Full Text of HB5549 102nd General Assembly
HB5549 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB5549 Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 30 ILCS 105/5.666 | | 410 ILCS 303/27 | |
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Amends the African-American HIV/AIDS Response Act. Provides that the African-American HIV/AIDS Response Fund shall provide resources for creating and maintaining at least one Black-led Center of Excellence HIV Biomedical Resource Hub for every $3,000,000 of available funding to improve Black health and eliminate Black HIV-related health disparities. Provides that a Center of Excellence may be developed on a stand-alone or a collaborative basis and may provide regional comprehensive HIV preventative care and essential support services. Removes language requiring the Fund to provide resources for creating and maintaining at least 17 one-stop shopping HIV/AIDS facilities across the State. Provides that the provisions regarding the Fund are repealed on July 1, 2050 (rather than July 1, 2026) and makes a conforming change in the State Finance Act.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 5.666 as follows:
| 6 | | (30 ILCS 105/5.666)
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2026) | 8 | | Sec. 5.666. The African-American HIV/AIDS Response Fund. | 9 | | This Section is repealed on July 1, 2050 2026 . | 10 | | (Source: P.A. 99-54, eff. 1-1-16 .)
| 11 | | Section 10. The African-American HIV/AIDS Response Act is | 12 | | amended by changing Section 27 as follows: | 13 | | (410 ILCS 303/27) | 14 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2026) | 15 | | Sec. 27. African-American HIV/AIDS Response Fund. | 16 | | (a) The African-American HIV/AIDS Response Fund is created | 17 | | as a special fund in the State treasury. Moneys deposited into | 18 | | the Fund shall, subject to appropriation, be used for grants | 19 | | for programs to prevent the transmission of HIV and other | 20 | | programs and activities consistent with the purposes of this | 21 | | Act, including, but not limited to, preventing and treating |
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| 1 | | HIV/AIDS, the creation of an HIV/AIDS service delivery system, | 2 | | and the administration of the Act. Moneys for the Fund shall | 3 | | come from appropriations by the General Assembly, federal | 4 | | funds, and other public resources. | 5 | | (b) The Fund shall provide resources for communities in | 6 | | Illinois to create an HIV/AIDS service delivery system that | 7 | | reduces the disparity of HIV infection and AIDS cases between | 8 | | African-Americans and other population groups in Illinois that | 9 | | may be impacted by the disease by, including but, not limited | 10 | | to: | 11 | | (1) developing, implementing, and maintaining a | 12 | | comprehensive, culturally sensitive HIV Prevention Plan | 13 | | targeting communities that are identified as high-risk in | 14 | | terms of the impact of the disease on African-Americans; | 15 | | (2) developing, implementing, and maintaining a stable | 16 | | HIV/AIDS service delivery infrastructure in Illinois | 17 | | communities that will meet the needs of African-Americans; | 18 | | (3) developing, implementing, and maintaining a | 19 | | statewide HIV/AIDS testing program; | 20 | | (4) providing funding for HIV/AIDS social and | 21 | | scientific research to improve prevention and treatment; | 22 | | (5) providing comprehensive technical and other | 23 | | assistance to African-American community service | 24 | | organizations that are involved in HIV/AIDS prevention and | 25 | | treatment; | 26 | | (6) developing, implementing, and maintaining an |
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| 1 | | infrastructure for African-American community service | 2 | | organizations to make them less dependent on government | 3 | | resources; and | 4 | | (7) (blank); and creating and maintaining at least 17 | 5 | | one-stop shopping HIV/AIDS facilities across the State. | 6 | | (8) creating and maintaining at least one Black-led | 7 | | Center of Excellence HIV Biomedical Resource Hub for every | 8 | | $3,000,000 of available funding to improve Black health | 9 | | and eliminate Black HIV-related health disparities; a | 10 | | Center of Excellence may be developed on a stand-alone or | 11 | | a collaborative basis and may provide regional | 12 | | comprehensive HIV preventative care and essential support | 13 | | services, including, but not limited to, PrEP assessment, | 14 | | same day Rx delivery, primary HIV medical care or | 15 | | referral, case management, outpatient mental health, | 16 | | outpatient substance abuse, treatment, medication | 17 | | adherence, nutritional supplemental support, housing, | 18 | | financial assistance, workforce development, criminal | 19 | | justice involvement, and advocacy services. | 20 | | (c) When providing grants pursuant to this Fund, the | 21 | | Department of Public Health shall give priority to the | 22 | | development of comprehensive medical and social services to | 23 | | African-Americans at risk of infection from or infected with | 24 | | HIV/AIDS in areas of the State determined to have the greatest | 25 | | geographic prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the African-American | 26 | | population. |
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| 1 | | (d) The Section is repealed on July 1, 2050 2026 .
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 99-54, eff. 1-1-16 .)
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