093_SB1402 LRB093 07695 RCE 07880 b 1 AN ACT concerning public health. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and 5 Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 6 amended by changing Section 2310-220 as follows: 7 (20 ILCS 2310/2310-220) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.73) 8 Sec. 2310-220. Findings; rural obstetrical care. The 9 General Assembly finds that substantial areas of rural 10 Illinois lack adequate access to obstetrical care. The 11 primary cause of this problem is the absence of qualified 12 practitioners who are willing to offer obstetrical services. 13 A significant barrier to recruiting and retaining those 14 practitioners is the high cost of professional liability 15 insurance for practitioners offering obstetrical care. 16 Therefore, the Department, from any funds available 17appropriatedfor that purpose, mustshallaward grants to 18 physicians practicing obstetrics in rural designated shortage 19 areas, as defined in Section 3.04 of the Family Practice 20 Residency Act, for the purpose of reimbursing those 21 physicians for the costs of obtaining malpractice insurance 22 relating to obstetrical services. The Department mustshall23 establish reasonable conditions, standards, and duties 24 relating to the application for and receipt of the grants. 25 (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.) 26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 27 becoming law.