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Care Demonstration Program. For purposes of this Section, |
"culturally competent health care" means the ability of health |
care providers to understand and respond to the cultural and |
linguistic needs brought by patients to the health care |
encounter. The Program shall establish models that reflect best |
practices in culturally competent health care and that expand |
the delivery of culturally competent health care in Illinois. |
(c) The Program shall consist of (i) demonstration grants |
awarded by the Department to public or private health care |
entities geographically distributed around the State; (ii) an |
ongoing collaborative learning project among the grantees; and |
(iii) an evaluation of the effect of the demonstration grants |
in improving the quality of health care for racial and ethnic |
minorities. The Department may contract with a vendor with |
experience in racial and ethnic health disparities and cultural |
competency to conduct the evaluation and provide support for |
the collaborative learning project. The vendor shall be a |
not-for-profit organization that represents a partnership of |
public, private, and voluntary health organizations that |
focuses on prevention, development of the public health system, |
and the reduction of racial and ethnic health disparities, and |
that engages health disparities stakeholders in its efforts.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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