SB1590 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1590

Introduced 2/8/2023, by Sen. Christopher Belt

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

110 ILCS 935/3.07	from Ch. 144, par. 1453.07
110 ILCS 935/3.09
110 ILCS 935/3.11 new
110 ILCS 949/10

Amends the Underserved Health Care Provider Workforce Act. Includes a student studying chiropractic medicine and chiropractic physicians in the Act's provisions. Amends the Loan Repayment for Physicians Act. Provides that the term "physician" means a person licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 (instead of a person licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 to practice medicine in all of its branches). Provides that the term "educational loans" means higher education student loans that a person has incurred in attending a registered professional physician education program, including a registered medical school or a registered chiropractic college or institution (instead of higher education student loans that a person has incurred in attending a registered professional physician education program).

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

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

Section 5. The Underserved Health Care Provider Workforce Act is amended by changing Sections 3.07 and 3.09 and by adding Section 3.11 as follows:

(110 ILCS 935/3.07) (from Ch. 144, par. 1453.07)

Sec. 3.07. "Eligible medical student" means a person who meets all of the following qualifications:

(a) he or she is an Illinois resident at the time of application for a scholarship under the program established by this Act;

(b) he or she is studying medicine in a medical school located in Illinois or studying chiropractic medicine in a chiropractic college or institution in Illinois;

(c) he or she exhibits financial need as determined by the Department; and

(d) he or she agrees to practice full-time in a Designated Shortage Area as a primary care physician, general surgeon, emergency medicine physician, or obstetrician, or chiropractic physician one year for each year he or she is a scholarship recipient.

(Source: P.A. 101-118, eff. 7-22-19.)

(110 ILCS 935/3.09)

Sec. 3.09. Eligible health care provider. "Eligible health care provider" means a primary care physician, general surgeon, emergency medicine physician, obstetrician, chiropractic physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant who accepts Medicaid, Medicare, the State's Children's Health Insurance Program, private insurance, and self-pay.

(Source: P.A. 101-118, eff. 7-22-19; 102-888, eff. 5-17-22.)

(110 ILCS 935/3.11 new)

Sec. 3.11. Chiropractic physician. "Chiropractic physician" means a chiropractic physician as defined in the Medical Practice Act of 1987.

Section 10. The Loan Repayment Assistance for Physicians Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

(110 ILCS 949/10)

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

"Department" means the Department of Public Health.

"Educational loans" means higher education student loans that a person has incurred in attending a registered professional physician education program, including a registered medical school or a registered chiropractic college or institution.

"Physician" means a person licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 to practice medicine in all of its branches.

"Program" means the educational loan repayment assistance program for physicians established by the Department under this Act.

(Source: P.A. 94-368, eff. 7-29-05.)