(20 ILCS 4137/15)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2027)
    Sec. 15. Health Care Workforce Task Force.
    (a) The Health Care Workforce Task Force is created within the Department of Public Health.
    (b) The Task Force shall consist of the following members
        (1) the Director of Public Health or the Director's
    
designee;
        (2) the Secretary of Financial and Professional
    
Regulation or the Secretary's designee;
        (3) the Director of Healthcare and Family Services or
    
the Director's designee;
        (4) the Attorney General or the Attorney General's
    
designee;
        (5) one member of the Senate, appointed by the
    
President of the Senate;
        (6) one member of the Senate, appointed by the
    
Minority Leader of the Senate;
        (7) one member of the House of Representatives,
    
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
        (8) one member of the House of Representatives,
    
appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; and
        (9) the following members, appointed by the Governor:
            (A) one representative of a statewide
        
organization representing physicians;
            (B) one representative of a statewide
        
organization representing nurses;
            (C) one representative of a statewide
        
organization representing a majority of hospitals;
            (D) one representative of a statewide
        
organization representing organized labor;
            (E) one representative of a statewide
        
organization representing long-term care facilities;
            (F) one representative of an organization that
        
represents the interests of allied health professionals;
            (G) one representative of an Illinois nursing
        
school;
            (H) one representative of a statewide
        
organization representing emergency physicians; and
            (I) one representative of a statewide
        
organization representing federally qualified health centers.
    (c) All members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. Members shall be appointed within 120 days after the effective date of this Act. At the initial meeting of the Task Force, the members of the Task Force shall elect 2 co-chairs from the members appointed by the leadership of the General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 104-359, eff. 1-1-26.)