SB1576 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1576

Introduced 2/13/2013, by Sen. Chapin Rose

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2310/2310-665 new

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall undertake a study to determine the need for primary care physicians in Illinois to meet this State's current demand and to replace retiring physicians within the 5, 10, and 15 years following the study. Provides that the study shall also determine the State's future need for primary care physicians based upon the requirements of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Provides that the Department shall submit its report to the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2013. Repeals the provision on December 31, 2013. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2310-665 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-665 new)

Sec. 2310-665. Study; need for primary care physicians. The Department shall undertake a study to determine the need for primary care physicians in Illinois to meet this State's current demand and to replace retiring physicians within the 5, 10, and 15 years following the study. The study shall also determine the State's future need for primary care physicians based upon the requirements of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The Department shall submit its report to the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2013. This Section is repealed on December 31, 2013.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.