituting an action in any court of proper jurisdiction. (d) The Director may bring a civil action to enjoin violations of or compel compliance with any requirement of this Division or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Division, as well as for payment of civil penalties and any other appropriate remedy. (e) Any Person who knowingly and willfully violates the requirements of this Division or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Division is punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) and not more than five hundred ($500) for each day per violation. (f) In determining the appropriate penalties, the court or the Director shall consider the extent of harm caused by the violation, the nature and persistence of the violation, the frequency of past violations, any action taken to mitigate the violation, and the financial burden to the violator. (g) No civil or administrative action under this Sec. 46-113 may be brought more than four years after the date of the alleged violation. Sec. 46-114 -Collection Plan - Rules and Performance Standards (a) The Director, may adopt rules and regulations as necessary to implement, administer, and enforce this Division. (b) The Director may work with the Producers and/or the Pharmaceutical Disposal Advisory Committee as established in Section 46-115 to define goals for collection amounts, education, and promotion of the Collection Plan. Sec. 46-115- Pharmaceutical Disposal Advisory Committee (a) There shall be created a Pharmaceutical Disposal Advisory Committee made up of the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners or his or her designee and five other members appointed by the President. Members of the Advisory Committee shall include: (1) The President, or his or her designee; and (2) One member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners; and (3) The Sheriff, or his or her designee; and (4) The Director of the Cook County Department of Environmental Control, or his or her designee; and (5) The Chief Operating Officer of the Cook County Department of Public Health, or his or her designee; and (6) A member of the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, to be appointed by the President of the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Great Chicago. (b) The Sheriff, or his or her designee, shall serve as the Chairman of the Advisory Committee. The Director shall serve as an ex officio member. The members of the Committee shall serve without pay. (c)The purpose of the Advisory Committee is to oversee, advise and assist with the promotion and implementation of this Division. The Advisory Committee may formulate recommendations to bring about improvement in this regard. (d)The members of the Advisory Committee shall meet quarterly or as designated by the Chairman. (e)The Advisory Committee with the assistance of the Director shall prepare an annual report describing the work undertaken by the program pursuant to Section 46-111. The report shall include minutes of meetings of the Advisory Committee over the past year, a description of the types of programs that have been implemented or outsourced and the total cost of the Stewardship Program. Sec. 46-116 - Undertaking For the General Welfare. In adopting and implementing this Division, the County is assuming an undertaking only to promote the general welfare. It is not assuming, nor is it imposing on its officers and employees, an obligation for breach of which it is liable in money damages to any Person who claims that such breach proximately caused injury. Sec. 46-117- No Conflict with Federal or State Law. This Division shall be construed so as not to conflict with applicable federal or State laws, rules or regulations. Nothing in this Division shall authorize any County agency or department to impose any duties or obligations in conflict with limitations on authority established by State or federal law at the time such agency or department action is taken. The County shall suspend enforcement of this Division to the extent that said enforcement would conflict with any preemptive State or federal legislation subsequently adopted. Nothing in this Division is intended or shall be construed to protect anticompetitive or collusive conduct, or to modify, impair, or supersede the operation of any of the antitrust or unfair competition laws of the State of Illinois or the Unites States. Sec. 46-118 - Severability. If any of the provisions of this Division or the application thereof to any Person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of those provisions, including the application of such part or provisions to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby and shall continue in full force and effect. To this end, the provisions of this Division are severable. Sec. 46-119 - Applicability. Without limitation, this section applies to areas of unincorporated Cook County, to areas owned or operated by Special Districts within unincorporated Cook County, and to areas within municipalities within the County which have not adopted ordinances governing the operation of pharmaceutical stewardship plans within the said municipalities. To the extent a municipality has adopted an ordinance addressing pharmaceutical stewardship plans, or to the extent a municipality adopts an ordinance electing not to be bound by this pharmaceutical stewardship plans, the ordinance of the municipality shall apply, and this section shall not apply, to any areas within the jurisdiction of the municipality. Effective date: Sections 46-101 through 46-112 and 46-114 through 46-119 shall be in effect January 1, 2017. Section 46-113 shall be in effect January 1, 2018. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Chapter 32 - Fees, Section 32-1 is hereby amended as follows: Sec. 32-1. - Fee schedule. The fees or charges provided for or required by the below-listed sections shall be as shown below: … Code Section Description Fees, Rates, Charges (in dollars) CHAPTER 46, Law Enforcement 46-3(2) Jail cost reimbursement for each conviction or orders of supervision for a criminal violation other than a petty or business offense 10.00 46-31(a) Merit system application and examination fee 25.00 46-36(b) Fee for participation in the Youthful Offender Alcohol and Other Drug Education Program 5.00 46-109 Pharmaceutical Collection Registration Fee 250.00 … Effective date: This ordinance shall be in effect January 1, 2018. …end
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION RESOLUTION APPROVING NON-UNION COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS AND HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN DESIGN WHEREAS, on September 9, 2015 the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved cost of living increases and health benefit plan design changes for all non-union employees and officials, including employees in D10, D11 and D12 graded positions in the Office of the Cook County Public Defender (Resolution Item 15-4619, “Cost of Living Adjustments and Health Benefit Plan Design for Non-Union Employees and Officials”); and WHEREAS, said Resolution improperly categorized Cook County Public Defender positions graded D10, D11 and D12 as Grade 24 Equivalent for the purpose of calculating the authorized cost of living increase; and WHEREAS, all positions in the Cook County Public Defender’s Office that are graded D10, D11 and D12 have a set compensation schedule and the positions do not provide for any differential in pay nor do they provide for annual step increases; and WHEREAS, to ensure that all D10, D11 and D12 employees in Office of the Cook County Public Defender are continued to be paid equally and in accordance with the compensation schedule, the D10, D11 and D12 graded positions in the Office of the Cook County Public Defender should be eligible to receive the non-compounded 4.5% cost of living increase effective the first pay period of October, 2015 and the compounded 2.0% increase if approved in the 2016 Budget; and WHEREAS, in addition to providing the revised cost of living adjustments for the County’s non-union workforce, the health benefit changes approved by the Cook County Board of Commissioners will continue to apply to all non-union employees and officials, including the above identified D10, D11 and D12 graded positions. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby resolve that all Grade D10, D11 and D12 employees in the Office of the Public Defender shall receive a non-compounded 4.5% cost of living increase effective the first pay period of October, 2015; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners recommend that the 2016 Budget provide for a compounded 2.0% cost of living increase for all Grade D10, D11 and D12 employees in the Office of the Public Defender and said increase shall take effect on December 1, 2015 if approved in the 2016 Budget; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County’s healthcare plan to be revised along with any duly procured alternative health plans as provided for in Resolution Item 15-4619, “Cost of Living Adjustments and Health Benefit Plan Design for Non-Union Employees and Officials” approved on September 9, 2015 shall remain intact and take effect on December 1, 2015 for all non-union employees including positions graded D10, D11 and D12 in the Office of the Cook County Public Defender.
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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AMENDMENT TO MEDICAL EXAMINER’S ORDINANCE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 38 Health and Human Services, Article VI. Medical Examiner, Division 1. Generally, Sec. 38-109 through Sec. 38-149 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows: ARTICLE VI. MEDICAL EXAMINER DIVISION 1, GENERALLY Sec. 38-109. - Office of coroner eliminated. The office of Coroner of Cook County is hereby eliminated. Sec. 38-110. - Definitions. Apparent natural death means the death of any person seen by a physician during the six months prior to death or who had active prescriptions for a cardiovascular disease risk factor, cancer, or other natural disease capable of causing sudden death. Authorized person means a person listed in the Disposition of Remains Act, 755 ILCS 65/5, in the priority listed, who has the right to control the disposition, including cremation, of a decedent's remains and is liable for the reasonable costs of the disposition. Cremation means the final disposition of human remains by means other than burial as defined in the Cremation Regulatory Act, 410 ILCS 18/1 et seq. Disclaimed body means an identified body who has known next-of-kin that choose not to take responsibility for burial of the body. Indigent means body that is either unclaimed or disclaimed and an individual that is without sufficient assets for burial, including private assets, public funds or Veteran's Assistance ("VA") benefits, and that will be entitled to final disposition at the expense of the public. Public disposition means the final disposal of a dead human body in the custody of the Office of the Medical Examiner by (i) the delivery of any such body to any physician or surgeon licensed in Illinois, or to any medical college or school, or other institution of higher science education or school of mortuary science pursuant to the Cadaver Act, 410 ILCS 510, or (ii) a cremation or burial at public expense. Unclaimed body means an identified decedent in the custody of the Medical Examiner who has no known advance directives, next-of-kin or authorized person, other than the Medical Examiner, willing to assume financial responsibility for the disposition of the body. Unidentified human remains means deceased individuals in the custody of the Medical Examiner, either fleshed or skeletonized, for whom the Medical Examiner cannot determine the identity identify after exhausting all reasonable scientific means. All unidentified decedents will also be unclaimed by definition. Sec. 38-111. - Office created. There is hereby created the Office of the Medical Examiner. Sec. 38-112. - Qualifications and appointment. (a) The Medical Examiner must be a physician licensed by the State of Illinois to practice medicine in all its branches and must hold a certificate from the American Board of Pathology in both Forensic Pathology and Anatomic Pathology. (b) The Medical Examiner shall be appointed by the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners with the advice and consent of the Board of Commissioners. The Medical Examiner, once so approved by the Board, shall serve for a term of five years. This notwithstanding, the Medical Examiner may be removed by a written request of the President to the Board of Commissioners upon a claim of negligence, malfeasance, misfeasance, immoral, illegal or unethical conduct or failure to properly execute the duties of such position, accompanied by a certification that such request is not being made pursuant to any considerations prohibited by the Shakman Consent Decree and subject to a hearing and an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Commissioners. Upon expiration of said term, the President may reappoint the Medical Examiner to a subsequent terms in the manner set forth aforesaid. For purposes of this section, the term of office of the current Medical Examiner shall be deemed to have commenced on December 6, 2010. In case of a vacancy in the Medical Examiner position, the vacancy shall be filled in the manner set forth aforesaid. Sec. 38-113. - Duties. The Medical Examiner has and shall exercise the powers, duties, responsibilities, functions and authority provided by ordinance for those purposes and functions. Any abuse by the Medical Examiner of the authority contained in this ordinance shall be deemed cause for removal. Sec. 38-114. - Academic appointments. Upon the approval of the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, the Medical Examiner and various personnel of his/her staff may accept academic appointments consistent with their primary responsibilities to the Office of the Medical Examiner. Sec. 38-115. - Employees. All employees of the Office of the Medical Examiner shall be County employees and subject to the rules and regulations established by the Board of Commissioners. Sec. 38-116. - Yearly budget. The Medical Examiner of Cook County shall submit to the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners a yearly budget requesting funds to operate and maintain the Office of the Medical Examiner. Sec. 38-117. - Cooperative agreements. The Medical Examiner shall have the authority to negotiate and execute cooperative agreements with other agencies having laboratory facilities; consultants; medical schools and other institutions of higher learning; organ/tissue donation agencies; and county medical societies and anatomical associations subject to the approval of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County. The Medical Examiner shall provide a report of all Medical Examiner executed cooperative agreements to the Board of Commissioners on a quarterly basis. Sec. 38-118. - Deaths subject to investigation. The Medical Examiner shall investigate any human death that falls within any of the following categories: (a) Criminal violence. (b) Suicide. (c) Accident. (d) Suddenly when in apparent good health. (e) Unattended by a practicing, licensed physician, other than apparent natural deaths. (f) Suspicious or unusual circumstances. (g) Criminal abortion. (h) Poisoning or attributable to an adverse reaction to drugs and/or alcohol. (i) Diseases constituting a threat to public health. (j) Disease, injury or toxic agent resulting from employment. (k) During medical diagnostic or therapeutic procedures that do not include death as a reasonable possible outcome. (l) In any prison or penal institution. (m) When involuntarily confined in jail, prison, hospitals or other institutions or in Police custody. (n) When any human body is to be cremated, dissected or buried at sea. (o) Unidentified human remains. (p) When a dead body is brought into a new medico-legal jurisdiction without proper medical certification. Sec. 38-119. - Deaths subject to investigation; Eestablishing manner and cause of death. Where a death has occurred under any of the circumstances enumerated in Section 38-118, then an investigation, including autopsy if necessary, shall be conducted sufficient to establish manner and cause of death, and the Medical Examiner shall recover and retain any and all evidence for use in the investigation. The Medical Examiner shall obtain specimens necessary to determine the cause and manner of death and retain them in accordance with nationally established practice guidelines for forensic pathology. The Medical Examiner shall have the authority to retain tissue specimen necessary to determine the cause and manner of death without notification or family permission and will have the authority to retain such body parts as the Medical Examiner deems necessary in the public interest with notification to any identified next-of-kin. The Medical Examiner shall have the authority to dispose of retained body parts or tissue specimen in an appropriate manner consistent with law, including using anonymized tissue samples for research in lieu of destruction. An investigation into a death does not necessarily imply that an autopsy will be performed. The necessity of an autopsy will be determined by the Medical Examiner based on the criteria