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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and | 5 | | Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 6 | | amended by changing Section 2310-220 as follows:
| 7 | | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-220) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.73)
| 8 | | Sec. 2310-220. Findings; rural obstetrical care. The | 9 | | General
Assembly finds
that substantial areas of rural | 10 | | Illinois lack adequate access to obstetrical
care. The primary | 11 | | cause of this problem is the absence of qualified
| 12 | | practitioners who are willing to offer obstetrical services. A | 13 | | significant
barrier to recruiting and retaining those | 14 | | practitioners is the high cost of
professional liability | 15 | | insurance for practitioners offering obstetrical care.
| 16 | | Therefore, the Department, from funds appropriated for | 17 | | that purpose, shall
award grants to physicians practicing | 18 | | obstetrics in rural designated shortage
areas, as defined in | 19 | | Section 3.04 of the Underserved Health Care Provider Physician | 20 | | Workforce Act, for the
purpose of reimbursing those physicians | 21 | | for the costs of obtaining malpractice
insurance relating to | 22 | | obstetrical services. The Department shall establish
| 23 | | reasonable conditions, standards, and duties relating to the |
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| 1 | | application for
and receipt of the grants.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 101-118, eff. 7-22-19.)
| 3 | | Section 10. The Underserved Physician Workforce Act is | 4 | | amended by changing Sections 1, 3.04, and 3.09 as follows:
| 5 | | (110 ILCS 935/1) (from Ch. 144, par. 1451)
| 6 | | Sec. 1.
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the | 7 | | Underserved Health Care Provider Physician Workforce Act.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 101-118, eff. 7-22-19.)
| 9 | | (110 ILCS 935/3.04) (from Ch. 144, par. 1453.04)
| 10 | | Sec. 3.04.
"Designated Shortage Area" means an area | 11 | | designated by the
Director as a physician shortage area, a | 12 | | medically underserved area, or
a critical health manpower | 13 | | shortage area as defined by the United States
Department of | 14 | | Health, Education and Welfare, or as further defined by
the | 15 | | Department to enable it to effectively fulfill the purpose | 16 | | stated in
Section 2 of this Act. Such areas may include the | 17 | | following:
| 18 | | (a) an urban or rural area which is a rational area for | 19 | | the delivery
of health services;
| 20 | | (b) a population group; or
| 21 | | (c) a public or nonprofit private medical facility ; | 22 | | or .
| 23 | | (d) a government-owned, privately owned, independent, |
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| 1 | | or provider-based Rural Health Clinic or hospital that | 2 | | accepts Medicaid, Medicare, the State's Children's Health | 3 | | Insurance Program, private insurance, and self-pay. | 4 | | (Source: P.A. 80-478.)
| 5 | | (110 ILCS 935/3.09) | 6 | | Sec. 3.09. Eligible health care provider. "Eligible health | 7 | | care provider" means a primary care physician, general | 8 | | surgeon, emergency medicine physician, or obstetrician , | 9 | | advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant who | 10 | | accepts Medicaid, Medicare, the State's Children's Health | 11 | | Insurance Program, private insurance, and self-pay .
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 101-118, eff. 7-22-19.) | 13 | | Section 15. The Nurses in Advancement Law is amended by | 14 | | changing Section 1-20 as follows:
| 15 | | (110 ILCS 970/1-20) (from Ch. 144, par. 2781-20)
| 16 | | Sec. 1-20. Scholarship requirements. It shall be lawful | 17 | | for any
organization to condition any loan or grant upon the | 18 | | recipient's executing
an agreement to commit not more than 5 | 19 | | years of his or her professional
career to the goals | 20 | | specifically outlined within the agreement including a
| 21 | | requirement that recipient practice nursing or medicine in | 22 | | specifically
designated practice and geographic areas.
| 23 | | Any agreement executed by an organization and any |
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| 1 | | recipient of loan or grant
assistance shall contain a | 2 | | provision for liquidated damages to be paid for
any breach of | 3 | | any provision of the agreement, or any commitment
contained | 4 | | therein, together with attorney's fees and costs for the | 5 | | enforcement
thereof. Any such covenant shall be valid and | 6 | | enforceable in the courts of
this State as liquidated damages | 7 | | and shall not be considered a penalty,
provided that the | 8 | | provision for liquidated damages does not exceed $2,500 for
| 9 | | each year remaining for the performance of the agreement.
| 10 | | This Section shall not be construed as pertaining to or | 11 | | limiting any
liquidated damages resulting from scholarships | 12 | | awarded under the Underserved Health Care Provider Physician | 13 | | Workforce Act.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 101-118, eff. 7-22-19.)
| 15 | | Section 20. The Private Medical Scholarship Agreement Act | 16 | | is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
| 17 | | (110 ILCS 980/3) (from Ch. 144, par. 2703)
| 18 | | Sec. 3.
Any such agreement executed by such an | 19 | | organization and any
recipient of loan, grant assistance or | 20 | | recommendation may contain a provision for
liquidated damages | 21 | | to be paid for any breach of any provision of the
agreement, or | 22 | | any commitment contained therein, together with attorney's | 23 | | fees and costs
for the enforcement thereof. Any such covenant | 24 | | shall be valid and
enforceable in the courts of this State as |
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| 1 | | liquidated damages and shall not
be considered a penalty, | 2 | | provided that such provision for liquidated damages does not
| 3 | | exceed $2,500 for each year
remaining for the performance of | 4 | | such agreement.
| 5 | | This Section shall not be construed as pertaining to or | 6 | | limiting any
liquidated damages resulting from scholarships | 7 | | awarded under the Underserved Health Care Provider Physician | 8 | | Workforce Act.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 101-118, eff. 7-22-19.)
| 10 | | Section 25. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | 11 | | changing Section 12-4.24a as follows:
| 12 | | (305 ILCS 5/12-4.24a) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.24a)
| 13 | | Sec. 12-4.24a. Report and recommendations concerning | 14 | | designated
shortage area. The Illinois Department shall | 15 | | analyze payments made to
providers of medical services under | 16 | | Article V of
this Code to
determine whether any special | 17 | | compensatory standard should be applied to
payments to such | 18 | | providers in designated shortage areas as defined in
Section | 19 | | 3.04 of the Underserved Health Care Provider Physician | 20 | | Workforce Act. The Illinois Department shall, not later than | 21 | | June 30, 1990,
report to the Governor and the General Assembly | 22 | | concerning the results of
its analysis, and may provide by | 23 | | rule for adjustments in its payment rates
to medical service | 24 | | providers in such areas.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 101-118, eff. 7-22-19.)
| 2 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 3 | | becoming law.
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