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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6553
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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20 ILCS 2310/2310-220 |
was 20 ILCS 2310/55.73 |
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Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health to award grants to all practicing physicians (instead of only to physicians offering obstetrical medical services in rural areas) for the purpose of reimbursing the costs of obtaining malpractice insurance. Requires the Department to establish reasonable conditions, standards, and duties relating to the grants.
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HB6553 |
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LRB093 18754 BDD 44484 b |
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| AN ACT to amend the Illinois Civil Administrative Code.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and |
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| Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
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| amended by changing Section 2310-220 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 2310/2310-220) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.73)
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| Sec. 2310-220. Findings medical
; rural obstetrical care. |
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| The General
Assembly finds
that substantial areas of rural |
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| Illinois lack adequate access to medical
obstetrical
care. The |
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| primary cause of this problem is the absence of qualified
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| practitioners who are willing to offer obstetrical services. A |
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| significant
barrier to recruiting and retaining those |
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| practitioners is the high cost of
professional liability |
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| insurance for practitioners offering medical
obstetrical care.
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| Therefore, the Department, from funds appropriated for |
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| that purpose, shall
award grants to physicians licensed to |
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| practice medicine in all its branches practicing obstetrics in |
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| Illinois
rural designated shortage
areas, as defined in Section |
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| 3.04 of the Family Practice Residency Act, for the
purpose of |
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| reimbursing those physicians for the costs of obtaining |
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| malpractice
insurance relating to medical
obstetrical |
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| services. The Department shall establish
reasonable |
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| conditions, standards, and duties relating to the application |
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| for
and receipt of the grants.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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