specified in [Section] 38-118 and generally accepted guidelines for conducting medico-legal death investigations. Sec. 38-120. - Deaths subject to investigation; death certificate. In deaths subject to investigation under Section 38-118, Tthe Medical Examiner, upon completion of his/her investigation and examination, shall cause a death certificate to be issued specifically setting forth the cause, circumstances and manner of death, if determinable, or if undeterminable, so state. Sec. 38-121. - Death from criminal conduct; procedure. (a) If it is the Medical Examiner's opinion that any death may have resulted from the criminal conduct of persons other than the deceased, he/she shall immediately notify the Office of the State's Attorney or police agency charged with conducting the investigation. (b) The Medical Examiner shall notify the proper governmental agency where, in his/her opinion, a death resulted from an industrial hazard, from an infectious disease process, poison or toxin potentially hazardous to the general public, from a traffic hazard or from a common public practice which carries hazards to life or health. Sec. 38-122. - Deaths subject to investigation,; duty to notify. (a) Any person, including, but not limited to, any law enforcement officer, physician, nurse, ambulance attendant, hospital director or administrator, or funeral director who may become aware of a death subject to investigation under Section 38-118 may immediately report such death to the Office of the Medical Examiner or to any law enforcement officer; any such report to a law enforcement officer shall be immediately transmitted to the Medical Examiner. Sec. 38-122. - Deaths subject to investigation; examination of scene. (b) Upon receipt of sucha report pursuant to Sec. 38-121, the Medical Examiner or his/her appointed representative shall go to the location of the body and take charge of same, and shall begin his/her investigation with an examination of the scene. (c) No person shall disturb the scene of such death, nor shall any person handle, move, disturb, undress, embalm, or remove the body from the position in which it is found, until authorized by the Medical Examiner or his/her appointed representative, except for the purpose of preserving such body from damage or destruction, or in such cases as may be authorized by the Medical Examiner. Whenever the Medical Examiner shall lawfully assume jurisdiction of a body, it shall not be removed or released from his/her jurisdiction except upon his/her direction and consent. Sec. 38-123. - Order to disinter. The Medical Examiner may petition the Circuit Court for an order to disinter for the purpose of investigation or autopsy or both. Sec. 38-124. - Deaths subject to investigation; Ppermission required for removal. No dead human body whose death may be subject to investigation under Section 38-118, or the personal property of such a deceased person, shall be handled, removed, disturbed, embalmed or removed from the place of death by any person except with the permission of the Medical Examiner, unless the same shall be necessary to preserve such body from damage or destruction, or to protect life, safety, or health. Whenever the Medical Examiner shall lawfully assume jurisdiction of a body, it shall not be removed or released from his/her jurisdiction except upon his/her direction and consent. Sec. 38-1254. - Deaths subject to investigation; decedent's personal property. (a) The Medical Examiner shall cause an inventory to be taken whenever any valuable personal property, money or papers are found upon or near a dead human body whose death may be subject to investigation under Section 38-118. (b) The Medical Examiner or his/her properly authorized subordinate shall take charge of the same and deliver the same to the authorized personthose entitled to its care and possession, or otherwise properly dispose of the same; but if not claimed, the Medical Examiner after retention of said personal property for one year and after giving ten calendar days' notice of the time and place of sale, shall sell such property,. After such sale, the and after deducting Medical Examiner's shall deduct his or her expenses, and deposit the proceeds thereof, and the money and papers so found upon or near the decedent’s body, with the County Treasurer, taking his/her receipt therefore,. These items will there to remain with the County Treasurer subject to the order of the legal representatives of the deceased, if claimed within five years thereafter, or, if not claimed within that time, to be used to offset the costs for indigent burials. Sec. 38-1265. - Procedures and powers in investigation into cause of death. (a) The Medical Examiner shall have the power to establish and supervise the procedures to be utilized in the conduct of investigations necessary to establish the cause and manner of death. The Medical Examiner, at his/her option, shall have the power to call and conduct public hearings in cases of public interest. (b) The Medical Examiner shall have the power to issue subpoenas requiring persons to give information under oath and to produce books, records, papers or such other documents or objects the Medical Examiner shall deem necessary to establish the cause or manner of death. The Medical Examiner or a hearing officer acting in his/her behalf shall have the power to administer the necessary oath or affirmation to such witness. Any witness appearing at an investigation or public hearing shall have the right to be represented by counsel. (c) The Medical Examiner shall have the power to request and obtain medical and/or mental health records within 24 hours of the first day of business operations of a hospital or physician's office that has treated a decedent under investigation by the Medical Examiner. (d) The Medical Examiner shall have the power to request and obtain hospital admission blood samples on any in-hospital death under investigation by the Medical Examiner. Hospitals shall retain admission blood samples for 24 hours following the death of a patient who will fall under investigation by the Medical Examiner as described in Section 38-118. (e) Violation of the terms of this Section will be subject to the terms delineated in Section 38-13848. Sec. 38-1276. - Decedent under spiritual treatment. The Medical Examiner shall not be precluded, in making his/her investigation, from consulting with the decedent's next-of-kin, personal representative, friends, or the person designated in writing by the decedent, where the decedent was under treatment by prayer or spiritual means alone in accordance with the tenets and practices of a well-recognized church or religious denomination, nor shall this ordinance be construed to require an autopsy solely by reason of the fact that the decedent was under treatment by prayer or spiritual means alone. Sec. 38-127. - Deaths from criminal conduct; procedure. (a) If it is the Medical Examiner's opinion that any death may have resulted from the criminal conduct of persons other than the deceased, he/she shall immediately notify the Office of the State's Attorney or police law enforcement agency charged with conducting the investigation. (b) The Medical Examiner shall notify the proper governmental agency where, in his/her opinion, a death resulted from an industrial hazard, from an infectious disease process, poison or toxin potentially hazardous to the general public, from a traffic hazard or from a common public practice which carries hazards to life or health. Sec. 38-128. Apparent natural deaths. The Medical Examiner will not investigate cases of apparent natural death, and it will be the responsibility of the decedent’s attending physician to complete the death certificate in cases of apparent natural death. However, when the decedent’s attending physician fails to complete such death certificate, the Medical Examiner shall have the authority to complete the death certificate but will not be obligated to do so. Sec. 38-129. Order to disinter. The Medical Examiner may petition the Circuit Court for an order to disinter for the purpose of investigation or autopsy or both. Sec. 38-130. - Identified body; notice of possession to next of kin. (a) Whenever the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office takes possession of an identified body or the remains of a body, the Medical Examiner's Office is hereby required to request that the investigating police agency notify the decedent's next-of-kin that the body is in the possession of the Medical Examiner's Office. (b) In the event that the appropriate law enforcement authority is unable to locate or notify the next-of-kin within 72 hours of the body arriving at the Medical Examiner's Office, the Medical Examiner may seek the assistance of the Chicago Police Department, Cook County Sheriff’s Office, Public Administrator, or any other relevant authority. Sec. 38-128. - Permit required for disposition of body; fee. No person shall cause the remains of any dead human body within Cook County to be cremated, dissected or buried at sea without first obtaining a permit from the Medical Examiner. The cost of the permit shall be $50.00. Sec. 38-129. - Permit to cremate. Where the remains of any dead human body are to be cremated, dissected or buried at sea, thus becoming unavailable for later examination; it shall be the duty of the funeral director or person having custody of the dead human body to obtain from the Medical Examiner a permit. The Medical Examiner's Permit shall be presented to the local registrar in applying for the permit for disposition of a dead human body provided for in 410 ILCS 535/21 of the "Vital Records Act," as heretofore or hereafter amended, and the local registrar shall attach the Medical Examiner's permit to cremate to the permit for disposition of a dead human body which is issued. No crematory shall cremate a dead human body unless a permit for disposition of a dead human body with an attached Medical Examiner's Permit has been furnished to authorize the cremation. Sec. 38-1301. - Deaths subject to investigation; Rrelease of the body. Upon completion of the Medical Examiner's investigation and examination, the Medical Examiner shall release the body of the decedent to the decedent's next-of-kin, personal representative, friends, or to the person designated in writing by the decedent or to the funeral director selected by such persons or other authorized person, as the case may be, for proper disposition. and none of the duties or powers of the Medical Examiner enumerated in this ordinance shall be construed to interfere with or control the right of such persons to the custody and proper disposition of the decedent upon completion of the Medical Examiner's investigation. If there are no such persons, the Medical Examiner, in his/her sole discretion, shall cause the unclaimed body or the remains to be decently buried, cremated, or donated for medical science purposes. The Medical Examiner shall have the power to dispose of any body in accordance with the "Cadaver Act," 410 ILCS 510 et seq. Sec. 38-131. - Records to be kept. (a) The Medical Examiner shall keep full and complete records properly indexed, giving the name, if known, of every person whose death is investigated, the place where and the date when the body was found and the date of death, if known. In case the name of the decedent is not known, the Medical Examiner shall prepare a description [of the] person and enter the same upon his/her records, together with all facts and circumstances of the death which may be known, and which may later lead to the identification of the dead person. (b) It shall be the duty of the Medical Examiner to keep on file in his/her office full and complete records of all deaths coming under his/her jurisdiction, together with his/her conclusions therein. (c) Upon completion of investigation and any related criminal proceeding, the official report of the Medical Examiner's investigation shall be made available for inspection to any person with substantial or important interest upon written request. A copy of the official report may be obtained upon payment of the duplication fee. This shall not foreclose access to other records where appropriate. Sec. 38-132. - Identified body; Public Disposition. Where the Medical Examiner has no legal reason for retaining a body and an authorized person cannot or will not assume responsibility for final disposition of the decedent within thirty days of the death of the decedent, the Medical Examiner shall have the authority to dispose of a the body by public disposition. Notwithstanding the above, where the decedent’s next of kin objects to public disposition by donation to science prior to transfer of the body, the Medical Examiner’s Office shall have the authority to dispose of the body by cremation. Disposition of fetal remains may be by burial when available or by cremation. Sec. 38-133. - Veterans; Disposition Where the Medical Examiner has reason to believe that the decedent may be a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces, the Medical Examiner is authorized to seek verification that the decedent is a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces. In the event such verification is obtained, the Medical Examiner has no legal reason for retaining the body; and an authorized person cannot or will not assume responsibility for final disposition of the decedent within 60 days of the death of the decedent, the Medical Examiner shall have the authority to cremate the body and shall authorize release of the cremated remains to Lincoln National Cemetery (or other national cemetery) for interment. Sec. 38-134. Decedents donated to science. Any decedent that is to be used for the advancement of medical, anatomical, biological or mortuary science pursuant to the Cadaver Act, 410 ILCS 510/0.01 et seq. shall be held by the recipient for a period of 60 days prior to distribution of any tissues, and surrendered to any authorized person who requests it for cremation or burial within that time. Sec. 38-135. Unidentified body; disposition. Unidentified remains will be buried once all reasonable investigative and scientific efforts have been made to identify the body. Unidentified remains shall not be cremated or otherwise rendered non-recoverable. Sec. 38-136. - Permission to embalm. In the interest of public health and hygiene and the preservation of the dignity of the deceased, any body that is stored in the facility more than three days after death may be embalmed at the discretion of the Medical Examiner without the permission of the deceased person’s next-of-kin. Sec. 38-137. - Retention of human remains. Notwithstanding other provisions in this Article, if the Medical Examiner determines that a body needs to be retained greater than 90 days then the Medical Examiner shall provide a written report to the Advisory Committee and County Board stating the reason for retention. The Medical Examiner shall report to Advisory Committee and County Board on this matter quarterly. Sec. 38-138. - Decedents disposed at public expense. To qualify for public disposition the decedent must be indigent. Any decedent in the custody of the Office of the Medical Examiner who has not been claimed by the decedent's next-of-kin or other authorized person, if any, within 30 days shall be subject to final disposition by the Medical Examiner by any means authorized by this Chapter 38. Sec. 38-139. - Permit required for cremation. (a) Where the remains of any dead human body are to be cremated, thus becoming unavailable for later examination, it shall be the duty of the funeral director or person having custody of the dead human body to obtain from the Medical Examiner a pPermit to Cremate. (b) The Medical Examiner may deny a Permit to Cremate if it is necessary to preserve the body for law enforcement purposes. (c) The Medical Examiner's Permit shall be presented to the local registrar in applying for the permit for disposition of a dead human body provided for in 410 ILCS 535/21 of the "Vital Records Act," as heretofore or hereafter amended. (d) No crematory shall cremate a dead human body unless a permit for disposition of a dead human body with an attached Medical Examiner's Permit to Cremate has been furnished to authorize the cremation. Sec. 38-140. Records to be kept; furnished The Medical Examiner shall keep full and complete records in accordance with the Illinois Local Records Act, 50 ILCS 205, including: (a) Properly indexed records, giving the name, if known, of every person whose death is investigated, the place where and the date when the body was found and the date of death, if known. In case the name of the decedent is not known, the Medical Examiner shall prepare a description of the person and enter the same upon his/her records, together with all facts and circumstances of the death which may be known, and which may later lead to the identification of the dead person. (b) Records of all deaths coming under his/her jurisdiction, together with his/her conclusions therein. (c) Records of requests that the investigating police agency notify the decedent’s next of kin that the body is in the possession of the Medical Examiner’s Officer per Section 38-130, above. Such records shall include the date and time of the request(s), the date and time of the notification, the name and contact information of the next-of-kin, and the date and time of the receipt of the body. Sec. 38-13241. - Advisory committee. (a) [Created.] There shall be created a Medical Examiner's Advisory Committee ("Committee") made up of 11 members appointed by the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners with the advice and consent of the Board of Commissioners. The Committee shall act in an advisory capacity to the Cook County Board of Commissioners regarding the handling, storage and final disposition of decedents under the jurisdiction of the Cook County Medical Examiner and may formulate recommendations to bring about improvement in this regard. The Committee shall keep the dignity of the deceased at the forefront of their recommendations. Members shall include, but are not limited to, at least one person from each of the following categories: (1) A member of the medical profession; (2) A clergyperson; (3) A funeral director; (4) An attorney from the Cook County State's Attorney Office; (5) One Cook County Commissioner to serve as an Ex officio Member with voting rights. The Ex officio Member shall serve as a liaison between the County Board and the Committee; (6) A member of the Chicago Police Department; (7) A representative from the Cook County Sheriff's Office; and (8) A member of the public. (b) Term and conditions of Office. Except as otherwise provided in Section 38-13241(b), the members of the Committee appointed under Section 38-13241(a) shall be appointed for two years. (1) Ex officio member. The ex officio member shall be the appointed Cook County Commissioner who shall serve as the ex officio member for the length of the Commissioner's term. (2) The remaining members. The remaining ten members of the Committee shall serve terms as follows: a. For the initial members whose appointments became effective July 10, 2012, or March 12, 2014: 1. Members appointed from the medical profession, funeral director profession, Chicago Police Department and Cook County Sheriff's Office categories noted in Section 38-13241(a) whose term appointment became effective on July 10, 2012, shall serve a term that expires on April 1, 2015. 