Full Text of HB2838 103rd General Assembly
HB2838ham001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Lindsey LaPointe Filed: 3/21/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2838
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2838 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental | 5 | | Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Sections | 6 | | 71B and 71C as follows: | 7 | | (20 ILCS 1705/71B new) | 8 | | Sec. 71B. Behavioral Health Education and Supervision | 9 | | Fund. | 10 | | (a) The Behavioral Health Education and Supervision Fund | 11 | | is created in the State treasury as a special fund. | 12 | | (b) The Fund is created for the purpose of funding | 13 | | scholarships and grants in the behavioral health field as | 14 | | provided in Section 71C of this Act and Section 65.120 of the | 15 | | Higher Education Student Assistance Act. |
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| 1 | | (20 ILCS 1705/71C new) | 2 | | Sec. 71C. Intern and Supervision Access Program. | 3 | | (a) As used in this Section: | 4 | | "Federally qualified health center" means a health center | 5 | | funded under Section 330 of the federal Public Health Service | 6 | | Act. | 7 | | "FQHC Look-Alike" means a health center that meets the | 8 | | requirements for receiving a grant under Section 330 of the | 9 | | federal Public Health Service Act but does not receive funding | 10 | | under that Act. | 11 | | "Part-time" means working at least 20 hours a week. | 12 | | "Qualified individual or entity" means: | 13 | | (1) a student pursuing a degree or certificate in | 14 | | behavioral health who interns at a community | 15 | | not-for-profit behavioral health agency, federally | 16 | | qualified health center, or FQHC Look-Alike; or | 17 | | (2) a community not-for-profit behavioral health | 18 | | agency, federally qualified health center, FQHC look-alike | 19 | | and any association representing them that seeks to | 20 | | establish or expand clinical supervision or supervision | 21 | | for supervised work experience of interns and behavioral | 22 | | health providers-in-training pursuing licensure as a | 23 | | licensed clinical social worker, licensed clinical | 24 | | professional counselor, and licensed marriage and family | 25 | | therapist. | 26 | | (b) Subject to appropriation, the Department of Human |
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| 1 | | Services shall establish the Intern and Supervision Access | 2 | | Program to provide grants to qualified individuals who intern | 3 | | for community not-for-profit behavioral health agencies, | 4 | | federally qualified health centers, or FQHC Look-Alikes and | 5 | | qualified entities who seek to establish or expand clinical | 6 | | supervision or supervision for supervised work experience of | 7 | | interns and behavioral health providers-in-training pursuing | 8 | | licensure as a licensed clinical social worker, licensed | 9 | | clinical professional counselor, and licensed marriage and | 10 | | family therapist. | 11 | | (c) Under the Program, the Department shall provide | 12 | | financial assistance to qualified individuals and entities. | 13 | | (d) A person who is a qualified individual under paragraph | 14 | | (1) of subsection (a) is eligible to receive a grant to | 15 | | compensate the individual for work as a intern. The grant | 16 | | amount shall provide an equivalent amount of compensation to | 17 | | the individual similar to the expected market rate of a person | 18 | | performing similar duties as the individual in either a | 19 | | community profit or not-for-profit behavioral health agency, | 20 | | federally qualified health center, or FQHC Look-Alike. | 21 | | (e) A qualified entity under paragraph (2) of subsection | 22 | | (a) is eligible to receive a grant to establish new or expand | 23 | | existing clinical supervision or supervision for supervised | 24 | | work experience of interns and behavioral health | 25 | | providers-in-training pursuing licensure as a licensed | 26 | | clinical social worker, licensed clinical professional |
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| 1 | | counselor, and licensed marriage and family therapist. | 2 | | (f) The Department may use moneys from the Behavioral | 3 | | Health Education and Supervision Program Fund to fund the | 4 | | Intern and Supervision Access Program as described under this | 5 | | Section. | 6 | | (g) The Department shall adopt rules to implement this | 7 | | Section.
| 8 | | Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 9 | | Section 5.990 as follows: | 10 | | (30 ILCS 105/5.990 new) | 11 | | Sec. 5.990. The Behavioral Health Education and | 12 | | Supervision Fund. | 13 | | Section 15. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is | 14 | | amended by adding Section 65.120 as follows: | 15 | | (110 ILCS 947/65.120 new) | 16 | | Sec. 65.120. Behavioral Health Scholarship Program. | 17 | | (a) As used in this Section: | 18 | | "Behavioral health discipline" means: | 19 | | (1) undergraduate behavioral health disciplines that | 20 | | may be offered through institutions of higher education, | 21 | | including, but not limited to, psychology, social work, | 22 | | and counseling; |
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| 1 | | (2) graduate behavioral health disciplines, including, | 2 | | but not limited to, clinical or counseling psychology, | 3 | | counseling, social work, and marriage and family therapy; | 4 | | (3) Medical doctors, doctors of osteopathic medicine, | 5 | | registered nurses, advanced practice registered nurses | 6 | | with specialties in psychiatry or mental health; and | 7 | | (4) certified behavioral health disciplines, including | 8 | | but not limited to
certified recovery support specialists | 9 | | and certified peer recovery specialists. | 10 | | "Eligible applicant" means a student who is enrolled in a
| 11 | | program of study at a participating college, community college | 12 | | or university and who meets
all of the qualifications and | 13 | | requirements under this Section. | 14 | | "Federally qualified health center" means a health center | 15 | | funded under Section 330 of the federal Public Health Service | 16 | | Act. | 17 | | "FQHC Look-Alike" means a health center that meets the | 18 | | requirements for receiving a grant under Section 330 of the | 19 | | federal Public Health Service Act but does not receive funding | 20 | | under that Act. | 21 | | "Part-time employment" means working at least 20 hours a | 22 | | week. | 23 | | "Participating college, community college or university" | 24 | | means a institution of higher education that is a party to an | 25 | | intergovernmental agreement entered into with the Commission | 26 | | in order to participate in the program established under this |
