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Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors met April 30.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

I. Attendance/Call to Order 9:00/Chair Hammock

II. Proposed Amendments to the Rules of Organization and Procedure of the Board of Directors of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System 9:00-9:05

III. Electronically Submitted Public Speaker Testimony 9:05-9:20

Please be advised that those wishing to provide public testimony will be required to submit it electronically in advance of the meeting; there will not be testimony provided orally by members of the public at this meeting. Written public comment on any of the items listed on the Agenda will be accepted electronically at https://cookcountyhealth.org/about/board-of-directors/ or submitted by email message to the CCH Secretary to the Board at dsantana@cookcountyhhs.org. Written comments provided prior to the start of the Board meeting will be read aloud by staff at the meeting. Three (3) minutes per comment will be allowed, though every effort will be made to read statements in their entirety.

IV. Board and Committee Reports

A. Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting, February 28, 2020 9:20-9:20/Chair Hammock

B. Human Resources Committee 9:20-9:25/Vice Chair

i. Metrics Richardson-Lowry and Barbara Pryor

C. Managed Care Committee 9:25-9:35/Director Thomas

i. Metrics and James Kiamos

D. Audit and Compliance Committee 9:35-9:40/Director Koetting,

i. Metrics Cathy Bodnar and Tom Schroeder

E. Quality and Patient Safety Committee 9:40-9:45/Director Gugenheim

i. Metrics and Claudia Fegan, MD

F. Finance Committee Meeting, February 20, 2020 9:45-10:05/Director Reiter,

i. Report on Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Charles Jones and Andrea Gibson (M/WBE) Participation

ii. 1st Quarter FY2020 Report of Purchases made under the authority of the Interim Chief Executive Officer

iii.Report of procurements, contracts and contract amendments approved

pursuant to Cook County Board Presidential Executive Order 2020-4

iv. FY2020 April Finance Update

V. Action Items

A. Proposed Medical Staff Appointments/Reappointments/Changes 10:05-10:05/Claudia Fegan, MD

B. Any items listed under Sections II, IV, V and VIII

VI. Report from Chair of the Board 10:05-10:10/Chair Hammock

VII. Report from Interim Chief Executive Officer 10:10-10:25/Debra D. Carey

A. Covid-19 Response

VIII. Closed Meeting Items 10:25-12:00

A. Claims and Litigation

B. Discussion of Personnel Matters

C. Recruitment of Permanent Chief Executive Officer for the Cook County Health and Hospitals System

Closed Meeting

Motion to recess the open meeting and convene into a closed meeting, pursuant to the following exceptions to the Open Meetings Act

5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1), regarding “the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity,”

5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11), regarding “litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the particular body has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the public body finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting,”

5 ILCS 120/2(c)(12), regarding “the establishment of reserves or settlement of claims as provided in the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act, if otherwise the disposition of a claim or potential claim might be prejudiced, or the review or discussion of claims, loss or risk management information, records, data, advice or communications from or with respect to any insurer of the public body or any intergovernmental risk management association or self insurance pool of which the public body is a member,” and

5 ILCS 120/2(c)(17), regarding “the recruitment, credentialing, discipline or formal peer review of physicians or other health care professionals, or for the discussion of matters protected under the federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, including 42 C.F.R. Part 3 (73 FR 70732), or the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, including 45 C.F.R. Parts 160, 162, and 164, by a hospital, or other institution providing medical care, that is operated by the public body”

IX. Adjourn

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