2. Members appointed from the clergy, State's Attorney Office and public categories noted in Section 38-13241(a) whose term appointment became effective on July 10, 2012, or March 12, 2014, shall serve a term that expires on April 1, 2016. b. Thereafter, the members other than the ex officio member appointed shall serve a term of two years. 1. Each member, whether initial or subsequent, shall serve until a successor is appointed. 2. Any member who is appointed to fill a vacancy, other than a vacancy caused by the expiration of the predecessor's term, shall serve until the expiration of his or her predecessor's term. c. Other than the Ex Officio Commissioner, a member may not serve more than two consecutive full terms unless authorized by the Board of Commissioners. (c) [Compensation.] The members of this Committee shall serve without pay. (d) [Attendance.] The members of this Committee shall attend meetings to be held at the Medical Examiner's Office on a quarterly basis, beginning with the third quarter of the fiscal year in which this Ordinance is enacted. (e) The Committee shall prepare an annual report. The report shall be distributed to the individual members of the Board of Commissioners and the President's Office before January 31 of each year. The report shall include minutes of meetings of the Advisory Committee over the past year, including a list of attendees at each meeting, a description of the matters considered during the year and any recommendations made by the Committee for improving the handling, storage and final disposition of decedents brought to the Medical Examiner's Office and the Medical Examiner's service to the residents of Cook County. The Medical Examiner's Office shall provide administrative support as necessary. Sec. 38-13342. - Death caused by wrongful act; liability for expenses incurred. Any person, individual, partnership, corporation, firm, company, trust, estate, political subdivision, state agency, or any other legal entity who causes the death of a decedent by a wrongful act, carelessness, or negligence which shall be subject to a Medical Examiner's investigation shall be liable to pay any and all expenses incurred by such investigation and the associated burial expenses. The same shall be recoverable by the county. Sec. 38-13443. - Transportation costs. All transportation costs of the body incident to the Medical Examiner's investigation shall be recoverable from the estate of the deceased. The Medical Examiner shall have no responsibility or obligation to arrange for transportation of bodies to the Medical Examiner's facility. Sec. 38-13544. - Fees. The Medical Examiner shall charge the following fees with the amounts as set in Section 32-1 of this Code. (1) Autopsy report. (2) Toxicology report. (3) Miscellaneous reports, including artist's drawings, but not including police reports. (4) Permit to cCremate a dead human body obtained from the Office of the Medical Examiner, by facsimile or electronic filing, unless the Medical Examiner determines that the decedent and the authorized person is indigent and unable to pay the permit fee, or other special circumstances warrant fee waiver in the Medical Examiner’s discretion. (5) Return fee. The return fee is charged to funeral homes that pick up bodies from the Medical Examiner's Office and then request to return them to the Office after determining that the family has no funds for burial. This cost would include the cost of the burial shell and the burial cost. (6) Death certificate amendment fee. Fee is charged if the amendment is made later than one year of the person's death (due to a return by Funeral Home). The Office of the Medical Examiner is charged by the Illinois Department of Vital Records for amendments made to a death certificate after one year of the death. (7) Storage fee. This fee covers bodies returned (by funeral homes) to the Office of the Medical Examiner for storage while families secure funds for burial services and bodies brought to the Medical Examiner's Office from hospice, nursing homes, and hospitals for cases not falling under Medical Examiner jurisdiction as defined in Section 38-118. The ability to accept cases for storage will be at the discretion of the Medical Examiner and will depend on the current and anticipated morgue census. This "storage fee" discourages the use of the Office of the Medical Examiner as a storage location for non-Medical Examiner cases or cases that have been discharged from the Medical Examiner's Office to funeral homes and encourages funeral directors to verify that families have funds for burial prior to removing a body from the Office of the Medical Examiner. In the cases of funeral homes, this "storage fee" would replace the "return fee" if a funeral home returns a body and picks it up again within ten days. If the body is not picked up within ten days, the body will be held and buried by the County according to the standard operating procedures of the Medical Examiner. (8) Photographs, radiographs, and histology slides. (9) Charge to non-County owned hospitals for the acceptance of fetal remains not falling under the jurisdiction of the Medical Examiner. (10) Confirmation of death letter. (11) Tissue procurement morgue use fee. Fee charged to a certified facility or program seeking to procure tissue from bodies located at the Medical Examiner's Office. The fee covers tissue procurement per body by a tissue procurement facility or program authorized by the Medical Examiner. (12) Student and resident rotation fee. Fee charged to institutions outside of Cook County providing student and resident rotations at the Medical Examiner's Office to offset the County's costs for disposable supplies as well as the staff time supervising the student rotation. (13) Staff supervision of external experts. Fee charged to individuals requesting to review slides, images and/or records at the Medical Examiner's Office to offset staff costs for supervising such review. (14) Toxicology send-out fees. Fee charged for processing, packaging and shipping specimens to reference labs at the request of the decedent's next-of-kin for testing. (15) Lab use fee. Fee charged to institutions authorized by the Medical Examiner and County Board to use the Medical Examiner's Office and supplies for teaching purposes. (16) Expert witness fees. Fees will be charged to attorneys for case review, expert consultation and trial/deposition time for the Chief Medical Examiner, Assistant Chief Medical Examiner Assistant Medical Examiners, and Toxicologists as well as their travel time and case review time for Medical Examiner cases leading to civil litigation. The Chief Medical Examiner shall be authorized to waive or reduce said fees where warranted and shall be authorized to issue regulations regarding expert witness fees. .Such fees will not apply to criminal proceedings related to Medical Examiner cases. (17) Cremation Fee. Fee charged for cremation and storage of decedents cremated and stored by Cook County. Cremation fees shall be paid to the Cook County Medical Examiner prior to the release of the cremated remains, unless the Medical Examiner determines that the decedent and the authorized person is indigent and unable to pay the cremation fee, or other special circumstances warrant fee waiver in the Medical Examiner’s discretion. Sec. 38-145. - Elimination of Medical Examiner Fee Fund. Effective December 1, 2012, the Medical Examiner Fees Fund established on March 1, 2011 is hereby eliminated and all fees in the Medical Examiner Fee Fund on or before November 30, 2012 and all of the various fees of the Office of the Medical Examiner received on or after December 1, 2012 shall be transferred or deposited into the County's general fund and placed into an account designated for use by the Office of the Medical Examiner as noted by the Budget Director. All of the various fees collected by the Office of the Medical Examiner will continue to be used solely for the purchase of electronic and forensic identification equipment or other related supplies and operating expenses of the Medical Examiner's Office. Sec. 38-13646. - Debt due County. All fees and expense reimbursements shall constitute a debt due the County of Cook and be paid to the Medical Examiner who shall deposit the same with the County Treasurer on the last day of every month. Sec. 38-13747. - Impersonation unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any individual to impersonate the Medical Examiner and/or any Medical Examiner investigator. Sec. 38-13848. - Penalty for violation. Any person who knowingly violates any provision of this Ordinance shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 and imprisoned not more than six months per violation. Sec. 38-13949. - Annual report. The Medical Examiner shall prepare and submit to the Cook County Board of Commissioners an annual report of the activities of his/her office. Sec. 38-140. - Medical examiner fees. Effective December 1, 2012, the Medical Examiner Fees Fund established on March 1, 2011 is hereby eliminated and all fees in the Medical Examiner Fee Fund on or before November 30, 2012 and all of the various fees of the Office of the Medical Examiner received on or after December 1, 2012 shall be transferred or deposited into the County's general fund and placed into an account designated for use by the Office of the Medical Examiner as noted by the Budget Director. All of the various fees collected by the Office of the Medical Examiner will continue to be used solely for the purchase of electronic and forensic identification equipment or other related supplies and operating expenses of the Medical Examiner's Office. Sec. 38-141. - Notice of possession of an identified body. (a) Whenever the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office takes possession of an identified body or the remains of a body the Medical Examiner's Office is hereby required to request verification from the investigating police agency that the decedent's next-of-kin has been notified that the body is in the possession of the Medical Examiner's Office. The Medical Examiner's Office shall keep a detailed record of such requests for verification of notifications, the date and time of notification, the name and contact information of the next-of-kin, and the date and time of the receipt of the body. In the event that the appropriate law enforcement authority is unable to locate the next-of-kin within 72 hours of the body arriving at the Medical Examiner's Office, the Medical Examiner's Office shall obtain verification that the next-of-kin cannot be initially located but shall continue to work with the investigating agency to verify notification of next-of-kin and shall log these efforts. The Medical Examiner's Office shall retain such records in the case file for a period of at least two years. As described in Section 38-125 all personal possessions of the decedent shall be recorded. (b) In the event the Medical Examiner's Office cannot obtain verification that next-of-kin has been notified that the decedent's body is in the possession of the Medical Examiner's Office, the Medical Examiner's Office may seek the assistance of the Chicago Police Department, Cook County Sheriffs Office, Public Administrator, or any other relevant agency and will keep a log of identification efforts. Sec. 38-142. - Retention of an identified decedent. (a) Where the Medical Examiner has no legal reason for retaining a body and no person(s) can or will take responsibility for the final disposition of the decedent, the Medical Examiner shall have the authority to properly dispose of a body through burial or cremation within 60 days of notifying the next-of-kin (if known), unless there is reason to believe that the deceased may be a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces. Where the Medical Examiner's Office has reason to believe that the decedent may be a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces, the Medical Examiner's Office shall have up to 90 days to properly dispose of the body. (b) The Medical Examiner's Office is hereby authorized to seek certification from the decedent's next-of-kin (if known) that the decedent is not a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces. In the event that such certification is obtained and the next-of-kin cannot or will not assume responsibility for final disposition, the Medical Examiner's Office shall properly dispose of the body within 60 days. (c) Notwithstanding other provisions in this section, if the Medical Examiner determines that an identified body needs to be retained longer than permitted then the Medical Examiner shall provide a written report to the Advisory Committee and to the Board of Commissioners stating the reason for retention. The Medical Examiner shall report to the Cook County Board on this matter quarterly. (d) An identified body will be considered potentially "indigent" (either unclaimed or disclaimed) if, after 14 days, there are no apparent funds for burial. At that point the body will be eligible for donation or educational purposes in accordance with the Illinois Compiled Statutes 410 ILCS 510 Cadaver Act. Prior to releasing the body for donation or educational purposes, an additional three known) and confirming that the decedent is not eligible for a non-County funded burial or VA benefits. (e) Indigent remains will be buried or cremated at County expense as soon as practical provided that there are no funds for burial, the next-of-kin has refused to take responsibility for final disposition of the remains, and that the decedent is not entitled to burial through non-County funds or VA benefits. (f) Unidentified remains will be buried once all reasonable investigative and scientific efforts have been made to identify the body. Unidentified remains will not be cremated. Sec. 38-143. - Decedents disposed at public expense. (a) Indigent decedents. If a decedent's next-of-kin is financially unable to cover the costs related to final disposition, the decedent may be buried or cremated at public expense. To qualify for final disposition at public expense, both the decedent and the person legally responsible for the disposition of the remains must be legally indigent and not eligible to receive any funds to cover the cost of the burial from any federal or state source, e.g., Veterans Assistance, Public Aid. Any decedent in the custody of the Office of the Medical Examiner who has not been claimed by the decedent's next-of-kin or known personal representative, if any, within 14 days shall be subject to final disposition by the Medical Examiner by any means authorized by this Chapter 38. An additional three days will be taken to contact the next-of-kin, if known, and other appropriate agencies to determine whether alternative burial funds are available prior to release of the body for medical science purposes. Secs. 38-144-38-149. - Reserved. **** BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 38 Health and Human Services, Article VI. Medical Examiner, Division 2. Disposition by Burial or Cremation of Indigent and Unidentified Bodies, Sec. 38-150 through Sec. 38-156 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows DIVISION 2. - DISPOSITION BY BURIAL OR CREMATION OF INDIGENT AND UNIDENTIFIED BODIES Sec. 38-150. - Contracts with cemeteries. The Medical Examiner, subject to County Board approval, shall only contract