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91_HB3594
LRB9110882NTks
1 AN ACT to amend the Allied Health Care Professional
2 Assistance Law.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Allied Health Care Professional
6 Assistance Law is amended by changing Section 2002 as
7 follows:
8 (110 ILCS 905/2002) (from Ch. 144, par. 1482)
9 Sec. 2002. Purpose. The purpose of this Law is to
10 establish a program in the Illinois Department of Public
11 Health to upgrade primary health care services for all
12 citizens of the State, by providing grants and scholarships
13 to allied health care professionals who will agree to
14 practice in areas of the State demonstrating the greatest
15 need for more professional medical care. The program shall
16 encourage allied health care professionals to locate in areas
17 where health manpower shortages exist and to increase the
18 total number of allied health care professionals in the
19 State.
20 (Source: P.A. 86-1187.)