92nd General Assembly
Summary of SB0445
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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


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