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| AN ACT concerning insurance.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
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| Medical School Loan Repayment Program Act.
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| Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: |
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| "Department" means the Department of Public Health. |
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| "Low-income area" means an area or neighborhood in this |
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| State where a majority of residents are at or below 300% of the |
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| federal poverty level.
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| Section 10. Loan Repayment Program. |
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| (a) The Department shall establish a Loan Repayment Program |
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| for physicians licensed to practice medicine in all of its |
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| branches who agree to practice in low-income areas or in rural |
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| counties with a population of less than 20,000 persons. In |
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| order to qualify for the Loan Repayment Program, the physician |
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| must agree to practice in a low-income area or rural county |
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| with a population of less than 20,000 persons for a contractual |
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| period of at least 3 years, but no longer than 5 years. A |
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| physician participating in the Loan Repayment Program shall |
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| receive $10,000 per year for the contractual period to be used |
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| towards the repayment of student loans for medical school. The |
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| Medical School Loan Repayment Fund is created as a special fund |
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| in the State treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall be used, |
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| subject to appropriation, by the Department to finance the Loan |
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| Repayment Program. |
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| (b) The Department must do the following: |
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| (1) develop and make available application forms for |
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| assistance under this Act; |
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| (2) administer use of moneys in the Medical School Loan |
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| Repayment Fund; and |
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| (3) exercise all powers necessary to implement this |
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| Act.
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| (c) If funding available from the Medical School Loan |
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| Repayment Fund is insufficient to provide assistance to all |
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| physicians who apply for loan repayment assistance under this |
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| Act, the Department may, at its discretion, reduce the payments |
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| to each eligible physician by a pro rata amount in a manner |
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| designed to maximize the number of physicians who may receive |
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| loan repayment assistance under this Act.
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| (d) In addition to any other civil or criminal penalties |
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| that may be imposed by law, any physician who fails or refuses |
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| to fulfill the terms required under this Section is in breach |
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| of the contract. The Department may obtain the assistance of |
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| the Attorney General to recoup the amount of assistance |
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| provided under the contract together with attorney fees and |
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| other costs of collection.
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| Section 15. No authority to make or promulgate rules. |
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| Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that may exist, |
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| neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head under the |
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| jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to make or |
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| promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions of this |
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| Act. If, however, the Governor believes that rules are |
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| necessary to implement or enforce the provisions of this Act, |
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| the Governor may suggest rules to the General Assembly by |
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| filing them with the Clerk of the House and Secretary of the |
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| Senate and by requesting that the General Assembly authorize |
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| such rulemaking by law, enact those suggested rules into law, |
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| or take any other appropriate action in the General Assembly's |
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| discretion. Nothing contained in this Act shall be interpreted |
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| to grant rulemaking authority under any other Illinois statute |
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| where such authority is not otherwise explicitly given. For the |
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| purposes of this Act, "rules" is given the meaning contained in |
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| Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, and |
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| "agency" and "agency head" are given the meanings contained in |
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| Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure |
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| Act to the extent that such definitions apply to agencies or |
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| agency heads under the jurisdiction of the Governor.
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| Section 90. The State Finance Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 5.675 as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 105/5.675 new) |