(405 ILCS 100/10)

Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Department" means the Department of Public Health.

"Director" means the Director of Public Health.

"Designated shortage area" means an area designated by the Director as a psychiatric or mental health physician shortage area, as defined by the United States Department of Health and Human Services or as further defined by the Department to enable it to effectively fulfill the purpose stated in Section 5 of this Act. Such areas may include the following:

(1) an urban or rural area that is a rational area for the delivery of health services;

(2) a population group; or

(3) a public or nonprofit private medical facility.

"Eligible medical student" means a person who meets all of the following qualifications:

(1) He or she is an Illinois resident at the time of application for assistance under the program established by this Act.

(2) He or she is studying medicine in a medical school located in Illinois.

(3) He or she exhibits financial need, as determined by the Department.

(4) He or she agrees to practice full time in a designated shortage area as a psychiatrist for one year for each year that he or she receives assistance under this Act.

(5) He or she agrees to accept medical payments, as defined in this Act, and to serve targeted populations.

"Medical facility" means a facility for the delivery of health services. "Medical facility" includes a hospital, State mental health institution, public health center, outpatient medical facility, rehabilitation facility, long-term care facility, federally-qualified health center, migrant health center, community health center, community mental health center, or State correctional institution.

"Medical payments" means compensation provided to physicians for services rendered under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code.

"Medically underserved area" means an urban or rural area designated by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services as an area with a shortage of personal health services or as otherwise designated by the Department of Public Health.

"Medically underserved population" means (i) the population of an urban or rural area designated by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services as an area with a shortage of personal health services, (ii) a population group designated by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services as having a shortage of personal health services, or (iii) as otherwise designated by the Department of Public Health.

"Psychiatric physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 with board eligibility or certification in the specialty of psychiatry, as defined by recognized standards of professional medical practice.

"Psychiatric practice residency program" means a program accredited by the Residency Review Committee for Psychiatry of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association.

"Targeted populations" means one or more of the following: (i) a medically underserved population, (ii) persons in a medically underserved area, (iii) an uninsured population of this State, and (iv) persons enrolled in a medical program administered by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services.

"Uninsured population" means persons who (i) do not own private health care insurance, (ii) are not part of a group insurance plan, and (iii) are not eligible for any State or federal government-sponsored health care program.

(Source: P.A. 96-1411, eff. 1-1-11.)