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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4239 Introduced 1/16/2024, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 110 ILCS 55/1 | from Ch. 144, par. 54.11 |
| Amends the Medical School Curriculum Act. Provides that, for medical students who, on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, matriculate into a medical school that is subject to the Act, the minimum required curriculum shall also include a medical humanities course that covers, among other things, the effects of institutional racism on medical education, medical research, and medical care in the United States. Effective immediately. |
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| | HB4239 | | LRB103 35264 JDS 65278 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, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Medical School Curriculum Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (110 ILCS 55/1) (from Ch. 144, par. 54.11) |
| 7 | | Sec. 1. Each and every medical school established, |
| 8 | | maintained and operated by the State of Illinois shall include |
| 9 | | in the curriculum a department of general practice of medicine |
| 10 | | under the direction and supervision of a qualified general |
| 11 | | practitioner. The minimum requirements for the department |
| 12 | | shall include courses of study in family care including |
| 13 | | clinical experience, a program of preceptorships, a program of |
| 14 | | internships or general practice residences in a hospital and |
| 15 | | such other teaching techniques as in the judgment of the |
| 16 | | management of the school shall be best suited to encourage and |
| 17 | | implement the preparation of students for the general practice |
| 18 | | of medicine. For students who, on or after the effective date |
| 19 | | of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, |
| 20 | | matriculate into a medical school that is subject to this |
| 21 | | Section, the minimum required curriculum shall also include a |
| 22 | | medical humanities course that covers, among other things, the |
| 23 | | effects of institutional racism on medical education, medical |