with cemeteries for the burial of indigent, unclaimed and unidentified bodies in accordance with the provisions of the Resolution Requiring for Certain Bid and Contract Specifications Relating to the Burial of Indigent, Unclaimed, Disclaimed and Unidentified Decedents. Sec. 38-151. - DNA collection from unidentified decedents. The Office of the Medical Examiner shall collect and retain a sufficient DNA sample from unidentified decedents and unidentified skeletal remains. Within 90 days of DNA sample collection, such samples shall be forwarded to the Illinois State Police to be handled in accordance with relevant policies and procedures for such samples, as determined by the Illinois State Police. At the discretion of the Medical Examiner and after consultation with the Illinois State Police, tissues for DNA analysis may be routed to an alternate accredited laboratory for analysis. Sec. 38-152. - Number of bodies or cremated remains per casket. Each coffin or burial shell sent by the Medical Examiner to a contracting cemetery authority shall contain the remains of only one indigent, unclaimed or unknown decedent. In the case of infants, cremated remains and fetuses, the Medical Examiner shall be permitted to place multiple infants, cremated remains and fetuses in a single burial shell, provided that there shall exist a physical barrier separating each set of remains within each such burial shell. No other tissues or skeletal remains, human or otherwise, shall be permitted in such shell. Sec. 38-153. - Unique personal identifiers. Prior to the burial or interment of an indigent, unclaimed or unidentified individual, the Office of the Medical Examiner shall affix one nonbiodegradable Unique Personal Identifier tag to the outside of the burial shell. Such tag shall be stamped or inscribed with the decedent's name, age and year of death, if known. The Office of the Medical Examiner shall additionally affix at least one nonbiodegradable Unique Personal Identifier tag to the individual deceased person's physical remains. Sec. 38-154. - Documentation to be released to contracting cemetery. Upon the release of indigent, unclaimed and unknown individuals to the contracting cemetery authority, the Office of the Medical Examiner shall provide information for the cemetery's interment book as provided in the Resolution Requiring for Certain Bid and Contract Specifications Relating to the Burial of Indigent, Unclaimed, Disclaimed and Unidentified Decedents. The information provided by the Office of the Medical Examiner to the contracting cemetery for record shall include the decedent's name, if known. If the decedent's name is unknown, as much information as possible regarding the gender, race and distinguishing characteristics of the decedent shall be listed. Sec. 38-155. - Medical examiner burial oversight and affidavit form. Upon the release of decedents from the Office of the Medical Examiner for burial under this Division 2, an administrator or investigator from The Office of the Medical Examiner shall accompany the vehicle transporting such decedents from the location of pickup of such decedents to the contracting cemetery site. Said individual shall also be present to oversee the burial process in its entirety and shall be required to complete a sworn affidavit to be established by the Office of the Medical Examiner. The affidavit shall delineate each of the elements to be complied with pursuant to the Resolution Requiring for Certain Bid and Contract Specifications Relating to the Burial of Indigent, Unclaimed and Unknown Decedents and shall attest that the contracting cemetery authority is in compliance with the specifications for burial as provided therein. The Office of the Medical Examiner shall retain all such completed affidavits along with the accompanying death record. Sec. 38-156. - Disposition by burial or cremation. In addition to burial at public expense, subject to the authorization of the County Board of Commissioners, the Medical Examiner may enter into contracts or agreements for providing alternative means of final disposition for unclaimed and disclaimed human remains, such as cremation. Unidentified remains shall not be cremated or otherwise rendered non-recoverable. Cremated remains will be individually stored at the Medical Examiner's Office for a period of two yearsone year during which time the next-of-kin may claim the remains and pay any applicable cremation fees. Unclaimed cremated remains will be disposed of in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. **** BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 32 Fees, Sec. 32-1 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows: Sec. 32-1. Fee schedule. The fees or charges provided for or required by the below-listed sections shall be as shown below: CHAPTER 38, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 38- 135(a)144(1) Autopsy report 50.00 38- 135(a)144(2) Toxicology report 25.00 38- 135(a)144(3) Miscellaneous reports, including artist's drawings, but not including police reports 25.00 38- 135(a)144(4) Permit to cremate a dead human body 50.00 38- 135(a)144(5) Return fee 300.00 38- 135(a)144(6) Death certificate amendment fee 20.00 38- 135(a)144(7) Storage fee, per day (not to exceed $500.00) 50.00 38- 135(a)144(8) Photographs, radiographs, histology slides actual cost or $3.00 whichever is greater 38- 135(a)144(9) Charge to non-county owned hospitals for the acceptance of fetal remains not falling under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner, per fetus 100.00 38- 135(a)144(10) Confirmation of death letter, per letter 5.00 38- 135(a)144(11) Tissue procurement morgue use fee, per case 250.00 38- 135(a)144(12) Student and resident rotation fee, per month 500.00 38- 135(a)144(13) Staff supervision of external experts fee, per hour, one hour minimum 100.00 38- 135(a)144(14) Toxicology send-out fee 100.00 38- 135(a)144(15) Laboratory use fee, per week (subject to waiver) 100.00 38- 135(a)144(16) Expert witness fee, Chief Medical Examiner, per hour, one hour minimum (subject to waiver) 500.00 38- 135(a)144(16) Expert witness fee, Assistant Chief Medical Examiner, per hour, one hour minimum (subject to waiver) 450.00 38- 135(a)144(16) Expert witness fee, Assistant Medical Examiners and Toxicologists, per hour, one hour minimum (subject to waiver) 400.00 38-144(17) Cremation fee (subject to waiver) 100.00 Effective date: This ordinance shall be in effect immediately upon adoption.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded October 7, 2015 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION RESOLUTION APPROVING A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEEMENT WHEREAS, the Illinois Public Employee Labor Relations Act (5 ILCS 315/1 et seq.) has established regulations regarding collective bargaining with a union; and WHEREAS, a Collective Bargaining Agreement for the period of December 1, 2012 through November 30, 2017 has been negotiated between the County of Cook and Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board, Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union Local 200 representing the Cook County Health Facilities Administrative Assistant III’s and IV’s, Talent Management Assistant, Talent Management Specialist, Human Resource Specialist and Recruitment and Selection Analyst; and WHEREAS salary adjustments and general wage increases were previously approved and are included in the Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiated between the County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board, Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union; and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby approve the Collective Bargaining Agreement as provided by the Bureau of Human Resources.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded October 7, 2015 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT Department(s): Risk Management Vendor: Health Care Service Corporation DBA Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute Good(s) or Service(s): Employer Sponsored Health Insurance Benefits Contract Value: $884,195,500.00 Contract period: 12/1/2015 - 11/30/2018, with (2) two (1) one year options for renewal. Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2016 $294,731,833.33 FY 2017 $294,731,833.33, FY 2018 $294,731,833.34 Accounts: 490-176 (899-176, 499-176) Contract Number(s): 1518-14008 Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance. The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: The Department of Risk Management respectfully submits this item requesting authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to award a contract to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL). Request for Proposals (RFP) procedures were followed in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. BCBSIL was recommended based on established evaluation criteria to provide employer sponsored health insurance benefits for Cook County Employees. Cook County offers both HMO and PPO health plan options for all eligible employees. The premium and/or premium equivalent rates for each health plan offered to County employees are subject to annual review and negotiation based on enrollment and utilization. The Director of Risk Management is authorized to execute Benefit Program Applications to support the selected HMO and PPO plans. Employees contribute to the cost of the plan through payroll deductions with the balance of the cost covered through annual appropriations. BCBSIL offers a wide provider network with no disruption by definition as the incumbent, as well as substantial provider discounts and excellent member and client service.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded September 9, 2015 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION APPROVING A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WHEREAS, the Illinois Public Employee Labor Relations Act (5 ILCS 315/1 et seq.) has established regulations regarding collective bargaining with a union; and WHEREAS, a Collective Bargaining Agreement for the period of December 1, 2012 through November 30, 2017 has been negotiated between the County of Cook and Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board, Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union Local 200 representing the health facilities Administrative Assistant V’s; and WHEREAS salary adjustments and general wage increases were previously approved and are included in the Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiated between the County of Cook and Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board, Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union; and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby approve the Collective Bargaining Agreement as provided by the Bureau of Human Resources.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded September 9, 2015 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A JOINT COOK-CHICAGO TASK FORCE AGAINST HEROIN WHEREAS, The County of Cook is a home rule unit of government pursuant to the 1970 Illinois Constitution, Article VII, Section 6 (a); and, WHEREAS, The City of Chicago is a home rule unit of government pursuant to the 1970 Illinois Constitution, Article VII, Section 6 (a); and, WHEREAS, Pursuant to their home rule powers, both the County of Cook and the City of Chicago may exercise any power and perform any function relating to their governments and affairs, including the power to regulate for the protection of the public health, safety, morals, and welfare; and, WHEREAS, the President of Cook County Board and the Cook County Board of Commissioners hereby find that Cook County must take immediate action to address the heroin crisis in Cook County; and, WHEREAS, Heroin-related overdose deaths have quadrupled in the United States in the past decade; and, WHEREAS, Nationwide, the number of people who admitted using heroin within the past year nearly doubled between 2007 and 2013 to 681,000; and, WHEREAS, Heroin overdose deaths have been on the rise statewide since 2011, according to Illinois Department of Public Health; Last year, 633 heroin overdose deaths occurred statewide, up from 583 in 2013; and, WHEREAS, In 2013, heroin accounted for 224 of the 337 total opioid-linked deaths in Cook County; and, WHEREAS, According to a report published by the Illinois Consortium on Drug Policy at Roosevelt University, in 2011, hospitals in the Chicago Metropolitan Area witnessed more heroin-related emergency room visits than any other city in the country; and, WHEREAS, According to the Arrestee Drug Use Monitoring Program, Cook County ranked first in the nation for heroin use among arrestees in 2011; and, WHEREAS, Arrestees from Chicago tested positive for opiates including heroin at a rate that is 18.5% higher than any other city in the nation; and, WHEREAS, Arrestees from Cook County also self-reported using heroin more times per month and reported using heroin in the prior three days more than those from any other area; and, WHEREAS, In the Chicago area, those entering into publicly funded treatment for heroin in 2012 represented 35 percent of treatment admissions, more than double the national average and higher than the state as a whole; and, WHEREAS, In 2013 the DuPage County Board joined with the Coroner, State’s Attorney, Public Defender, Sheriff, Judiciary, Superintendent of Education, Chiefs of Police, and Public Health staff to establish the DuPage Coalition Against Heroin to address the alarming trend of opioid use leading to heroin addiction sweeping the region; and WHEREAS, In 2014, DuPage County heroin deaths dropped from 46 the previous year to 33; and WHEREAS, Addressing heroin-related issues in Cook County and Chicago requires a multi-tiered approach and the corporate authorities of the City of Chicago and the President and the Board of Commissioners of Cook County intend to collaborate with executive departments, sister agencies, other government agencies and officials, medical professionals, advocates of drug addiction treatment programs, and other experts to develop a plan to combat the scourge of heroin addiction in Cook County and Chicago; now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND THE COOK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS: SECTION 1. There is hereby created an advisory task force entitled the Cook-Chicago Task Force Against Heroin to make recommendations to the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners, as well as the City of Chicago and her corporate authorities, concerning the formulation of a multi-tiered plan to address heroin-related issues in Cook County and the City of Chicago. The advisory task force specifically is charged with issuing specific policy recommendations on the following topics: (a) Naloxone Program. This analysis shall address the success of naloxone programs in other jurisdictions and focus on the advisability of providing Chicago and Cook County law enforcement with anti-opioid kits and training for administering naloxone. (b) Law Enforcement. This analysis shall focus on local law enforcement’s strategy for targeting heroin sales and distribution within the city and the county. This analysis shall, at a minimum, identify any increase in heroin-related criminal activity and address Law Enforcement’s efforts to combat heroin-related crimes in the city and the county. (c) Public Health Measures. This analysis shall focus on the availability of heroin and other prescription opioid addiction treatment programs in Chicago and Cook County, treatment capacity and funding, and ways in which the city and the county can coordinate with other government agencies and not-for-profit entities to offer heroin and other prescription opioid addiction prevention and treatment services. (d) Public Awareness. This analysis shall focus on potential prevention education and community awareness campaigns. SECTION 2. (a) The Cook-Chicago Task Force Against Heroin shall consist of the following appointees from Cook County: Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, Commissioner Richard R. Boykin, a designee of Cook County Sheriff, a designee of the Cook County State’s Attorney, a designee of the Cook County Public Defender, a designee of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, and a designee of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System. (b) The Cook-Chicago Task Force Against Heroin shall consist of the following appointees from the City of Chicago: Aldermen Edward M. Burke, Pat Dowell, Leslie Hairston, George A. Cardenas, Willie B. Cochran, Ariel E. Reboyras, Emma A. Mitts, a designee of the Chicago Police Department, a designee of the Chicago Fire Department, a designee of the Office of Emergency Management & Communications, a designee of the Chicago Department of Public Health, and a designee of the Department of Law. (c) The advisory task force shall additionally consult with the Medical Examiner of Cook County, the Chicago Public Schools, school district officials of other municipalities in Cook County, medical professionals, advocates of drug addiction treatment programs, and other government officials and experts when addressing heroin-related issues in the City of Chicago and Cook County. SECTION 3. The Cook-Chicago Task Force Against Heroin shall report its findings to the President of the Cook County Board and the Cook County Board of Commissioners within 60 days.
