Full Text of SB0057 103rd General Assembly
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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 Community Behavioral Health Care | 5 | | Professional Loan Repayment Program Act is amended by changing | 6 | | Sections 25 and 30 as follows: | 7 | | (110 ILCS 996/25)
| 8 | | Sec. 25. Award; maximum loan time; maximum amount. Subject | 9 | | to appropriation, the Commission shall award a grant to each | 10 | | qualified applicant for a maximum of 4 years. The Commission | 11 | | must encourage the recipient of a grant awarded under this Act | 12 | | to use the grant award for payments towards the recipient's | 13 | | educational loans. The amount of the grant shall not exceed | 14 | | (i) $40,000 $35,000 per year for a psychiatrist, (ii) $20,000 | 15 | | $15,000 per year for an advanced practice registered nurse or | 16 | | a physician assistant, (iii) $20,000 $12,000 per year for a | 17 | | psychologist who holds a doctoral degree, (iv) $15,000 $6,500 | 18 | | per year for a licensed clinical social worker , or a licensed | 19 | | clinical professional counselor, or a licensed marriage and | 20 | | family therapist, and (v) $4,000 $2,500 per year for a | 21 | | substance use professional , a certified alcohol and drug | 22 | | counselor, or a certified recovery support specialist, (vi) | 23 | | $12,000 per year for a professional possessing a master's |
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| 1 | | degree in counseling, psychology, social work, or marriage and | 2 | | family therapy, and (vii) $6,000 per year for a professional | 3 | | possessing a bachelor's degree in counseling, psychology, or | 4 | | social work . | 5 | | No less than 30% of the funding for grants under this | 6 | | Section each fiscal year shall be reserved for awards to | 7 | | minority applicants of African American or Black, Hispanic or | 8 | | Latinx, Asian, or Native American origin. If the Commission | 9 | | does not receive enough applications from qualified minorities | 10 | | on or before January 1 of a given fiscal year to award 30% of | 11 | | the funding to qualified minority applicants, then the | 12 | | Commission may award a portion of these reserved funds to | 13 | | other qualified applicants.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 100-862, eff. 1-1-19 .) | 15 | | (110 ILCS 996/30)
| 16 | | Sec. 30. Eligibility; work requirement. | 17 | | (a) To be eligible for assistance under the Community | 18 | | Behavioral Health Care Professional Loan Repayment Program, | 19 | | the Commission must find that the applicant satisfies all of | 20 | | the following: | 21 | | (1) He or she is a United States citizen or an eligible | 22 | | noncitizen.
| 23 | | (2) He or she is a resident of this State. | 24 | | (3) He or she has worked for at least 12 consecutive | 25 | | months as a behavioral health professional in a community |
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| 1 | | mental health center , behavioral health clinic, substance | 2 | | use treatment center, or State-operated psychiatric | 3 | | hospital licensed or certified by the Department of Human | 4 | | Services or the Department of Healthcare and Family | 5 | | Services in an underserved or rural federally designated | 6 | | Mental Health Professional Shortage Area in this State. | 7 | | (4) He or she is a borrower with an outstanding | 8 | | balance due on an educational loan. | 9 | | (5) He or she has not defaulted on an educational | 10 | | loan. | 11 | | (b) The Commission may grant preference to a previous | 12 | | recipient of a grant under the Program, provided that the | 13 | | recipient continues to meet the eligibility requirements under | 14 | | this Section. | 15 | | (c) A recipient of a grant under the Program must complete | 16 | | a separate 12-month period working in a community mental | 17 | | health center in an underserved or rural federally designated | 18 | | Mental Health Professional Shortage Area in this State for | 19 | | each grant that he or she is awarded.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 100-862, eff. 1-1-19 .)
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 22 | | 2024.
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