Rep. John E. Bradley
Filed: 3/18/2010
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5053 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5053 on page 2, 
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immediately below line 25, by inserting the following:
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        "(5) He or she agrees to accept medical payments, as 
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    defined in this Act, and to serve targeted populations."; 
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    and


 
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on page 3, immediately below line 6, by inserting the 
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following:
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        ""Medical payments" means compensation provided to 
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    physicians for services rendered under Article V of the 
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    Illinois Public Aid Code.
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        "Medically underserved area" means an urban or rural 
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    area designated by the Secretary of the United States 
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    Department of Health and Human Services as an area with a 
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    shortage of personal health services or as otherwise 
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    designated by the Department of Public Health.
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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 
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    Human Services as an area with a shortage of personal 
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    health services, (ii) a population group designated by the 
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    Secretary of the United States Department of Health and 
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    Human Services as having a shortage of personal health 
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    services, or (iii) as otherwise designated by the 
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    Department of Public Health."; and
 
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on page 3 immediately below line 15, by inserting the 
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following:
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        ""Targeted populations" means one or more of the 
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    following:  (i) a medically underserved population, (ii) 
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    persons in a medically underserved area, (iii) an uninsured 
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    population of this State, and (iv) persons enrolled in a 
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    medical program administered by the Illinois Department of 
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    Healthcare and Family Services.
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        "Uninsured population" means persons who (i) do not own 
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    private health care insurance, (ii) are not part of a group 
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    insurance plan, and (iii) are not eligible for any State or 
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    federal government-sponsored health care program."; and
 
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on page 6, by replacing lines 12 through 15 with the following:
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    "(7) To establish a program, and the criteria for such
    
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program, for the repayment of the educational loans of
    
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physicians who agree to (i) serve in designated shortage areas
    
 


 






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for a specified period of time, no less than 3 years, (ii) 
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accept medical payments, as defined in this Act, and (iii) 
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serve targeted populations to the extent required by the 
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program.".