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| 1 | | Section. | 2 | | "Tuition, university fees, and books" includes the
| 3 | | customary charge for instruction and books or course material
| 4 | | and the additional fixed fees charged for purposes
that are | 5 | | required generally of students who are not Program
applicants | 6 | | under this Section for each academic year for which
a Program | 7 | | applicant under this Section actually enrolls. "Tuition, | 8 | | university fees, and books" does not include room and board, | 9 | | transportation fees, fees
payable only once, breakage fees, | 10 | | and other contingent
deposits that are refundable in whole or | 11 | | in part. The
Commission may adopt, by rule not inconsistent | 12 | | with this
Section, detailed provisions concerning the | 13 | | computation of tuition, university fees, and books. | 14 | | (b) Subject to appropriation, beginning with the 2024-2025 | 15 | | academic year, the Commission shall establish and administer | 16 | | the Behavioral Health Scholarship Program for the purpose of | 17 | | incentivizing students to pursue degrees in a behavioral | 18 | | health discipline. The Commission shall enter into agreements | 19 | | with institutions of higher education to participate in the | 20 | | Program. Under the Program, the Commission shall provide | 21 | | financial assistance to an eligible applicant. | 22 | | (c) In this
subsection (c), "racial minority" means a | 23 | | person who is a
citizen of the United States or a lawful | 24 | | permanent resident
alien of the United States and who is: | 25 | | (1) Black (a person having origins in any of the black
| 26 | | racial groups in Africa); |
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| 1 | | (2) Hispanic (a person of Spanish or Portuguese
| 2 | | culture with origins in Mexico, South or Central America,
| 3 | | or the Caribbean Islands, regardless of race); | 4 | | (3) Asian American (a person having origins in any of
| 5 | | the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the
| 6 | | Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands); or | 7 | | (4) American Indian or Alaskan Native (a person having
| 8 | | origins in any of the original peoples of North America). | 9 | | Subject to appropriation, the Commission shall award | 10 | | financial assistance in the form of a scholarship to an | 11 | | applicant to cover the cost of tuition, university fees, and | 12 | | books each year for a maximum of 4 years at a participating | 13 | | college, community college or university if the applicant | 14 | | meets all of the following criteria: | 15 | | (1) The applicant is a resident of this State or a | 16 | | child of a noncitizen of the United States. | 17 | | (2) The applicant has committed to work in a community | 18 | | not-for-profit behavioral health agency, federally | 19 | | qualified health center, or FQHC Look-Alike for at least 4 | 20 | | years. | 21 | | (3) The applicant fully graduates or fully completes | 22 | | the degree or certification. | 23 | | The amount of the scholarship awarded to a student | 24 | | attending a private college or university shall be the cost of | 25 | | tuition, university fees, and books each year at the public | 26 | | university with the highest cost of tuition, university fees, |
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| 1 | | and books each year in the State. Any scholarship awarded to a | 2 | | qualified applicant attending a private college or university | 3 | | may not preclude the eligible applicant from using other | 4 | | funding sources to pay for tuition and other costs not covered | 5 | | by the Program. | 6 | | In
awarding scholarships, the Commission shall give | 7 | | priority to
those applicants who are members of a racial | 8 | | minority. | 9 | | (d) Each participating college, community college or | 10 | | university shall post on its
website the criteria and | 11 | | eligibility requirements to
receive financial assistance under | 12 | | this Section and must
identify that the financial assistance | 13 | | is for a maximum of 4
academic years, with the total amount of | 14 | | financial assistance
awarded to an eligible applicant not to | 15 | | exceed the cost of
tuition, university fees, and books or a | 16 | | higher education
student loan. This information must also be | 17 | | reported to the
Commission and the Board of Higher Education, | 18 | | and the
Commission and the Board shall post the information on | 19 | | the Commission's and Board's
respective websites. | 20 | | (e) Prior to receiving financial assistance for any
| 21 | | academic year, an eligible applicant under this Section shall
| 22 | | be required by the participating college, community college or | 23 | | university to sign an
agreement with the Commission under | 24 | | which the eligible
applicant pledges that, within 6 months | 25 | | from the date of the
eligible applicant's graduation or | 26 | | certificate completion from the participating college, |
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| 1 | | community college or
university, the eligible applicant must | 2 | | search for, apply for, and accept full-time or part-time | 3 | | employment at a community not-for-profit behavioral health | 4 | | agency, federally qualified health center, or FQHC Look-Alike. | 5 | | The recipient of financial assistance must, for at least 4 | 6 | | years, maintain this employment. | 7 | | (f) The Commission shall develop rules related to | 8 | | scholarship repayment for recipients who (i) fail to search | 9 | | for, apply for, and accept full-time or part-time employment | 10 | | within a defined time frame, (ii) have changes to their school | 11 | | enrollment status, or (iii) have a terminated employment | 12 | | status for any reason, including for cause, prior to the | 13 | | program's 4-year employment requirement. | 14 | | (g) The Commission may use moneys from the Behavioral | 15 | | Health Education and Supervision Fund to fund the Program as | 16 | | described under this Section. | 17 | | (h) The Commission shall adopt rules to implement this
| 18 | | Section and may adopt rules relating to its collection
| 19 | | activities for the repayment of any financial assistance
| 20 | | provided under this Section. | 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 | | becoming law.".
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