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Awarded July 29, 2015 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS AND HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN DESIGN FOR NON-UNION EMPLOYEES AND OFFICIALS WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 5 of the Annual Appropriation Bill and Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2015, the Cook County Board of Commissioners (“Board of Commissioners”) provided that “[i]n the event that union employees receive cost of living adjustments in fiscal year 2015 as a result of negotiated and approved 2012-2016 collective bargaining agreements, non-union employees shall also receive cost of living adjustments” subject to the approval of the Budget Director, Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources and the Board of Commissioners; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners have approved salary adjustments and general wage increases for a large number of Cook County employees covered under collective bargaining agreements with said changes being both retroactive and prospective; and WHEREAS, in consideration of the 2015 Budget Resolution, the Interim Budget Director and the Interim Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources have worked to recommend appropriate salary adjustments for the County’s non-union workforce which could be implemented in fiscal year 2015 and going forward; and WHEREAS, in order to achieve cost savings, it is recommended that any increase in salary for the County’s non-union workforce be prospective in nature and not retroactive and that step increases be frozen for the County’s non-union workforce in fiscal year 2016; and WHEREAS, it is recommended that all Grade 23 and lower non-union County employees receive a non-compounded 4.5% cost of living increase effective the first pay period of October, 2015; and WHEREAS, it is recommended that all Grade 24 and Grade 24 Equivalent positions receive an increase effective the first pay period in October, 2015; however, said increase will be tied to length in current position and certain salaried positions will be exempt from such increase; and WHEREAS, it is recommended that all non-union employees unless otherwise exempt herein shall receive a compounded 2% cost of living in the 2016 fiscal year with said increase taking effect on December 1, 2015; and WHEREAS, in order to match the union increases provided in the Collective Bargaining Agreements for the period of December 1, 2012 through November 30, 2017, it is contemplated that additional increases may be provided in fiscal year 2017; and WHEREAS, in addition to providing cost of living adjustments for the County’s non-union workforce, it is further recommended that the health plan revisions implemented for the unionized workforce include the County’s non-union employees and elected officials; and WHEREAS, the proposed health plan revisions impact both plan designs and employee contributions and are recommended to be implemented effective December 1, 2015 with additional contributions taking effect in fiscal year 2016; and WHEREAS, the proposed revised health plans continue to provide excellent benefits coverage at reasonable rates to participating employees and officials; and WHEREAS, the County continues to review benefit options for all participating employees and officials; and WHEREAS, these healthcare plan revisions are a necessary improvement with both positive financial and administrative impacts. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby resolve that the following cost of living adjustments be provided for the County’s non-union workforce by the Budget Director and the Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources: Section 1. All Grade 23 and lower non-union County employees shall receive a non-compounded 4.5% cost of living increase effective the first pay period of October, 2015. Section 2. All Grade 24 and Grade 24 Equivalent (including, but not limited to Grades A35, A34, A33, A32, A31, D12, D11, D10, NS2, NS3, NS4, and NS5) employees in their current position as of June 1, 2013 shall receive a non-compounded 4.5% cost of living increase effective the first pay period of October, 2015. All Grade 24 and Grade 24 Equivalent employees with a current annual salary of $200,000 or greater shall not be eligible for this cost of living increase nor should employees in a K12 position be eligible for the cost of living increase. Section 3. All Grade 24 and Grade 24 Equivalent (including, but not limited to Grades A35, A34, A33, A32, A31, D12, D11, D10, NS2, NS3, NS4, and NS5) employees in their current position on or after June 2, 2013 through June 1, 2014 shall receive a non-compounded 3.5% cost of living increase effective the first pay period of October, 2015. All Grade 24 and Grade 24 Equivalent employees with a current annual salary of $200,000 or greater shall not be eligible for this cost of living increase nor should employees in a K12 position be eligible for the cost of living increase. Section 4. All Grade 24 and Grade 24 Equivalent (including, but not limited to Grades A35, A34, A33, A32, A31, D12, D11, D10, NS2, NS3, NS4, and NS5) employees in their current position on or after June 2, 2014 through June 1, 2015 shall receive a non-compounded 2.0% cost of living increase effective the first pay period of October, 2015. All Grade 24 and Grade 24 Equivalent employees with a current annual salary of $200,000 or greater shall not be eligible for this cost of living increase nor should employees in a K12 position be eligible for the cost of living increase. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners recommend that the 2016 Budget provide for a compounded 2.0% cost of living increase for all non-union employees except those Grade 24 or Grade 24 Equivalent positions with a current annual salary of $200,000 or greater; and positions that are a Grade K12; said increase for applicable positions shall take effect on December 1, 2015; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President and Cook County Board of Commissioners do hereby recommend that step increases for the County’s non-union workforce be frozen in the County’s 2016 fiscal year; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby approve the County’s healthcare plan to be revised along with any duly procured alternative health plans as follows for all non-union employees and officials eligible to receive health benefits: Item Effective 12/1/15 Classic Blue Eliminate HMO OOP Maximum $1,600/$3,200 HMO Accident/Illness $15 HMO Urgent Care $15 HMO Specialists $20 HMO ER $75 PPO Deductible $350/$700 PPO OOP Maximum $1,600/$3,200 PPO Accident/Illness 90% after $25 PPO Specialist 90% after $35 PPO ER $75 Rx $10/$25/$40 Generic Step Therapy Implement Mandatory Maintenance Choice Implement Healthcare Contributions as legally permissible Additional 1.0% of salary aggregate increase (.50% on 12/1/15 and .50% increase on 12/1/16) BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President and Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby support and approve the economic package including wage increases and step freeze for the County’s non-union workforce as provided herein and supports and approves the proposed healthcare plan design changes and healthcare contributions in fiscal year 2016 for eligible non-union County employees and officials as permissible by law.
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Awarded July 29, 2015 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION APPROVING HEALTHCARE WHEREAS, the Illinois Public Employee Labor Relations Act (5 ILCS 315/1 et seq.) has established regulations regarding collective bargaining with a union; and WHEREAS, an negotiated agreement has been reached on modifications to the Cook County Health Plan for the period of December 1, 2012 through November 30, 2017 between the County of Cook and the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) representing Locals: 2226 Correctional Lieutenants; 2264 County Police Officers; 3692 Correctional Sergeants; and 3958 County Police Sergeants; and WHEREAS, the current healthcare plan shall be revised as follows: Item 12/1/15 Classic Blue Eliminate HMO OOP Maximum $1,600/$3,200 HMO Accident/Illness $15 HMO Urgent Care $15 HMO Specialists $20 HMO ER $75 PPO Deductible $350/$700 PPO OOP Maximum $1,600/$3,200 PPO Accident/Illness 90% after $25 PPO Specialist 90% after $35 PPO ER $75 RX $10/$25/$40 Generic Step Therapy Implement Mandatory Maintenance Choice Implement Healthcare Contributions Additional 1 percent of salary increase (.50 percent increase on 12/1/15 and .50 percent increase on 12/1/16) NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby approve the healthcare revisions as provided by the Bureau of Human Resources.
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Awarded June 10, 2015 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT CHARLES R. MIDDLETON ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT WHEREAS, after more than a decade of service, Roosevelt University President Charles R. Middleton has announced that he will retire on June 30, 2015; and WHEREAS, as the fifth President of Roosevelt University, President Charles R. Middleton has transformed Roosevelt University in important ways since his arrival in 2002; and WHEREAS, Charles R. Middleton’s strategic and mission-driven leadership has transformed Roosevelt University; and WHEREAS, during his tenure at Roosevelt Charles R. Middleton has elevated the image of the University, led the expansion of the faculty, strengthened its curriculum and improved its facilities; and, WHEREAS, Charles R. Middleton’s commitment as President of Roosevelt University to the success of the University’s students, faculty and staff has always been unwavering and a true embodiment of Roosevelt University’s guiding theme of social justice; and WHEREAS, among noteworthy accomplishments, Charles R. Middleton changed Roosevelt University’s climate from one that serves primarily part-time adult students to an institution for more traditional-age full-time students; he created a sixth college, the College of Pharmacy; he hired a record number of new full-time faculty members; he instituted a flat-rate tuition program; he resumed intercollegiate athletics for men and developed an intercollegiate athletics program for women; and he improved University facilities with construction of Roosevelt’s 32-story Wabash Building and the Goodman Center; and WHEREAS, throughout his tenure as President Charles R. Middleton has worked collaboratively with the Board of Trustees and the University community; and WHEREAS, Roosevelt University and the community it serves, which includes Cook County, have been fortunate that Charles R. Middleton has been Roosevelt University’s chief executive during a time of great change in higher education and at Roosevelt University; and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the President and the Board of Commissioners of Cook County that Charles R. Middleton is to be congratulated on a remarkable educational career; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the President and the Board of Commissioners of Cook County extend their very best wishes to Charles R. Middleton on the occasion of his retirement, with appreciation for his contributions to Roosevelt University and Cook County.
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Awarded June 10, 2015 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION APPROVING ECONOMIC PACKAGE INCLUDING WAGE INCREASES AND HEALTHCARE WHEREAS, the Illinois Public Employee Labor Relations Act (5 ILCS 315/1 et seq.) has established regulations regarding collective bargaining with a union; and WHEREAS, a Collective Bargaining Agreement for the period of December 1, 2012 through November 30, 2017 has been negotiated between the County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board, Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union Local 200 (RWDSU Local 200) representing Health & Hospital System Administrative Assistants III’s and IV’s, Talent Management Assistants, Talent Management Specialists, Human Resource Specialists and Recruitment and Selection Analyst; and WHEREAS, a Collective Bargaining Agreement for the period of December 1, 2012 through November 30, 2017 has been negotiated between the County of Cook and the Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board, Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union Local 200 (RWDSU Local 200) representing Health & Hospital System Administrative Assistants V’s; and WHEREAS salary adjustments and general wage increases are reflected in the Salary Schedules included in the Collective Bargaining Agreements negotiated between the County of Cook and RWDSU Local 200; and (a) effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2013 the pay rates for all classifications shall be increased 1.00% (b) effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2014 the pay rates for all classifications shall be increased 1.50% (c) effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2015 the pay rates for all classifications shall be increased 2.00% (d) effective the first full pay period on or after December 1, 2015 the pay rates for all classifications shall be increased 2.00% (e) effective the first full pay period on or after December 1, 2016 the pay rates for all classifications shall be increased 2.25% (f) effective the first full pay period on or after June 1, 2017 the pay rates for all classifications shall be increased 2.00% WHEREAS, the current healthcare plan shall be revised as follows: Item 12/1/15 Classic Blue Eliminate HMO OOP Maximum $1,600/$3,200 HMO Accident/Illness $15 HMO Urgent Care $15 HMO Specialists $20 HMO ER $75 PPO Deductible $350/$700 PPO OOP Maximum $1,600/$3,200 PPO Accident/Illness 90% after $25 PPO Specialist 90% after $35 PPO ER $75 RX $10/$25/$40 Generic Step Therapy Implement Mandatory Maintenance Choice Implement Healthcare Contributions Additional 1 percent of salary aggregate increase (.50 percent increase on 12/1/2015 and .50 percent increase on 12/1/2016) NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby approve the economic package including wage increases and healthcare as provided by the Bureau of Human Resources.
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Awarded April 29, 2015 · Term not stated · not stated
JOB ORDER CONTRACT Department: Department of Capital Planning & Policy Summary: The Department of Capital Planning & Policy, as authorized by the Cook County Chief Procurement Officer, plans to participate in the Cook County’s Job Order Contract (JOC) program to complete the twelve (12) capital projects listed below. JOC is a quantity based procurement process that allows facility owners to complete a multitude of repair/maintenance and construction projects with a single, competitively bid contract. The JOC process generally involves first selecting a pool of potential contractors through a competitive procurement process, and then identifying projects for such selected contractors. The County has already completed a JOC competitive procurement process, and it has created the pool of generated contractors to perform certain projects generally associated with Maintenance, repairs, replacement and routine work. The JOC program has an administrative component managed by the Gordian Group. The Gordian Group maintains an area price book, which captures the prices for specific construction work items within this region. JOC contractors bid against the prices included in the price book. The cost, therefore, of any work performed by the contractor is a contractor markup form the price book. The Gordian Group would receive 5% administrative fee from Cook County based on the total project cost of the work. The Gordian Group will manage the JOC process and will verify that all proposals and work are compliant with the terms and conditions outlined in the JOC contract within the County. The Department of Capital Planning & Policy, proposes to assign the projects listed below to the Gordian Group to share with participating JOC contractors. Project Descriptions: 1. Countywide Emergency Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) and Expansion - After a systemic review by the County’s DCPP and BOT it was determined that the existing backup power systems are beyond their useful life as well as need for providing additional capacity to existing UPS or in some cases providing backup power where no system of this type existed. A power outage without a sufficient back up power (e.g. UPS, generator), would have negative impact on the County’s ability to conduct business. 2. DOC Security Enhancements to Inmate Areas - This project will provide added security enhancements to existing Inmate Areas at the DOC. Provide new vinyl flooring with integral cove base, and replace/provide new cushion at walls in designated Cermak areas per DOJ request. Provide entry card readers to existing Medical Areas. Provide new secure enclosures for battery operated CPAP machines. 3. Skokie Courthouse ADA Holding Cell Alterations - Recent Federal Court and the Department of Justice actions have led to required alterations in detention areas and jails. The holding cells have not been altered since the building was built in 1980. Requirements of detainees with disabilities have increased in recent years and the facility lacks the physical infrastructure to meet their requirements. 4. Bridgeview Courthouse ADA Holding Cell Alterations - Recent Federal Court and the Department of Justice actions have led to required alterations in detention areas and jails. The holding cells have not been altered since the building was built in 1989. Requirements of detainees with disabilities have increased in recent years and the facility lacks the physical infrastructure to meet their requirements. 5. Markham Courthouse ADA Holding Cell Alterations - Recent Federal Court and the Department of Justice actions have led to required alterations in detention areas and jails. The holding cells have not been altered since the building was built in 1977. Requirements of detainees with disabilities have increased in recent years and the facility lacks the physical infrastructure to meet their requirements. 6. Maywood Courthouse ADA Holding Cell Alterations - Recent Federal Court and the Department of Justice actions have led to required alterations in detention areas and jails. The holding cells have not been altered since the building was built in 1975. Requirements of detainees with disabilities have increased in recent years and the facility lacks the physical infrastructure to meet their requirements. 7. Rolling Meadows Courthouse ADA Holding Cell Alterations - Recent Federal Court and the Department of Justice actions have led to required alterations in detention areas and jails. The holding cells have not been altered since the building was built in 1987. Requirements of detainees with disabilities have increased in recent years and the facility lacks the physical infrastructure to meet their requirements. 8. Provident Hospital Boiler Tube Replacement - A recent inspection by Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals Organization (JACO) some issues were identified that need to be addressed. This project involves the removal and replacement of the following; remove and replace existing pre-heat coils in 10 of the Heating Ventilating Air Conditioning units, and the removal and replacement of the boiler tubing and the boiler tubing sheets in order to provide proper heating, conditioning and ventilation. 9. CCAB Adult Probation Renovation - This project will renovate the existing open office space due to significant water infiltration from Plaza leaks. Reconfiguration of the same space with new furniture in order to accommodate 60+ new employees. The entire space will be build out for 205 employees to meet current County Space Standards. 10. New Building-E at Oak Forest Hospital Elevator Modernization - This project will provide upgrades to the existing elevators at New Building E at Oak Forest Hospital. The elevators are over 25 years old, (beyond useful life) and upgrades are required to bring to current code, to address increase in use and rectify issues with obsolete parts required for operation. 11. Stroger Hospital Pharmacy Flooring - This project will provide corrective changes to the existing space in order to provide a safe working environment. This project estimated cost is $225,000. 12. Countywide HH Emergency Power System Upgrade - This project consist of addressing emergency backup power deficiencies found at various County buildings within CF-Corporate Facilities, PS-Public Safety & HH-Health &Hospitals portfolio. Backup power and related systems will be upgraded, and/or replaced, including UPS systems for mini-servers, generator controls & monitoring devices, and other ancillary backup power supply devices. This project estimated cost is $710,000.00. Budgets: Countywide Emergency Power System Upgrade $680,000.00 DOC Security Enhancements to Inmate Areas $950,000.00 Skokie Courthouse ADA Holding Cell Alterations $300,000.00 Bridgeview Courthouse ADA Holding Cell Alterations $300,000.00 Markham Courthouse ADA Holding Cell Alterations $300,000.00 Maywood Courthouse ADA Holding Cell Alterations $200,000.00 Rolling Meadows Courthouse ADA Holding Cell Alterations $300,000.00 Provident Hospital Boiler Tube Replacement $450,000.00 CCAB Adult Probation Renovation $2,415,000.00 New Building-E at Oak Forest Hospital Elevator Modernization $342,000.00 Stroger Hospital Pharmacy Flooring $225,000.00 Countywide HH Emergency Power System Upgrade $710,000.00 Total $7,172,000.00 Schedule: Countywide Emergency Power System Upgrade|18 Months DOC Security Enhancements to Inmate Areas|5 Months Skokie Courthouse ADA Holding Cell Alterations|4 Months Bridgeview Courthouse ADA Holding Cell Alterations|4 Months Markham Courthouse ADA Holding Cell Alterations|4 Months Maywood Courthouse ADA Holding Cell Alterations|4 Months Rolling Meadows Courthouse ADA Holding Cell Alterations|4 Months Provident Hospital Boiler Tube Replacement|5 Months CCAB Adult Probation Renovation|4 Months New Building-E at Oak Forest Hospital Elevator Modernization|4 Months Stroger Hospital Pharmacy Flooring|6 Months Countywide HH Emergency Power System Upgrade|12 Months Account(s):
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Awarded March 11, 2015 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN MEMORY OF NARENDRA S. PATEL WHEREAS, Almighty God in his infinite wisdom has called Narendra S. Patel from our midst; and WHEREAS, Mr. Patel, who was born on November 9, 1942, was a great humanitarian and philanthropist who graced others with his love, care and generosity; and WHEREAS, Mr. Patel graduated from Gujrat State University of India in 1969 with a degree in pharmacy; and WHEREAS, Mr. Patel was the President, CEO and owner of Medstar Laboratory, Inc. in Hillside, Illinois for 13 years; and WHEREAS, Mr. Patel was the loving husband of Sumitra Patel, the devoted father of two sons, Neal and Raj Patel, and the doting grandfather of four grandchildren, Nishal, Shriya, Ronak and Raveen; and WHEREAS, Mr. Patel was the caring brother of Ms. Beena Patel, together they served on numerous humanitarian and not for profit organizations; and WHEREAS, Mr. Patel served as the president of Care & Share USA International, an organization that helped build 100 houses for 2004 tsunami victims in India and a school for disadvantaged children in India; and WHEREAS, Mr. Patel was recognized as an “Outstanding Asian American in Community and Leadership” in 2007, he received the Distinguished Community Service Award from the City of Chicago, and many other honors; and WHEREAS, Mr. Patel will be missed by his family and friends, although remembrances of his spirit will live on in our hearts forever. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the President and Board of Commissioners of Cook County offer their deepest condolences and most heartfelt sympathy to the family and many friends of Narendra Patel, and join them in sorrow at this time. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this text be spread upon the official proceedings of this Honorable Body, and a suitable copy of the same be tendered to the family of Narendra Patel, that his memory may be so honored and ever cherished.
