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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1239
Introduced 2/15/2007, by Rep. Sandy Cole - Ed Sullivan, Jr. - Dennis M. Reboletti - Ruth Munson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Community Health Center Expansion Act. Includes ovarian cancer screenings within the definition of preventative health services to be offered by community health centers.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning public health.
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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 Community Health Center Expansion Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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| (410 ILCS 66/5)
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| Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
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| "Community health center site" means a new physical site |
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| where a community
health center will provide primary health |
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| care services either to a medically
underserved population or |
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| area or to the uninsured population of this State.
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| "Community provider" means a Federally Qualified Health |
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| Center (FQHC) or
FQHC Look-Alike (Community Health Center or |
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| health center), designated as such
by the Secretary of the |
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| United States Department of Health and Human Services,
that |
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| operates at least one federally designated primary health care |
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| delivery
site in the State of Illinois.
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| "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public |
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| Health.
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| "Medically underserved area" means an urban or rural area |
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| designated by the
Secretary of the United States Department of |
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| Health and Human Services as an
area with a shortage of |
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| personal health services.
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| "Medically underserved population" means (i) the |
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| population of an urban or
rural area designated by the |
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| Secretary of the United States Department of
Health and Human |
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| Services as
an area with a shortage of personal health services |
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| or (ii) a population group
designated by the Secretary as |
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| having a shortage of those services.
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| "Primary health care services" means the following:
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| (1) Basic health services consisting of the following:
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| (A) Health services related to family medicine, |
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| internal medicine,
pediatrics, obstetrics, or |
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| gynecology that are furnished by physicians and,
if |
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| appropriate, physician assistants, nurse |
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| practitioners, and nurse
midwives.
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| (B) Diagnostic laboratory and radiologic services.
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| (C) Preventive health services, including the |
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| following:
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| (i) Prenatal and perinatal services.
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| (ii) Screenings for breast, ovarian, and |
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| cervical cancer.
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| (iii) Well-child services.
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| (iv) Immunizations against vaccine-preventable |
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| diseases.
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| (v) Screenings for elevated blood lead levels,
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| communicable diseases, and cholesterol.
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| (vi) Pediatric eye, ear, and dental screenings |
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| to determine
the need for vision and hearing |
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| correction and dental care.
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| (vii) Voluntary family planning services.
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| (viii) Preventive dental services.
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| (D) Emergency medical services.
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| (E) Pharmaceutical services as appropriate for |
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| particular health
centers.
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| (2) Referrals to providers of medical services and |
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| other health-related
services (including substance abuse |
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| and mental health services).
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| (3) Patient case management services (including |
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| counseling, referral, and
follow-up services) and other |
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| services designed to assist health center
patients in |
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| establishing eligibility for and gaining access to |
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| federal, State,
and local programs that provide or |
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| financially support the provision of
medical, social, |
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| educational, or other related services.
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| (4) Services that enable individuals to use the |
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| services of the health
center (including outreach and |
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| transportation services and, if a substantial
number of the |
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| individuals in the population are of limited |
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| English-speaking
ability, the services
of appropriate |
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| personnel fluent in the language spoken by a predominant |
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| number
of those individuals).
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| (5) Education of patients and the general population |
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| served by the health
center regarding the availability and |
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| proper use of health services.
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| (6) Additional health services consisting of services |
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| that are appropriate
to meet the health needs of the |
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| population served by the health center involved
and that |
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| may include the following:
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| (A) Environmental health services, including the |
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| following:
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| (i) Detection and alleviation of unhealthful |
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| conditions
associated with water supply.
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| (ii) Sewage treatment.
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| (iii) Solid waste disposal.
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| (iv) Detection and alleviation of rodent and |
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| parasite
infestation.
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| (v) Field sanitation.
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| (vi) Housing.
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| (vii) Other environmental factors related to |
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| health.
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| (B) Special occupation-related health services for |
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| migratory and
seasonal agricultural workers, including |
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| the following:
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| (i) Screening for and control of infectious |
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| diseases,
including parasitic diseases.
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| (ii) Injury prevention programs, which may |
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| include
prevention of exposure to unsafe levels of |
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| agricultural chemicals,
including pesticides.
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| "Uninsured population" means persons who do not own private |
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| health care
insurance, are not part of a group insurance plan, |