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90_SB1627

      20 ILCS 4022/30
      110 ILCS 205/9.04         from Ch. 144, par. 189.04
      110 ILCS 205/9.16         from Ch. 144, par. 189.16
      110 ILCS 205/9.26 new
      110 ILCS 205/9.27 new
      110 ILCS 205/9.15 rep.
      110 ILCS 205/9.19 rep.
      110 ILCS 910/Act rep.
          Amends the Board of Higher Education Act and the  Primary
      Care  Medical  Education Advisory Committee Act to revise the
      reporting duties of the Board of Higher Education under those
      Acts.  Also amends the  Board  of  Higher  Education  Act  to
      create  Incentive  Grant  and Technology Grant programs which
      the Board is to administer.  Repeals the  Dropout  Prevention
      Services and Student Volunteers Corps programs that the Board
      was  to  administer  or  monitor.  Also  repeals the Illinois
      Architecture-Engineering Internship Act of  1983.   Effective
      July 1, 1998.
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 1        AN   ACT  relating  to  higher  education,  amending  and
 2    repealing named Acts.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The Primary Care Medical Education Advisory
 6    Committee Act is amended by changing Section 30 as follows:
 7        (20 ILCS 4022/30)
 8        Sec. 30.   Data  collection.   Each  medical  school  and
 9    residency  training  program  shall  submit  to  the Advisory
10    Committee an annual report beginning December 31, 1996 on the
11    distribution  of  graduates  from  its  medical  programs  as
12    follows:
13        (a)  The number and  specialty  distribution  of  medical
14    residents  and  extended-year  residents  by primary care and
15    non-primary care designations.
16        (b)  The distribution of residency positions by  type  of
17    health   facility  (that  is,  university-operated  hospital,
18    county   hospital,   Veteran's    Administration    hospital,
19    affiliated community hospital, or ambulatory care site).
20        (c)  The  number  and specialty distribution of post-M.D.
21    or post-D.O.  trainees  listed  by  primary  and  non-primary
22    specialties.
23        (d)  The    number    and   specialty   distribution   of
24    State-supported and nonstate-supported medical  residents  at
25    the school.
26        (e)  The  level  of  financial and other support from all
27    funding sources provided  for  each  primary  care  residency
28    program.  The  report  shall specify the fund source for each
29    program and the estimated associated faculty support for  the
30    program.
31        (f)  The  1998  report  shall  include data on the actual
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 1    location and practice specialty of graduates of  the  medical
 2    school  from 1991 to 1995 for the primary care specialties of
 3    family   practice,   internal   medicine,   pediatrics,   and
 4    obstetrics and gynecology.   The  purpose  of  this  tracking
 5    shall  be  to determine to what degree these graduates remain
 6    in primary care practice in order to evaluate the  impact  of
 7    these  trends on the State's goal of increasing the supply of
 8    primary care practitioners.
 9        The Illinois Board of  Higher  Education  annually  shall
10    submit  to  the  Advisory  Committee its annual report to the
11    General  Assembly  and  Governor,  including  information  on
12    medical and education programs, and particularly  information
13    on the following:
14             (1)  current objectives of Health Services Education
15        Grants Act funding;
16             (2)  the  distribution  of Health Services Education
17        Grants Act funding; and
18             (3)  general  grants  and  appropriations   to   the
19        State's public medical schools.
20        The  Illinois Department of Public Health shall submit to
21    the Advisory Committee a copy of its  annual  report  to  the
22    General  Assembly and the Governor, including the results and
23    progress of the programs established in the  Family  Practice
24    Residency Act.
25        The Illinois Department of Public Aid shall submit to the
26    Advisory  Committee its annual report to the General Assembly
27    and Governor, including the following:
28             (1)  current methodology used by the Department  for
29        calculating direct and indirect GME payments in Illinois;
30        and
31             (2)  distribution   of   all   medicaid  direct  and
32        indirect GME payments, including to teaching hospitals in
33        Illinois.
34    (Source: P.A. 89-316, eff. 1-1-96.)
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 1        Section 10.  The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
 2    by changing Sections 9.04 and 9.16 and adding  Sections  9.26
 3    and 9.27 as follows:
 4        (110 ILCS 205/9.04) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.04)
 5        Sec.  9.04.   To  submit  to the Governor and the General
 6    Assembly on or before the first Monday in  February  of  each
 7    odd  numbered  year  a written report covering the activities
 8    engaged in and  recommendations  made  by  it  during  the  2
 9    calendar  years  which  ended  on  December  31  of  the last
10    preceding even numbered year. This report shall be  submitted
11    in accordance with the requirements of Section 3 of the State
12    Finance Act.
13        The  requirement  for  reporting  to the General Assembly
14    shall be satisfied by filing copies of the  report  with  the
15    Speaker,  the  Minority  Leader and the Clerk of the House of
16    Representatives and the President, the  Minority  Leader  and
17    the  Secretary  of  the  Senate  and the Legislative Research
18    Unit, as required by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law
19    in relation to the General Assembly", approved  February  25,
20    1874,  as amended, and filing such additional copies with the
21    State Government Report Distribution Center for  the  General
22    Assembly  as  is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of
23    the State Library Act.
24    (Source: P.A. 84-1438.)
