Full Text of HB2380 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 Human Services Professional Loan Repayment | 5 | | Program Act is amended by changing Sections 10, 15, 25, and 30 | 6 | | as follows: | 7 | | (110 ILCS 997/10)
| 8 | | Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:
| 9 | | "Commission" means the Illinois Student Assistance | 10 | | Commission.
| 11 | | "Professional" means an individual employed by a human | 12 | | services agency that contracts with , receives funding from, or | 13 | | is grant-funded by a State agency for the purposes of | 14 | | providing direct or indirect services that ensure that | 15 | | individuals have the essential elements to build and maintain | 16 | | physical, emotional, and economic well-being at every phase of | 17 | | life. | 18 | | "Program" means the Human Services Professional Loan | 19 | | Repayment Program.
| 20 | | "Qualified program" means a program that offers an | 21 | | associate, bachelor's, or master's degree from an accredited | 22 | | college or university.
| 23 | | "State agency" means the Department of Human Services, the |
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| 1 | | Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of | 2 | | Juvenile Justice, the Department on Aging, and the Department | 3 | | of Public Health.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 102-1089, eff. 1-1-23 .) | 5 | | (110 ILCS 997/15)
| 6 | | Sec. 15. Establishment of the Program.
The Human Services | 7 | | Professional Loan Repayment Program is created and shall be | 8 | | administered by the Commission. Subject to appropriation, the | 9 | | Program shall provide loan repayment assistance to eligible | 10 | | professionals practicing in a community-based, human services | 11 | | agency that contracts with , receives funding from, or is | 12 | | grant-funded by a State agency.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 102-1089, eff. 1-1-23 .) | 14 | | (110 ILCS 997/25)
| 15 | | Sec. 25. Award; maximum loan time; maximum amount. The | 16 | | Commission shall award a grant to each eligible applicants and | 17 | | may grant preference to applicants based on need or income | 18 | | levels applicant for a cumulative maximum of 4 years . The | 19 | | recipient of a grant awarded by the Commission under this Act | 20 | | must use the grant award for payments toward the recipient's | 21 | | educational loans from a qualified program. The amount of the | 22 | | grant shall not exceed: (i) $25,000 per year for a master's | 23 | | degree or higher; (ii) $15,000 per year for a bachelor's | 24 | | degree; (iii) $3,000 per year for a professional with an |
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| 1 | | associate degree; and (iv) up to a $5,000 per year add-on if | 2 | | independently licensed as a licensed clinical social worker, a | 3 | | licensed clinical professional counselor, a licensed | 4 | | practitioner of the healing arts, a licensed marriage and | 5 | | family therapist, a board-certified behavior analyst, or a | 6 | | registered behavior technician.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 102-1089, eff. 1-1-23 .) | 8 | | (110 ILCS 997/30)
| 9 | | Sec. 30. Eligibility; work requirement.
| 10 | | (a) To be eligible to receive a grant under the Human | 11 | | Services Professional Loan Repayment Program, the Commission | 12 | | must find that the eligible professional satisfies all of the | 13 | | following:
| 14 | | (1) The applicant is a resident of the State of | 15 | | Illinois.
| 16 | | (2) The applicant has been a full-time employee worked | 17 | | for at least 24 consecutive months as a full-time employee | 18 | | as a human services professional , and the in a | 19 | | community-based human services agency that currently has | 20 | | or did have a contract with , receives funding from, or is | 21 | | grant-funded by a State agency for the purpose of | 22 | | providing to provide human services during the duration of | 23 | | applicant's 24 consecutive month tenure.
| 24 | | (3) The applicant is a borrower with an outstanding | 25 | | balance due on an educational loan.
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| 1 | | (4) The applicant has not defaulted on an educational | 2 | | loan.
| 3 | | (5) The applicant must remain a full-time employee as | 4 | | a human services professional in the same community-based | 5 | | human services agency for at least 12 months after | 6 | | receiving this grant.
| 7 | | (b) The Commission may grant preference to a previous | 8 | | recipient of a grant under the Program, provided that the | 9 | | recipient continues to meet the eligibility requirements under | 10 | | this Section.
| 11 | | (c) The Commission may grant preference to applications | 12 | | based on need or income levels. | 13 | | (Source: P.A. 102-1089, eff. 1-1-23 .)
| 14 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 15 | | 2023.
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