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Awarded March 11, 2015 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION RESOLUTION URGING COOK COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS TO TRAIN AND EQUIP THEIR PERSONNEL WITH NALOXONE WHEREAS, the use of heroin and the abuse of prescription opioids has been detrimental to the public health of Cook County. In 2013, opioid abuse has led to 383 deaths in Cook County. Of these deaths, 234 were related to heroin overdoses; and WHEREAS, heroin is a highly addictive and deadly drug and is the most abused opiate in the Chicago area. In 2010, Chicago metropolitan hospitals recorded 24,360 admissions where heroin use was mentioned as a contributing factor. New York ranked second with 12,226 heroin mentions in a five-borough analysis during the same period; and WHEREAS, according to U.S. Senator Mark Kirk’s October 6, 2014 press release, “Kirk Launches Suburban Anti-Heroin Task Force,” 390 people have died as a result of heroin overdoses in Lake, McHenry, Kane, DuPage, Kendall, and Will County, since 2012; and WHEREAS, it is estimated that in Chicago in 2009, opioid misuse and abuse resulted in 1,080 emergency room visits; and WHEREAS, it is reported that 2.4 million people nation-wide are addicted to opiates. The 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, found that heroin use increased by 67.3% from 2002 to 2012 among persons aged 12 years and older; and WHEREAS, the administration of the life-saving drug naloxone can successfully reverse the effects of opioid overdose and save lives; and WHEREAS, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has urged federal law enforcement agencies to train and equip personnel who might interact with heroin overdose victims with naloxone; and WHEREAS, U.S. Senator Mark Kirk has launched an Anti-Heroin Taskforce, comprised of State’s Attorneys and Coroners from Cook, Lake, DuPage, Will, McHenry, Kendall and Kane counties, to raise awareness of the risk of heroin and prescription drug abuse; and WHEREAS, first responders, law enforcement, and healthcare members have been trained and equipped with naloxone in the surrounding counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake and Will. Many responders having successfully administered the drug, saving numerous lives; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Cook County Board of Commissioners support Senator Kirk's efforts and encourage first responders, law enforcement, and healthcare professionals in the County of Cook to train and equip their members with naloxone, as soon as possible, in order for them to save individuals at risk of opioid overdose.
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Awarded January 21, 2015 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION HONORING THE OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF JULIE HAMOS, DIRECTOR OF THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHCARE AND FAMILY SERVICES AND THANKING HER FOR HELPING THE COOK COUNTY HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM WHEREAS, as director of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, Julie Hamos has been an advocate and supporter of healthcare in Illinois. She worked tirelessly to insure that Illinois government was strong and smart enough to convert the noblest of aspirations into practical and sustainable realities that have immeasurably improved the delivery of healthcare to all in Illinois; and WHEREAS, as director of the largest state agency in Illinois with a budget of nearly $20 billion and with over 2,400 employees, Julie Hamos was a leader who was known as a champion of the poor and disabled in the face of huge cutbacks, bureaucratic hurdles and constricting deadlines; as a thoughtful proponent of programs to address social injustices and as a principled and innovative thinker who recognized that good health policy did not have to be at odds with good government. Julie Hamos was so frequently ahead of her time she came to be understood more as a statesman than a politician; and WHEREAS, as director of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services she was responsible for implementing Medicaid expansion under national healthcare reform and she worked in partnership with the Cook County Health and Hospital System to improve Cook County. Because of that successful expansion nearly one-hundred-thousand previously uninsured Cook County residents had early access to preventive and emergency services, mental health care and prescription drugs under national health care reform. Her term will inevitably be remembered for its launching of a major redesign of Medicaid with care coordination for Medicaid clients that has led to the financial stability of the Cook County Health and Hospital System; and WHEREAS, a significant impetus behind Julie Hamos’ achievement and exceptional empathy can be found in the story of her early life and emigration to the United States. Born in Budapest, Hungary to Holocaust survivors, seven-year-old Julie, her brother and parents escaped at the height of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 and settled in Cleveland, Ohio. The courage and hard work necessary to adapt to a new country and culture made an imprint and guided her to an education and later a successful career dedicated to creating solutions to assist others who confronted struggles; and WHEREAS, after receiving her law degree in 1975 from George Washington University, Julie Hamos was chosen to be the first staff attorney for a newly formed Subcommittee on Oversight of the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means. In her early days she assisted with implementation of the nation’s first Earned Income Tax Credit. Later, she became legislative and political action director for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees where she focused on policy issues affecting working men and women; and WHEREAS, Julie Hamos came to Illinois to advocate for social justice including the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment; and WHEREAS, Julie Hamos was an advocate for groundbreaking laws; from 1981 to 1984, Hamos served as legislative counsel and policy advisor to then-State's Attorney Richard M. Daley, advocating for the first-ever laws and policies on domestic violence and sexual assault. She was appointed in 1984 as director of the child support division, with oversight of 300,000 child support cases; and WHEREAS, in 1988, Hamos founded Julie E. Hamos & Associates, a public policy and community relations consulting firm and was the Federal Monitor in various Teamster Elections and the Community Coordinator for Development of a Downtown Chicago Circulator Transit System; and WHEREAS, prior to being selected by Governor Quinn to run the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Human Service, Julie Hamos was elected State Representative by the citizens of the 18th District. She was a distinguished member for over 11 years. When she began her work in Springfield she brought with her to the office nearly two decades of experience in public interest policies and community issues as a public interest attorney, legislative counsel, community relations consultant and advocate; and WHEREAS, while a member of the General Assembly, she served as chief sponsor for such key health initiatives as the Illinois Health Information Exchange and Technology Act; the Consumer’s Guide to Health Care; the Children’s Mental Health Act; universal hearing screening for all newborns; and the Older Adults Services Act; and WHEREAS, Julie Hamos’ passion and visionary thinking regarding transit lead to major improvements to transit in Illinois. She also delivered the direction and leadership that created superior alternatives to nursing homes for seniors and the disabled and that ushered in the passage of rental housing subsidies that encouraged innovative and affordable housing options; and WHEREAS, while being consistently regarded as a hard worker and dedicated team player, Julie Hamos’ exceptional abilities have singled her out for distinction. In addition to many other recognitions and awards she has received the “Excellence in Public Service Award” by Motorola Solutions Foundation, Norwegian American Hospital Innovative and Breakthrough Leadership Award, Equal Justice Under Law Business and Professional People for the Public Trust Award, Paul Simon Courage in Public Service Award, Threshold Hero Award, Chicago Women in Trades Award, AARP Senior Independence Award, American Public Transportation Association Local Distinguished Service Award, Illinois Environmental Council Leadership Award, Aaron L. Brown Memorial Public Service Award, she was also named by the Chicago Tribune Business Section as one of the “People to Watch”; and WHEREAS, Julie Hamos has the rare distinction of excelling in each of her pursuits and for which she was regularly honored. She was named a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government for Senior Executives in State and Local Government and named "Top Legislator" by over 50 organizations. Crain's Chicago Business singled her out by including her in their "25 Women to Watch"; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Commissioners of Cook County, on behalf of the 5.2 million residents of Cook County takes great pleasure in honoring and celebrating Julie Hamos and herewith honors her not only for bettering the lives of the citizens of Cook County but the entire state of Illinois; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that January 29, 2015, Julie Hamos’ birthday, be proclaimed Julie Hamos Day in Cook County; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a suitable copy of this Resolution be spread upon the official proceedings of this Honorable Body and that an official copy of the same be tendered to Julie Hamos.
