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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB0182
Introduced 1/19/2007, by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Creates the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Training Act. Provides that the University of Illinois at Chicago shall expand its focus on enrolling, training, and graduating forensic mental health professionals by creating a forensic psychiatry fellowship training program at its College of Medicine. Contains provisions concerning the powers and duties of the University of Illinois at Chicago under the program, program curriculum, and State funding. Effective immediately.
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HB0182 |
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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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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| Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Training Act. |
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| Section 5. Creation of program. The University of Illinois |
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| at Chicago shall expand its focus on enrolling, training, and |
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| graduating forensic mental health professionals by creating a |
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| forensic psychiatry fellowship training program at its College |
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| of Medicine. |
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| Section 10. Powers and duties under program. Under the |
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| forensic psychiatry fellowship training program created under |
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| Section 5 of this Act, the University of Illinois at Chicago |
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| has all of the following powers and duties: |
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| (1) The University of Illinois at Chicago's |
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| undergraduate and graduate programs may increase their |
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| service and training commitments in order to provide mental |
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| health care to chronically mentally ill populations in this |
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| State. |
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| (2) The University of Illinois at Chicago shall |
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| coordinate service, education, and research in mental |
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| health and may work with communities, State agencies, other |