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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4755 Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Monica Bristow SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 110 ILCS 935/3.07 | from Ch. 144, par. 1453.07 | 110 ILCS 935/3.09 | |
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Amends the Underserved Physician Workforce Act. Adds a psychiatrist to the definitions of "eligible medical student" and "eligible health care provider". Effective immediately.
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| | HB4755 | | LRB101 18909 CMG 68368 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Underserved Physician Workforce Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Sections 3.07 and 3.09 as follows:
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| 6 | | (110 ILCS 935/3.07) (from Ch. 144, par. 1453.07)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3.07.
"Eligible medical student" means a person who |
| 8 | | meets all of
the following qualifications:
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| 9 | | (a) he or she is an Illinois resident at the time of |
| 10 | | application for
a scholarship under the program |
| 11 | | established by this Act;
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| 12 | | (b) he or she is studying medicine in a medical school |
| 13 | | located in
Illinois;
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| 14 | | (c) he or she exhibits financial need as determined by |
| 15 | | the
Department; and
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| 16 | | (d) he or she agrees to practice full-time in a |
| 17 | | Designated
Shortage Area as a primary care physician, |
| 18 | | general surgeon, emergency medicine physician, or |
| 19 | | obstetrician, or psychiatrist one year for each year he or |
| 20 | | she
is a scholarship recipient.
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| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 101-118, eff. 7-22-19.)
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| 22 | | (110 ILCS 935/3.09) |