Senate Sponsors: SULLIVAN-WEAVER. Short description: ACADEMIC MEDICINE-RESEARCH Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Excellence in Academic Medicine Act. Creates the Centers for Medical Research Program. Provides that the State shall provide financial incentives to encourage private and federal funding for biomedical and biotech research. Provides that any hospital that is eligible to receive funds from either the Medical Research and Development Fund or the Post-Tertiary Clinical Services Fund shall receive a percentage of the moneys available for distribution from the Centers for Medical Research Fund equal to that hospital's percentage of the total contracts and grants awarded to all hospitals applying for the Program. Provides that, beginning with the State fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2001 and for each State fiscal year thereafter, the primary teaching hospital for the University of Illinois School of Medicine at Urbana, the primary teaching hospital for Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, and the primary teaching hospitals for the University of Illinois School of Medicine in the City of Park Ridge and the Village of Oak Lawn are eligible for payments from the the Post-Tertiary Clinical Services Fund only with respect to amounts appropriated in that State fiscal year by the General Assembly above $11,800,000; and that they are eligible for the amounts above $11,800,000 in the Fund on an equal basis with all other eligible academic medical center hospitals. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Centers for Medical Research Fund. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 30 ILCS 775/20 30 ILCS 775/30 30 ILCS 775/35 new 30 ILCS 775/60 30 ILCS 105/5.545 new Deletes everything. Amends the Excellence in Academic Medicine Act. Provides that the definition of "Qualified Non-Chicago Medicare Metropolitan Statistical Area academic medical center hospital" includes the primary teaching hospital for the University of Illinois School of Medicine at Urbana. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: JAN-07-2003 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status