FOWLER-BLACK-BOLAND. (SIEBEN-WOOLARD-MYERS) New Act Creates the Optometric Education Scholarship Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to establish and administer a scholarship program in which 10 $5,000 scholarships are provided each year to qualified applicants who are enrolled in a college of optometry located in this State. Provides that a scholarship recipient must, during the 7-year period immediately following graduation, be employed in this State as a licensed optometrist for at least one year for each year of full-time scholarship assistance received. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: New Act Adds reference to: 110 ILCS 947/65.70 new 225 ILCS 80/20 from Ch. 111, par. 3920 Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Creates the Optometric Education Scholarship Program to be administered by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. Amends the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987. Provides that, subject to appropriation, moneys in the Optometric Licensing and Disciplinary Board Fund may be used for the Optometric Education Scholarship Program. Effective immediately. JAN-29-2002 H FILED WITH CLERK JAN-29-2002 H FIRST READING JAN-29-2002 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES JAN-30-2002 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HIGHER ED FEB-05-2002 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BLACK FEB-07-2002 H DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 010-000-000 HHED FEB-07-2002 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE FEB-14-2002 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BOLAND MAR-20-2002 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-20-2002 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-FOWLER MAR-20-2002 H AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL MAR-20-2002 H HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE MAR-21-2002 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-FOWLER MAR-21-2002 H RULES REFERS TO HHED MAR-21-2002 H HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE MAR-22-2002 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-FOWLER MAR-22-2002 H RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HHED/007-000-000 MAR-22-2002 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-FOWLER MAR-22-2002 H ADOPTED MAR-22-2002 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE APR-01-2002 H THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 110-000-000 APR-02-2002 S ARRIVE IN SENATE APR-02-2002 S PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 02-04-03 APR-02-2002 S CHIEF SPONSOR SIEBEN APR-03-2002 S FIRST READING APR-03-2002 S REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES APR-17-2002 S ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EDUCATION APR-18-2002 S ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR WOOLARD APR-24-2002 S DO PASS 008-000-000 SESE APR-24-2002 S PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 02-04-25 APR-25-2002 S SECOND READING APR-25-2002 S PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 02-05-06 MAY-06-2002 S ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR MYERS MAY-07-2002 S ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TROTTER MAY-07-2002 S THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 MAY-07-2002 H PASSED BOTH HOUSES JUN-05-2002 H SENT TO THE GOVERNOR JUN-26-2002 H GOVERNOR APPROVED JUN-26-2002 H EFFECTIVE DATE 02-06-26 JUN-26-2002 H PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0569 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary