(410 ILCS 65/5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8055)

Sec. 5. The Department shall establish a downstate health demonstration grant program, funded from appropriations available for such purpose, to initiate innovative proposals to respond to access problems in medically underserved rural areas and in designated shortage areas. The Department shall designate those rural areas that qualify as medically underserved for this purpose.

(Source: P.A. 86-965; 86-1187.)