Public Act 096-0069
 		





SB1453 Enrolled
LRB096 08728 NHT 18860 b






    AN ACT concerning education.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 

 
    Section 5. The Health Services Education Grants Act is 
amended  by changing Section 4 as follows:
 



    (110 ILCS 215/4)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 824)



    Sec. 4. Grants may be made to the following classes of 
institutions that offer health services programs: (i) medical, 
dental, pharmacy, optometry, and
nursing schools, (ii)


physician assistant programs, (iii) psychology and other 
physical and mental health-related
schools and programs, and 
(iv) hospitals and clinical facilities used in health
service 
training programs.

    Qualification for grants shall be on the basis of either 
the number of
Illinois resident enrollees or the number of 
degrees granted to students who
are residents of this State or 
both.  The grant amount shall be determined by
the Board of 
Higher Education for each class of institution.

    At the discretion of the Board of Higher Education grants 
may be made
for a class of institution in any or all of the 
following forms:


        (1) Single nonrecurring grants for planning and 
    capital expense based
on the increase in the number of 
    Illinois resident enrollees;


        (2) Annual grants based on the number of degrees 
    granted to (a) Illinois
resident enrollees, or (b) Illinois 
    resident enrollees from minority racial
and ethnic groups, 
    or both (a) and (b);


        (3) Annual stabilization grants based on the number of 
    (a) Illinois
residents enrolled, or (b) Illinois residents 
    enrolled from minority racial
and ethnic groups, or both 
    (a) and (b); and

        (4) Program priority grants based on State residents 
    enrolled in eligible programs that address public demand 
    for health services, workforce needs and shortages, and 
    other programmatic priorities, such as sole service 
    providers, academic needs, or industry standards.  The 
    Board of Higher Education may annually dedicate a portion 
    of appropriated funds, not to exceed 10% of appropriations, 
    to support program priority grants.  In determining program 
    priority areas, the Board of Higher Education shall 
    annually consult with constituent institutions.

    In awarding grants to nursing schools and to hospital 
schools of nursing,
the Board of Higher Education may also 
consider whether the nursing program
is located in a certified 
nurse shortage area.  For purposes of this Section
"certified 
nurse shortage area" means an area certified by the Director
of 
the Department of Public Health as a nurse shortage area based 
on the
most reliable data available to the Director.

(Source: P.A. 94-193, eff. 7-12-05.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.