Rep. John E. Bradley
Filed: 3/18/2010
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5053
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5053 on page 2, | ||||||
3 | immediately below line 25, by inserting the following: | ||||||
4 | "(5) He or she agrees to accept medical payments, as | ||||||
5 | defined in this Act, and to serve targeted populations."; | ||||||
6 | and
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7 | on page 3, immediately below line 6, by inserting the | ||||||
8 | following: | ||||||
9 | ""Medical payments" means compensation provided to | ||||||
10 | physicians for services rendered under Article V of the | ||||||
11 | Illinois Public Aid Code. | ||||||
12 | "Medically underserved area" means an urban or rural | ||||||
13 | area designated by the Secretary of the United States | ||||||
14 | Department of Health and Human Services as an area with a | ||||||
15 | shortage of personal health services or as otherwise | ||||||
16 | designated by the Department of Public Health. | ||||||
17 | "Medically underserved population" means (i) the |
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1 | population of an urban or rural area designated by the | ||||||
2 | Secretary of the United States Department of Health and | ||||||
3 | Human Services as an area with a shortage of personal | ||||||
4 | health services, (ii) a population group designated by the | ||||||
5 | Secretary of the United States Department of Health and | ||||||
6 | Human Services as having a shortage of personal health | ||||||
7 | services, or (iii) as otherwise designated by the | ||||||
8 | Department of Public Health."; and | ||||||
9 | on page 3 immediately below line 15, by inserting the | ||||||
10 | following: | ||||||
11 | ""Targeted populations" means one or more of the | ||||||
12 | following: (i) a medically underserved population, (ii) | ||||||
13 | persons in a medically underserved area, (iii) an uninsured | ||||||
14 | population of this State, and (iv) persons enrolled in a | ||||||
15 | medical program administered by the Illinois Department of | ||||||
16 | Healthcare and Family Services. | ||||||
17 | "Uninsured population" means persons who (i) do not own | ||||||
18 | private health care insurance, (ii) are not part of a group | ||||||
19 | insurance plan, and (iii) are not eligible for any State or | ||||||
20 | federal government-sponsored health care program."; and | ||||||
21 | on page 6, by replacing lines 12 through 15 with the following: | ||||||
22 | "(7) To establish a program, and the criteria for such
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23 | program, for the repayment of the educational loans of
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24 | physicians who agree to (i) serve in designated shortage areas
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1 | for a specified period of time, no less than 3 years, (ii) | ||||||
2 | accept medical payments, as defined in this Act, and (iii) | ||||||
3 | serve targeted populations to the extent required by the | ||||||
4 | program.".
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