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Awarded December 17, 2014 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED ORDINANCE SWEAT-SHOP FREE PROCUREMENT ARTICLE IV. PROCUREMENT CODE NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Chapter 34, Article IV, Procurement Code, Division 5. Sweatshop-free procurement, Sec. 34-194 to Sec. 34-196 is hereby enacted as follows: Sec. 34-194. Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning. Abusive forms of child labor means (1) work performed by a person under the age of 18 when the person does not voluntarily seek the work or the person is threatened by the person's employer with physical, mental or emotional harm for nonperformance; (2) work performed by a person under the age of 18 in violation of laws of applicable jurisdiction governing the minimum age of employment, hours and conditions of work, compulsory education, or occupational health and safety; or (3) the use of a person under the age of 18 for illegal activities, including, but not limited to, the production or trafficking of illicit drugs or for prostitution. Contract means any contract, purchase order or agreement awarded by any officer or agency of the county for purchasing garments, and whose cost is to be paid from funds belonging to or administered by the county. Contractor means any person, partnership, corporation or other entity, which has a contract with the county. Subcontractor means any person, partnership, corporation or other entity that enters into an agreement with a contractor or other subcontractor for any work under a contract or to produce goods to be purchased by the County under a contract, whether directly or through a broker or agent. Foreign convict or forced labor means any form of labor used to produce or manufacture goods prohibited from importation into the United States under 19 U.S. C. § 1307, which includes abusive forms of child labor and slave labor. Garment means any clothing, including uniforms, footwear, and related clothing accessories, such as hats and caps, ties, scarves, ribbons and shoestrings. Procurement Living Wage means, for domestic manufacturers, a living wage as defined in Chapter 34, Article IV, Sec. 34-160 of this code. Slave labor means any form of slavery or practices similar to slavery, such as the sale or trafficking of persons, debt bondage, indentured servitude, serfdom, forced or compulsory labor, or forced or compulsory recruitment of persons, below the age of 18 for use in armed conflict. Supply chain means any manufacturer or distributor of garments. Sweatshop labor means any work performed by any person under terms or conditions that seriously or repeatedly violate the domestic labor, employment or other workplace laws of the jurisdiction within which the work is performed, including without limitation laws concerning: (i) wages and hours of work: (ii) employee benefits, including paid and unpaid time off from work; (iii) health and safety, including without limitation exposure to hazardous or toxic substances, and building and fire safety; (iv) labor, including without limitation collective bargaining rights and individual employment contracts; (v) discipline, nondiscrimination, harassment, or retaliation, including without limitation all laws prohibiting workplace and employment discrimination; (vii) freedom of association; (viii) forced, convict, and child labor, and (ix) all other conditions of work and employment. For purposes of this section, domestic law includes without limitation international labor and human rights standards that are applicable to the jurisdiction within which the work is performed by virtue of international treaty or convention, including without limitation the International Labor Organization’s 1998 Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Sweatshop labor also means any work performed by any person that constitutes Foreign Convict or Forced Labor, or Abusive Forms of Child Labor or Slave Labor. Sec. 34-195. Sweatshop-free procurement. (a) Any solicitation for a contract advertised or otherwise communicated on or after passage of this section, and any contract entered into as a result of such solicitation shall include a specification that Contractors, both prospectively and, thereafter, if awarded the contract, shall: (1) Disclose to the county, in bids for the contract and, if awarded the contract, thereafter upon the county’s request, in a form prescribed by the chief procurement officer, the prospective contractor’s entire supply chain for the performance of the contract; including the name, address and contact information of all Subcontractors in the Supply chain for such contract; (2) Complete and submit an affidavit with the response or proposal to the solicitation verifying that neither the Contractor nor any of its Subcontractors, in the performance of the contract, shall (i) use Sweatshop labor, Foreign convict labor, Forced labor, Abusive forms of child labor or Slave labor, or (ii) fail to pay the applicable procurement living wage. (iii) The failure to complete and submit the affidavit shall render the contractor’s response or proposal non-responsive. (b) Before evaluating bids for contracts, the chief procurement officer or any other any officer or agency of the county shall exclude a prospective Contractor if: (1) The prospective Contractor has provided insufficient information to establish compliance as set forth herein, despite the prospective contractor having been given notice and opportunity to correct this insufficiency; or (2) There is evidence deemed credible in the opinion of the Chief Procurement Officer that the prospective Contractor or a Subcontractor that the prospective contractor has disclosed pursuant to subsection (a)(1): (i) uses Sweatshop labor, Foreign convict labor, Forced labor, Abusive forms of child labor or Slave labor, (ii) fails to pay the applicable Procurement living wage, despite the prospective Contractor having been given notice and opportunity to rebut the credibility of this evidence, (c) In evaluating bids for contracts, the chief procurement officer or any officer or agency of the county shall in the evaluation of prospective Contractors’ bids make a determination that each prospective Contractor is in compliance with this section. (d) A Contractor’s failure to comply with this section or failure to perform in accordance with the affidavit specified in (a)(2) shall constitute an event of default. In the event of default for failure to comply with this section, the chief procurement officer shall notify the contractor of such noncompliance and will, as appropriate: (i) issue the contractor a 30-day opportunity to cure; (ii) terminate the contract for breach and pursue any and all remedies available under law; (iii) terminate the contract and rebid the remaining contract amount; (iv) retain all monies earned under the contract until compliance with this section is achieved; or (v) assess the contractor with a penalty equal to the greater of $1,000 or 20% of the value of the procured goods. (e) This section shall not be construed to prohibit the county from prosecuting any person who knowingly makes a false statement of material fact to Cook County pursuant to Sec. 34-175 of this Code. (f) The chief procurement officer is authorized to adopt rules and regulations for the proper administration and enforcement of this section. Each County officer or agency of the county, when requested by the chief procurement officer, shall cooperate with the chief procurement officer in the implementation, administration and enforcement of this section by providing relevant information that is in the officer or agency's possession and control, and providing any other assistance that it is feasible for the officer or agency to provide. (g)This section shall not apply to the extent it is preempted by applicable federal or state law or to the extent it conflicts with the terms or conditions of a federal or State of Illinois grant agreement. Sec. 34-196. Severability. If any provision, clause, sentence or paragraph of this division or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect, impair or invalidate any remaining subsection, paragraph, sentence or clause hereof or the application of this Section to any other person or circumstances, and to this end the provisions of this division are declared to be severable. Effective date: This ordinance shall be in effect 30 days after passage.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded November 19, 2014 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE LIFE AND MEMORY OF THE HONORABLE LEVON “LEE” TAMRAZ WHEREAS, Levon “Lee” Tamraz a fifty-eight year highway engineer employee of the Cook County Highway Department and Niles Township Supervisor was a man who devoted his life to work, family, and faith. Lee Tamraz, died on August 31, 2014 at age 79 leaving behind family, countless friends, co-workers and a community enriched for having known him; and WHEREAS, Lee Tamraz was a Supervisor of the Material and Testing Division in the Construction Bureau for the Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways where he served tirelessly for over fifty-eight years. In that capacity he was a key team member on every Cook County highway project and he saw all the major County highways built and rebuilt over the years; and WHEREAS, Lee Tamraz also diligently served Niles Township for over three decades as a Niles Township Board member, as a Trustee and for the last seven years as Supervisor; and WHEREAS, Lee Tamraz was a major force for good in the community. He was a tireless supporter of the Niles Township Food Pantry and his introduction of Niles Township’s Coast2Coast Rx program had a great impact in the lives of many. Because of his support, the Coast2Coast Rx program has helped save more than $1 million in overall drugs costs by providing free prescription drug discount cards; a project that immeasurably improved the lives of Niles Township residents and served as a model for other townships; and WHEREAS, Lee Tamraz proudly served his country and was a veteran of the United States Army. He was an active member of the American Legion Post 134; and WHEREAS, Lee Tamraz was a former Plan Commissioner Member and was a former Chairman of the Morton Grove Traffic and Safety Commission; and WHEREAS, Lee Tamraz’s exceptional dedication and commitment were honored by the Transportation Builders Association who awarded him their “Field of the Industry” award in 2008; and WHEREAS, Lee Tamraz was dedicated to church life and was a prominent member of Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church; and WHEREAS, Lee Tamraz is survived by his daughters Tammy and Catherine Tamraz; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Commissioners of Cook County, on behalf of the 5.2 million residents of Cook County who he served dutifully, commemorates the extraordinary life of Lee Tamraz, and herewith expresses its sincere gratitude for the invaluable and innumerable contributions he has made to the Citizens of Cook County, Illinois; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a suitable copy of this Resolution be spread upon the official proceedings of this Honorable Body and that an official copy of the same be tendered to the family of Lee Tamraz.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded November 19, 2014 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT Department(s): Risk Management Vendor: CaremarkPCS Health, LLC, Northbrook, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute Good(s) or Service(s): Pharmacy Benefits Management Services Contract Value: $204,727,769.92 Contract period: 12/1/2014 - 11/30/2017, with two (2) one (1) year renewal options Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2015 $63,370,948.32, FY 2016 $68,123,769.45, FY 2017 $73,233,052.15 Accounts: 490-181, 499-181, 899-181 Contract Number(s): 1455-13418 Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance. The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: The Risk Management Department is requesting authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to award a contract with CaremarkPCS Health, LLC, otherwise known as CVS/Caremark, for Pharmacy Benefits Management (PBM) Services as a result of a Joint Procurement Request for Proposals (Joint RFP) for the Board of Education of the City of Chicago (CPS), Chicago Park District (CPD), Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and Cook County. This Joint RFP was done in accordance with the County Procurement Code Section 34-142, and the Government Joint Purchasing Act, 30 ILCS 525. CVS/Caremark’s proposal is the most financially and administratively compelling multi-year offer to the Cook County membership, and they continue to offer advantages to manage pharmacy including Pharmacy Advisor, Maintenance Choice, and Specialty programs. This contract will provide eligible Cook County employees and their dependents with prescription drug benefits for retail and mail-order services. The proposed contract is for a three (3) year period with two (2) one (1) year renewal options.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded October 8, 2014 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED PAYMENT APPROVAL Department(s): Bureau of Human Resources Action: Requesting approval of payment to Deloitte Consulting, LLP Payee: Deloitte Consulting, LLP, Chicago, Illinois Good(s) or Service(s): Health & Group Benefits Consulting Fiscal Impact: $30,733.00 Accounts: 490-261 Contract Number(s): 13-30-069 as amended Summary: On 7/23/2014, the Board of Commissioners approved Contract No. 1430-13181, retaining Price Waterhouse Coopers, LLP (PwC) as the new benefits consulting firm for Collective Bargaining negotiations. In order to facilitate an orderly transition, Deloitte Consulting, LLP continued to serve through the month of June, with Price Waterhouse Coopers, LLP (PwC) providing professional benefits consulting services as of 8/1/2014. Authorization is requested to pay Deloitte Consulting, LLP the project fee provided under the consulting agreement.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded September 10, 2014 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION RESOLUTION HONORING JOHN LEOPARDO WHEREAS, The Italian American Chamber of Commerce will honor John Leopardo with its Italian Legacy Award on October 4, 2014; and WHEREAS, John Leopardo is the vice president of Leopardo Construction; and WHEREAS, founded in 1979 by James A. Leopardo, Leopardo Construction is a recognized leader in construction, design-build, and commercial real estate development with the resources to build world-class projects across nearly every major sector; and WHEREAS, Leopardo Construction has grown continuously and today employs more than 300 industry professionals; and WHEREAS, the company has been recognized by its peers, clients, and the media for consistently performing at the very top of the industry and has won nearly every award the industry as to offer; and WHEREAS, Leopardo Construction has completed projects for many of the world’s most recognized consumer brands, such as Apple, Borders, Canon, CVS/pharmacy, Harley-Davidson, Honda, and Radio Flyer, to name a few. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby congratulate John Leopardo; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a suitable copy of this resolution be prepared and presented to John Leopardo.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded September 10, 2014 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT Department(s): Risk Management Vendor: CorVel Corporation, Irvine, California Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute Good(s) or Service(s): Workers’ Compensation Administration Services Contract Value: $6,000,000.00 Contract period: 10/1/2014 - 9/30/2017, with two (2) one (1) year renewal options Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2014, $666,666.67; FY 2015, $2,000,000.00; FY 2016, $2,000,000.00; FY 2017, $1,333,333.33 Accounts: 542-845 Contract Number(s): 1313-13179 Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance. The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: A Request for Proposals (RFP) for Workers’ Compensation Administrative Services was released in February 2014 in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Corvel Corporation was selected based on established evaluation criteria. Both Risk Management and the Office of the State’s Attorney participated in the procurement process in order to provide a comprehensive view of the required services. If awarded, this contract will provide services to support the worker’s compensation program and the appropriate handling of workers compensation claims. CorVel presents an integrated electronic Medical Bill Review process with an approved Preferred Provider Program licensed through the State of Illinois. Adjusters may further utilize Medical Case Management services, Utilization Review services, Independent Medical Evaluation services, durable medical equipment, pharmacy and vocational rehabilitation services in the handling of worker’s compensation claims depending on the nature and complexity of a given claim.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded September 10, 2014 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED LEASE AMENDMENT Department: Real Estate Management Request: Approval of a Fifth Amendment to Lease Landlord: County of Cook Tenant: Care Center Pharmacy, LLC Location: 69 West Washington Street, Lower Level Pedway LL-12 Term/Extension Period: 12/1/2014 - 11/30/2017 Space Occupied: 1,200 square feet Monthly Rent: Annual Monthly PSF $34,836.00 $2,903.00 $29.03 Fiscal Impact: Revenue Generating Accounts: N/A Option to Renew: N/A Termination: In the event the Vendor Contract is not renewed or is terminated prior to 11/30/2017, either party may terminate this Lease upon thirty (30) days’ notice at any time Utilities Included: Tenant pays for electricity metered to premises Summary: The Fifth Amendment extends the term of the lease for space located on the Pedway level of the George W. Dunne Office Building at 69 West Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois. This Tenant is an affiliate of the entity currently under contract to provide the County’s prescription benefits. The proposed rental rate is within the range of current market rates...end
