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Rep. Rita Mayfield
Filed: 11/26/2012
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2961
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2961 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The African-American HIV/AIDS Response Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 27 as follows:
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| 6 | | (410 ILCS 303/27) |
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2016) |
| 8 | | Sec. 27. African-American HIV/AIDS Response Fund. |
| 9 | | (a) The African-American HIV/AIDS Response Fund is created |
| 10 | | as a special fund in the State treasury. Moneys deposited into |
| 11 | | the Fund shall, subject to appropriation, be used for grants |
| 12 | | for programs to prevent the transmission of HIV and other |
| 13 | | programs and activities consistent with the purposes of this |
| 14 | | Act, including, but not limited to, preventing and treating |
| 15 | | HIV/AIDS, the creation of an HIV/AIDS service delivery system, |
| 16 | | and the administration of the Act. Moneys for the Fund shall |
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| 1 | | come from appropriations by the General Assembly, federal |
| 2 | | funds, and other public resources. |
| 3 | | (b) The Fund shall provide resources for communities in |
| 4 | | Illinois to create an HIV/AIDS service delivery system that |
| 5 | | reduces the disparity of HIV infection and AIDS cases between |
| 6 | | African-Americans and other population groups in Illinois that |
| 7 | | may be impacted by the disease by, including but, not limited |
| 8 | | to: |
| 9 | | (1) developing, implementing, and maintaining a |
| 10 | | comprehensive, culturally sensitive HIV Prevention Plan |
| 11 | | targeting communities that are identified as high-risk in |
| 12 | | terms of the impact of the disease on African-Americans; |
| 13 | | (2) developing, implementing, and maintaining a stable |
| 14 | | HIV/AIDS service delivery infrastructure in Illinois |
| 15 | | communities that will meet the needs of African-Americans; |
| 16 | | (3) developing, implementing, and maintaining a |
| 17 | | statewide HIV/AIDS testing program; |
| 18 | | (4) providing funding for HIV/AIDS social and |
| 19 | | scientific research to improve prevention and treatment; |
| 20 | | (5) providing comprehensive technical and other |
| 21 | | assistance to African-American community service |
| 22 | | organizations that are involved in HIV/AIDS prevention and |
| 23 | | treatment; |
| 24 | | (6) developing, implementing, and maintaining an |
| 25 | | infrastructure for African-American community service |
| 26 | | organizations to make them less dependent on government |
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| 1 | | resources; and |
| 2 | | (7) creating and maintaining at least 17 one-stop |
| 3 | | shopping HIV/AIDS facilities across the State. |
| 4 | | (c) When providing grants pursuant to this Fund, the |
| 5 | | Department of Public Health shall give priority to the |
| 6 | | development of comprehensive medical and social services to |
| 7 | | African-Americans at risk of infection from or infected with |
| 8 | | HIV/AIDS in areas of the State determined to have the greatest |
| 9 | | geographic prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the African-American |
| 10 | | population. |
| 11 | | (c-5) The Department of Public Health shall accept and |
| 12 | | process applications and provide grants as appropriate under |
| 13 | | this Section continuously throughout each fiscal year. |
| 14 | | (d) The Section is repealed on July 1, 2016.
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| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 94-797, eff. 1-1-07.)".
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