Section 590.120  Project Requirements

a)         The Department will post a notice of grant opportunity on its web site.  This notice shall consist of at least the following elements and will be made available at http://dph.illinois.gov/topics-services/life-stages-populations/rural-underserved-populations/medical-student-scholarship-program:

1)         Identification of the grant opportunity, including a brief description of the program and the date that grant applications can be submitted to the Department;

2)         Identification, including mailing address and telephone number, of the Department's unit or section that is responsible for the grant program; and

3)         Information regarding where a copy of the application may be viewed by the public and how copies of the application may be obtained.

b)         Notification to all persons shall be deemed to have been provided by publication of the notice.

c)         Grant opportunities shall address one or more of the following goals:

1)         To increase the number of eligible health care providers in HPSAs;

2)         To increase the number of accredited, eligible health care provider residencies within the State;

3)         To increase the percentage of eligible health care providers establishing practice within the State upon completion of residency; and

4)         To provide funds for rental of office space, purchase of equipment and other uses necessary to enable eligible health care providers to locate their practices in communities located in HPSAs.

(Section 4.01 of the Act)

d)         Projects shall have a director who is an Illinois licensed and board certified physician who oversees the educational and professional components of the program and who is eligible to be a faculty member of an accredited school of medicine or an accredited school of osteopathy.

e)         Project directors shall submit detailed and comprehensive fiscal and program objective progress reports as required by the Department's Grant Agreement.

f)         The applicant shall also demonstrate local support for the program.  Local support can be demonstrated through funds, services or other resources.  The ratio of State support to local support shall be determined by the Department in a manner that is consistent with the purpose of the Act. (Section 6 of the Act)

(Source:  Amended at 44 Ill. Reg. 20074, effective December 9, 2020)