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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
| 5 | Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Training Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Creation of program. The University of Illinois | ||||||
| 7 | at Chicago and Southern Illinois University shall expand their | ||||||
| 8 | focuses on enrolling, training, and graduating forensic mental | ||||||
| 9 | health professionals by each creating a forensic psychiatry | ||||||
| 10 | fellowship training program at their Colleges of Medicine. | ||||||
| 11 | Section 10. Powers and duties under program. Under the | ||||||
| 12 | forensic psychiatry fellowship training program created under | ||||||
| 13 | Section 5 of this Act, the University of Illinois at Chicago | ||||||
| 14 | and Southern Illinois University shall each have all of the | ||||||
| 15 | following powers and duties: | ||||||
| 16 | (1) The university's undergraduate and graduate | ||||||
| 17 | programs may increase their service and training | ||||||
| 18 | commitments in order to provide mental health care to | ||||||
| 19 | chronically mentally ill populations in this State. | ||||||
| 20 | (2) The university shall coordinate service, | ||||||
| 21 | education, and research in mental health and may work with | ||||||
| 22 | communities, State agencies, other colleges and | ||||||
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| 1 | universities, private foundations, health care providers, | ||||||
| 2 | and other interested organizations on innovative | ||||||
| 3 | strategies to respond to the challenges of providing | ||||||
| 4 | greater physician presence in the field of forensic | ||||||
| 5 | psychiatry. However, the majority of the clinical | ||||||
| 6 | rotations of the fellows must be served in publicly | ||||||
| 7 | supported programs in this State. | ||||||
| 8 | (3) The university may establish such clinical and | ||||||
| 9 | educational centers and may cooperate with other | ||||||
| 10 | universities and associations as may be necessary to carry | ||||||
| 11 | out the intent of this Act according to the following | ||||||
| 12 | priorities: | ||||||
| 13 | (A) a preference for programs that are designed to | ||||||
| 14 | enroll, educate, and facilitate the graduation of | ||||||
| 15 | mental health professionals trained in forensic | ||||||
| 16 | psychiatry and other forensic mental health | ||||||
| 17 | sub-specialities; and | ||||||
| 18 | (B) a preference for public sector programs that | ||||||
| 19 | involve networking with other agencies, organizations, | ||||||
| 20 | and institutions that have similar objectives. | ||||||
| 21 | Section 15. Program curriculum. The curriculum for the | ||||||
| 22 | forensic psychiatry fellowship training program created under | ||||||
| 23 | Section 5 of this Act shall be developed in accordance with | ||||||
| 24 | criteria established by the Residency Review Committee of the | ||||||
| 25 | Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). | ||||||
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| 1 | Section 20. Funding. The implementation of this Act is | ||||||
| 2 | subject to appropriation. In a given fiscal year, 75% of the | ||||||
| 3 | total amount appropriated for the purposes of this Act must be | ||||||
| 4 | designated for the University of Illinois at Chicago and 25% of | ||||||
| 5 | the total amount appropriated for the purposes of this Act must | ||||||
| 6 | be designated for Southern Illinois University.
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| 7 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 8 | becoming law.
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