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded July 23, 2014 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT Department(s): Risk Management, Bureau of Human Resources Vendor: PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (PwC), Chicago, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute Good(s) or Service(s): Health & Group Benefits Consulting Contract Value: $1,704,332.48: Category 1 (RM) - $1,063,050; Category 2 (HR) - $641,282.48 Contract period: 8/1/2014 - 7/31/2017 with two (2) one (1) year renewal options Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: Category 1: FY 2014, $147,645.85; FY 2015, $354,350.00; FY 2016, $354,350.00; FY 201, $206,704.19; Category 2: FY 2014, $89,066.97; FY 2015, $213,760.80; FY 2016, $213,760.80; FY 2017, $124,693.87 Accounts: Category 1 - 490-176, Category 2 - 490-261 Contract Number(s): 1430-13181 Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance. The Chief Procurement Officer concurs Summary: A Request for Proposals for Health & Group Benefits Consulting was released in 12/2013. Throughout the procurement process PwC’s proposal was evaluated based on pre-established evaluation criteria for the County’s required services for Category 1 - Risk Management and Category 2 - Human Resources. PwC thoroughly and appropriately responded to the outlined needs. For both the Risk Management Department and Bureau of Human Resources services, the contract has a combined total maximum not-to-exceed amount of $1,704,332.48 over three years with two one-year renewal options. If awarded, PwC will provide a variety of services for the Risk Management Department and the Bureau of Human Resources, including the collaborative development of a multi-year Health and Group Benefits strategy. As directed by Risk Management, PwC will be responsible for the analysis and assessment of the current health and group benefits plans and provide ongoing expertise, advice and analysis on benefits questions and issues, assist with employee engagement tactics, and assist with compliance efforts with applicable benefit laws such as the Affordable Care Act and HIPAA-HITECH. They will also provide renewal and negotiation services for the County's benefits vendors, including review of performance guarantees and evaluation of vendor performance. Finally, PwC will assist with issuing and reviewing vendor Requests for Proposals issued by the County. PwC will perform a number of services for Human Resources, including strategic assistance to leadership involved in union negotiations. This includes development of alternate plan models, benchmarking, and providing pricing models that display the financial impact of proposed benefit changes. They will attend and support meetings and presentations with County leadership, benefits vendors and administrators, the County's labor negotiations team, and union representatives as well as provide ancillary services regarding the employee benefits plans necessary to implement negotiated changes.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded April 9, 2014 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED RESOLUTION TIFFANY OTIS-ALBERT PROMOTION WHEREAS, Tiffany Otis-Albert was recently promoted to President and CEO of LifeSecure Insurance Company in Brighton, Michigan; and WHEREAS, Tiffany Otis-Albert served as the director of External Sales Distribution and Strategic Sales for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) and is part of the Middle and Small Group team within Group Business and Corporate Marketing (GBCM), with responsibility for enterprise relationships with managing agents, agents, chambers and associations; and WHEREAS, Tiffany has been in the health care industry more than 20 years, and prior to joining BCBSM in 2010; and WHEREAS, Tiffany served as Senior Vice President of Client Management for Cofinity, a subsidiary of Aetna, her responsibilities included all account management and payer service activity for Cofinity’s traditional medical network access business, transplant network, health management, out-of-network claims solutions, dental, vision, credentialing, specialty pharmacy, and fraud and abusive prevention services. As a sales leader, she also served as Vice President of National Accounts for newly-created Cofinity: and WHEREAS, before Cofinity’s inception, Tiffany held several leadership positions at PPOM, including Vice President of Corporate sales and provider services, where she gained invaluable provider negotiations experience; and WHEREAS, she began her career as a computer programmer in the Information Technology (IT) department, and has also worked in operations and provider contracting; and WHEREAS, Tiffany is a member of numerous professional organizations, including the National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU), where she is Past President of the Metro Detroit Association of Health underwriters (MDAHU) and also Past President of the Michigan Association of Health Underwriters (MAHU), having previously served as Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, among other roles; and WHEREAS, Tiffany was the first African-American to serve as President of both the state and Metro Detroit Chapters; and WHEREAS, under Tiffany’s leadership, MAHU was recognized nationally for outstanding chapter management, and was the sole recipient of the Large State Membership Award; and WHEREAS, Tiffany qualified for NAHU’s Leading Producers Round Table (LPRT) Golden Eagle Carrier Management for eight consecutive years; and WHEREAS, throughout her career, Tiffany has held membership in the Self Insurance Institute of America (SIIA), the American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations (AAPPO) and America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP); and WHEREAS, she also served on the Leadership Council of the American Lung Association of the Midland States (ALAM), the Development Committee for the Anti-Defamation League and also served as Financial Secretary for the Motor City Chapter of Jack and Jill of America; and WHEREAS, Tiffany is a Past President of the Michigan Pro Athlete Charity (MPAC), formerly the Detroit Lions Professional Retired Football Players Charity Board, and previously served on the Development Committee for the Coalition on Temporary Shelter (COTS), as well as having volunteered in various capacities with Alternatives for Girls, Focus: HOPE, Yatooma’s Foundation for The Kids, and the City of Hope; and WHEREAS, Tiffany is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, an Alumnus of Leadership Oakland and Leadership Detroit, she received the 2006 Leadership Oakland Distinguished Leader Award for Corporate Leadership; and WHEREAS, Tiffany was named to Who’s Who in Black Detroit in 2011, is a graduate of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and resides in Northville with her husband, Derek, and their three children. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners, on behalf of the residents of Cook County does hereby salute and congratulate Tiffany Otis-Albert on her promotion to President and CEO of LifeSecure Insurance Company in Brighton, Michigan and wish her success on all of her future endeavors. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution is tendered to Ms. Tiffany Otis-Albert for this auspicious occasion and a copy be spread upon the official proceedings of this Honorable Body.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded January 15, 2014 · Term not stated · not stated
Workers’ Compensation Claim Employee: Patrice Hayes Job Title: Pharmacy Technician Department: Stroger Hospital Date of Incident: 10/17/2011 Incident/Activity: Struck by a heavy capsule while retrieving prescriptions from the tubing system Accidental Injuries: Tear of the left wrist and left small finger pip joint effusion Petition and Order No: 11 WC 29665 Claim Amount: $35,593.74 Attorney: Cory M. Boyer, of Malman Law, 205 West Randolph Street, Suite 610, Chicago, IL 60606 Date of Subcommittee Approval: N/A Prior/pending claims: None
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded November 13, 2013 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT Department(s): Risk Management Vendor: Caremark/CVS, LLC, Northbrook, Illinois Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to increase contract by $46,500,000.00 and extend for one (1) year Good(s) or Service(s): Pharmacy Benefit Management Services Contract Period: 12/1/2010 - 11/30/2013 Contract Period Extension: 12/1/2013 - 11/30/2014 Current Contract Amount Authority: $140,400,000.00 Board Approved: 05/18/2010, $140,400,000.00 Board Increase(s): N/A Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s): N/A This Increase Requested: $46,500,000.00 Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2014 $46,500,000.00 Accounts: 490-176, 499-176 and 899-176 to be charged monthly to the respective accounts based on actual utilization. Contract Number(s): 04-41-875 (Amended to include 2010 pricing commitment) Concurrences: The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance. The Chief Procurement Officer concurs. Summary: Caremark/CVS provides pharmacy benefits management services to eligible Cook County employees and their dependents. This contract was originally awarded as a result of a 2010 Request for Proposals in coordination with the City of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools, City Colleges of Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority and Chicago Park District. It resulted in this three (3) year contract with two (2) one (1) year renewal options; this amendment represents the first option for renewal. Caremark has agreed to implement a pricing improvement retroactive to 9/1/2013. The expiration of the current contract is 11/30/2013.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded November 13, 2013 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED LEASE AMENDMENT Department: Real Estate Management Request: Approval of a First Amendment to Lease Landlord: PBMT Partnership Tenant: County of Cook for use by Adult Probation Department Location: 1640 W. Walnut Street, Chicago, Illinois Term/Extension Period: 12/1/2013 - 8/31/2019 Space Occupied: 40,000 Square feet Monthly Rent: Office Lease: Base Rent: Monthly Annually 12/1/2013-11/30/2014 $43,333.33 $520,000.00 12/1/2014-11/30/2015 $43,875.00 $526,500.00 12/1/2015-11/30.2016 $44,423.44 $533,081.28 12/1/2016-11/30/2017 $44,978.71 $539,744.52 12/1/2017-11/30/2018 $45,540.90 $546,490.80 12/1/2018-8/31/2019 $46,110.09 $553,321.08 Fiscal Impact: $3,219,137.68 Accounts: 280-660 Option to Renew: N/A Termination: By Tenant, on or after 12/1/2016 with nine months prior written notice to Landlord Utilities Included: Tenant pays gas and electric metered to Premises. Summary: The Circuit Court of Cook County’s Adult Probation Department utilizes the office space for its Home Confinement program, Intensive Supervision program, departmental employee training and associated administrative space. Successful negotiations with the Landlord have resulted in a reduction in previously negotiated rent, reducing the lease costs by $50,000.00 per year.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded November 13, 2013 · Term not stated · not stated
PROPOSED LEASE AMENDMENT Department: Real Estate Management Request: Approval of a Fourth Amendment to Lease Landlord: County of Cook Tenant: CareCenter Pharmacy, LLC Location: 69 W Washington, Lower Level Pedway, LL-12 Term/Extension Period: 12/1/2013 - 11/30/2014 Space Occupied: 1,200 Square feet Monthly Rent: $2,903.00 / Annual: $34,836.00 Fiscal Impact: Revenue Generating Accounts: N/A Option to Renew: N/A Termination: If a related Vendor Contract is not renewed or is terminated prior to 11/30/2014, either party may, at its option terminate this Lease upon thirty (30) days’ notice at any time. Utilities Included: HVAC included, Tenant pays electric metered to Premises Summary: This Tenant is an affiliate of the entity currently under contract to provide the County’s prescription benefits. The proposed rental rate is within the range of current market rates.
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Vendor not stated in the matter
Awarded September 11, 2013 · Term not stated · not stated
SUBSTITUTE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT Sponsored by LARRY SUFFREDIN, COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONER AN AMENDMENT TO THE CODE OF ETHICAL CONDUCT NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Part I, Chapter 2, Article VII, Division 2, Sections 2-583 and 2-585 of the Cook County Code, is hereby amended as follows: Sec. 2-583. Political activity. (a) No official, board or commission appointee or employee shall compel, coerce or intimidate any County official or employee to make or refrain from making any political contribution. No official, board or commission appointee shall directly solicit any political contribution from his or her employees, the spouses, domestic partners or civil union partners of or immediate family living with his or her employees. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent any official, board or commission appointee or employee from voluntarily making a contribution or from receiving a voluntary contribution, except as stated in this section. Board or commission appointees shall not make political contributions to the President of the Cook County Board and/or Members of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County. (b) No employee with contract management authority or Bboard or commission appointee of a County official whose board or commission appointment provides for compensation and requires confirmation by the Cook County Board of Commissioners shall serve on the political fundraising committee of any elected official or candidate for County office. (c) County employees shall not intentionally perform any prohibited political activity during any compensated time (other than vacation, personal, or compensatory time off). County employees or officials shall not intentionally misappropriate any County property or resources by engaging in any prohibited political activity for the benefit of any campaign for elective office or any political organization. (d) At no time shall any official or employee intentionally misappropriate the services of any County employee and at no time shall any board or commission appointee misappropriate the services of any board or commission employee by requiring that employee to perform any prohibited political activity: (1) As part of that employee's County duties or in the case of a board or commission, as part of that employee's board or commission duties; (2) As a condition of County employment or in the case of a board or commission, as a condition of board or commission employment; or (3) During any time off that is compensated by the County or board or commission (such as vacation, personal, or compensatory time off). (e) A County employee or board or commission appointee shall not be required at any time to participate in any prohibited political activity in consideration for that employee being awarded any additional compensation or employee benefit, in the form of a salary adjustment, bonus, compensatory time off, continued employment, or otherwise. (f) A County employee or board or commission appointee shall not be awarded any additional compensation or employee benefit, in the form of a salary adjustment, bonus, compensatory time off, continued employment, or otherwise, in consideration for the employee's participation in any prohibited political activity. (g) Nothing in this section prohibits activities that are otherwise appropriate for a County employee or board or commission appointee to engage in on a voluntary basis as permitted by law. Sec. 2-585. Limitations of contributions to candidates and elected officials. (a) No person shall make contributions exceeding the limits established by the Election Code, 10 ILCS 5/9-1 et seq., when making contributions to any of the following elected officials or candidates for such office: County Board President; Cook County Commissioner; Cook County State's Attorney; Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court; Cook County Assessor; Cook County Treasurer; Cook County Board of Review Commissioner; Cook County Clerk; and Cook County Recorder of Deeds except as otherwise provided in Section 2-585. (b) No person who does business with the County or who has done business with the County within the preceding four years or is seeking to do business with the County or is a person required to register as a lobbyist with the County shall make contributions in an aggregate amount exceeding $750.00: (1) To any candidate for County office or elected County official during a single candidacy; or (2) To any elected official of the government of the County during any nonelection year of his or her term. (3) To any local, state, or federal campaign committee that is controlled by, or established in support of, a candidate for County office or an elected County official. The combined effect of these provisions is intended to permit total contribution up to, but not exceeding, $1,500.00 in a year in which a candidacy occurs. A year, for purposes of this section, is from January 1 to December 31 of each year. (c) For purposes of Subsection (b) of this section, an entity and its subsidiaries, parent company or otherwise affiliated companies, and any of their employees, officers, directors and partners who make a political contribution for which they are reimbursed by the entity or its affiliates shall be considered a single person. However, nothing in this provision shall be construed to prohibit such an employee, officer, director or partner from making a political contribution for which he is not reimbursed by a person with whom he or she is affiliated, even if that person has made the maximum contribution allowed under Subsection (b) of this section. (d) Effective October 2, 2013, no Board or commission appointee of a County official whose board or commission appointment provides for compensation and requires confirmation by the Cook County Board of Commissioners shall make contributions in an aggregate amount exceeding $750.00: (1) To the appointing County official or the Members of the Cook County Board of Commissioners during a single candidacy; or (2) To the appointing County official or the Members of the Cook County Board of Commissioners during any nonelection year of his or her term. The combined effect of these provisions is intended to permit total contribution up to, but not exceeding, $1,500.00 in a year in which a candidacy occurs. A year, for purposes of this section, is from January 1 to December 31 of each year. (d e) Any contributions made under this section shall be reported as required by the Election Code, 10 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq. (e f) For purposes of Subsection (b) of this section, "done business" or "doing business" means any one or any combination of sales, purchases, leases or contracts to, from or with the County or any County agency in excess of $10,000.00 in any 12 consecutive months or during the previous four years. " (f g) For purposes of Subsection (b) of this section, "seeking to do business" means taking action within the past six months to obtain a contract or business with the County when, if such action were successful, it would result in the person doing business with the County as defined in Subsection (e f) of this section. (g h) Any firm, or its officers, directors or partners, contracted by the County to provide financial audits of county finances are prohibited from making campaign contributions to any county official or candidate for county office. (h i) Any firm, or its officers, directors or partners, contracted by the County to act as financial counsel, bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, legal counsel, or financial manager for the issuance of any bond is prohibited from making campaign contributions to any county official or candidate for county office. (i j) Any candidate for any county office or any current elected official in Cook County government shall return contributions found in excess of the limitations set forth in this section within 30 days of notification from the Board of Ethics. Failure to return contributions within 30 days shall be a violation of this section and subject to fines under Section 2-602(d). Effective date: This ordinance shall be in effect ..end