Sen. Edward D. Maloney
Filed: 3/28/2006
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 882
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 882 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Health Services Education Grants Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 215/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 824)
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7 | Sec. 4. Grants may be made to the following classes of | ||||||
8 | institutions that offer health services programs: (i) medical, | ||||||
9 | dental, pharmacy, optometry, and
nursing schools, (ii)
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10 | physician assistant programs, (iii) psychology and other | ||||||
11 | physical and mental health-related
schools and programs, and | ||||||
12 | (iv) hospitals and clinical facilities used in health
service | ||||||
13 | training programs.
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14 | Qualification for grants shall be on the basis of either | ||||||
15 | the number of
Illinois resident enrollees or the number of | ||||||
16 | degrees granted to students who
are residents of this State or | ||||||
17 | both. The grant amount shall be determined by
the Board of | ||||||
18 | Higher Education for each class of institution.
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19 | At the discretion of the Board of Higher Education grants | ||||||
20 | may be made
for a class of institution in any or all of the | ||||||
21 | following forms:
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22 | (1) Single nonrecurring grants for planning and | ||||||
23 | capital expense based
on the increase in the number of | ||||||
24 | Illinois resident enrollees;
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1 | (2) Annual grants based on the number of degrees | ||||||
2 | granted to (a) Illinois
resident enrollees, or (b) Illinois | ||||||
3 | resident enrollees from minority racial
and ethnic groups, | ||||||
4 | or both (a) and (b);
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5 | (3) Annual stabilization grants based on the number of | ||||||
6 | (a) Illinois
residents enrolled, or (b) Illinois residents | ||||||
7 | enrolled from minority racial
and ethnic groups, or both | ||||||
8 | (a) and (b); and
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9 | (4) Program priority grants based on State residents | ||||||
10 | enrolled in eligible programs that address public demand | ||||||
11 | for health services, workforce needs and shortages, and | ||||||
12 | other programmatic priorities, such as sole service | ||||||
13 | providers, academic needs, or industry standards. The | ||||||
14 | Board of Higher Education may annually dedicate a portion | ||||||
15 | of appropriated funds, not to exceed 10% of appropriations, | ||||||
16 | to support program priority grants. In determining program | ||||||
17 | priority areas, the Board of Higher Education shall | ||||||
18 | annually consult with constituent institutions.
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19 | In awarding grants to nursing schools and to hospital | ||||||
20 | schools of nursing,
the Board of Higher Education may also | ||||||
21 | consider whether the nursing program
is located in a certified | ||||||
22 | nurse shortage area. For purposes of this Section
"certified | ||||||
23 | nurse shortage area" means an area certified by the Director
of | ||||||
24 | the Department of Public Health as a nurse shortage area based | ||||||
25 | on the
most reliable data available to the Director.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 94-193, eff. 7-12-05.)
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27 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
28 | becoming law.".
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