25        (110 ILCS 205/9.16) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.16)
26        Sec. 9.16.   Underrepresentation  of  certain  groups  in
27    higher  education.   To require public institutions of higher
28    education to develop and implement methods  and strategies to
29    increase  the  participation   of   minorities,   women   and
30    handicapped     individuals     who     are     traditionally
31    underrepresented  in  education programs and activities.  For
32    the purpose of this Section, minorities  shall  mean  persons
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 1    who  are  citizens  of the United States or  lawful permanent
 2    resident aliens of the United States and who are:  (a)  Black
 3    (a person having origins in any of the black racial groups in
 4    Africa);    (b)  Hispanic  (a person of Spanish or Portuguese
 5    culture with origins in Mexico, South or Central America,  or
 6    the  Caribbean,  regardless  of  race); (c) Asian American (a
 7    person having origins in any of the original  people  of  the
 8    Far  East,  Southeast  Asia,  the  Indian Subcontinent or the
 9    Pacific Islands); or (d) American Indian or Alaskan Native (a
10    person having origins in any of the original people of  North
11    America).
12        The  Board  shall adopt any rules necessary to administer
13    this Section.  The Board shall also do the following:
14        a)  require all public institutions of  higher  education
15    to  develop  and  submit plans for the implementation of this
16    Section;
17        b)  conduct periodic review  of  public  institutions  of
18    higher  education  to determine compliance with this Section;
19    and if the Board finds that a public  institution  of  higher
20    education  is  not  in compliance with this Section, it shall
21    notify the institution of steps to take to attain compliance;
22        c)  provide advice and counsel pursuant to this Section;
23        d)  conduct studies of the effectiveness of  methods  and
24    strategies  designed to increase participation of students in
25    education programs and activities in which minorities,  women
26    and     handicapped     individuals     are     traditionally
27    underrepresented, and monitor the success of students in such
28    education programs and activities;
29        e)  encourage  minority student recruitment and retention
30    in  colleges  and   universities.    In   implementing   this
31    paragraph,  the Board shall undertake but need not be limited
32    to the following: the establishment of guidelines  and  plans
33    for  public  institutions  of  higher  education for minority
34    student recruitment and retention, the review and  monitoring
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 1    of   minority   student   programs   implemented   at  public
 2    institutions  of  higher   education   to   determine   their
 3    compliance  with any guidelines and plans so established, the
 4    determination of the effectiveness and  funding  requirements
 5    of minority student programs at public institutions of higher
 6    education,   the  dissemination  of  successful  programs  as
 7    models, and the  encouragement  of  cooperative  partnerships
 8    between   community  colleges  and  local  school  attendance
 9    centers which  are  experiencing  difficulties  in  enrolling
10    minority students in four-year colleges and universities;
11        f)  mandate  all  public institutions of higher education
12    to  submit  data  and  information  essential  to   determine
13    compliance with this Section.  The Board  shall prescribe the
14    format and the date for submission of this data and any other
15    education equity data; and
16        g)  report  to  the  General  Assembly  and  the Governor
17    annually on  or  before  the  second  Wednesday  of  January,
18    beginning  in 1989, with a description of the plans submitted
19    by  each  public  institution   of   higher   education   for
20    implementation  of  this  Section,  including  financial data
21    relating to the most  recent  fiscal  year  expenditures  for
22    specific  minority  programs, the effectiveness of such plans
23    and  programs  and  the  effectiveness  of  the  methods  and
24    strategies developed by the Board in meeting the purposes  of
25    this  Section,  the degree of compliance with this Section by
26    each public institution of higher education as determined  by
27    the  Board  pursuant to its periodic review responsibilities,
28    and the findings made by the Board in conducting its  studies
29    and  monitoring  student  success  as  required by  paragraph
30    d) of this Section.  With respect to each public  institution
31    of  higher education such report also shall include, but need
32    not  be  limited  to,  information  with  respect   to   each
33    institution's  minority  program budget allocations; minority
34    student  admission,  retention  and  graduation   statistics;
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 1    number  of  financial  assistance awards to undergraduate and
 2    graduate   minority   students;    and    minority    faculty
 3    representation.   This  paragraph  shall  not be construed to
 4    prohibit  the  Board  from  making,  preparing   or   issuing
 5    additional  surveys  or  studies  with  respect  to  minority
 6    education in Illinois.
 7    (Source: P.A. 86-687; 86-688; 86-1028.)
 8        (110 ILCS 205/9.26 new)
 9        Sec.   9.26.  Incentive   Grants.    To   establish   and
10    administer  a program or programs of incentive grants for use
11    by Illinois higher education institutions in the  competition
12    for  external grants and contracts.  Incentive grants will be
13    made to stimulate increased federal, corporate, and  external
14    funds allocated to Illinois institutions of higher education,
15    improve  the  research  and  service capabilities of Illinois
16    institutions of higher education, and establish  and  improve
17    collaborative  relationships between Illinois institutions of
18    higher education and business and industry.
19        The Board shall adopt such rules and regulations  as  may
20    be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Section.
21        (110 ILCS 205/9.27 new)
22        Sec.   9.27.  Technology   Grants.    To   establish  and
23    administer a program or programs of grants for the purpose of
24    improving and making available state-of-the-art  technologies
25    for  Illinois  institutions of higher education.  Such grants
26    may be awarded to public institutions of higher  learning  or
27    nonpublic  institutions  of higher learning or to both public
28    and nonpublic institutions of higher learning.   Such  grants
29    may be made for technology purposes that include, but are not
30    limited  to, the purchase of equipment or services or both to
31    improve computing and  computer  networking  and  to  enhance
32    connectivity to external networks.
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 1        The  Board  shall adopt such rules and regulations as may
 2    be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Section.
 3        (110 ILCS 205/9.15 rep.)
 4        (110 ILCS 205/9.19 rep.)
 5        Section 15.  The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
 6    by repealing Sections 9.15 and 9.19.
 7        (110 ILCS 910/Act rep.)
 8        Section  20.    The   Illinois   Architecture-Engineering
 9    Internship Act of 1983 is repealed.
10        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect July
11    1, 1998.

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