Public Act 098-1006
 
SB3440 EnrolledLRB098 20276 RPM 55687 b


  
    AN ACT concerning public health.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  

  
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Rural/Downstate Health Act is 
amended  by changing Section 5.5 as follows:
 



    (410 ILCS 65/5.5)



    Sec. 5.5. Rural/Downstate Health Access Fund. 
    (a) The
Rural/Downstate Health Access Fund is created as a 
special fund in the State
treasury.  Moneys from fees and gifts, 
grants, or donations made to the Center for Rural
Health shall 
be deposited into the Fund.  Subject to appropriation and except 
as provided in subsection (b) of this Section, moneys in
the 
Fund shall be used in the following manner for rural health

programs or for programs for the medically underserved 
authorized under this Act:  60.2% shall be distributed to the

Department of Public Health, 26.3% shall be distributed to the 
Board of
Trustees of Southern Illinois University, and 13.5% 
shall be distributed to the
Board of Trustees of the University 
of Illinois. 
    (b) The Center for Rural Health at the Department of Public 
Health may require that a J-1 Visa Waiver
Program application 
fee be collected from international medical graduates for the 
purpose of administering the Program. J-1 Visa Waiver
Program 
application fees shall be deposited into the
Rural/Downstate 
Health Access Fund, shall be dedicated to the
administration of 
the J-1 Visa Waiver Program in Illinois,
and may not be subject 
to the distribution formula referenced
in subsection (a) of 
this Section.  
    (c) The Center for Rural Health
shall administer the Fund.

    (d) The Department shall adopt rules necessary to implement 
the provisions of this Section. 
(Source: P.A. 88-312; 88-535; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)



Effective Date:  1/1/2015