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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Underserved Health Care Provider Workforce | ||||||
| 5 | Act is amended by changing Sections 3.07 and 3.09 and by adding | ||||||
| 6 | Section 3.11 as follows:
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| 7 | (110 ILCS 935/3.07) (from Ch. 144, par. 1453.07)
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| 8 | Sec. 3.07.
"Eligible medical student" means a person who | ||||||
| 9 | meets all of
the following qualifications:
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| 10 | (a) he or she is an Illinois resident at the time of | ||||||
| 11 | application for
a scholarship under the program | ||||||
| 12 | established by this Act;
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| 13 | (b) he or she is studying medicine in a medical school | ||||||
| 14 | located in
Illinois or studying chiropractic medicine in a | ||||||
| 15 | chiropractic college or institution in Illinois;
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| 16 | (c) he or she exhibits financial need as determined by | ||||||
| 17 | the
Department; and
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| 18 | (d) he or she agrees to practice full-time in a | ||||||
| 19 | Designated
Shortage Area as a primary care physician, | ||||||
| 20 | general surgeon, emergency medicine physician, or | ||||||
| 21 | obstetrician, or chiropractic physician one year for each | ||||||
| 22 | year he or she
is a scholarship recipient.
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| 23 | (Source: P.A. 101-118, eff. 7-22-19.)
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| 1 | (110 ILCS 935/3.09) | ||||||
| 2 | Sec. 3.09. Eligible health care provider. "Eligible health | ||||||
| 3 | care provider" means a primary care physician, general | ||||||
| 4 | surgeon, emergency medicine physician, obstetrician, | ||||||
| 5 | chiropractic physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or | ||||||
| 6 | physician assistant who accepts Medicaid, Medicare, the | ||||||
| 7 | State's Children's Health Insurance Program, private | ||||||
| 8 | insurance, and self-pay.
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| 9 | (Source: P.A. 101-118, eff. 7-22-19; 102-888, eff. 5-17-22.) | ||||||
| 10 | (110 ILCS 935/3.11 new) | ||||||
| 11 | Sec. 3.11. Chiropractic physician. "Chiropractic | ||||||
| 12 | physician" means a chiropractic physician as defined in the | ||||||
| 13 | Medical Practice Act of 1987. | ||||||
| 14 | Section 10. The Loan
Repayment Assistance for Physicians | ||||||
| 15 | Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows: | ||||||
| 16 | (110 ILCS 949/10)
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| 17 | Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act, unless the context | ||||||
| 18 | otherwise requires:
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| 19 | "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
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| 20 | "Educational loans" means higher education student loans | ||||||
| 21 | that a
person has incurred in attending a registered | ||||||
| 22 | professional physician
education program, including a medical | ||||||
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| 1 | school or a chiropractic college or institution.
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| 2 | "Physician" means a person licensed under the Medical | ||||||
| 3 | Practice Act of 1987 to practice medicine in all of its | ||||||
| 4 | branches.
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| 5 | "Program" means the educational loan repayment assistance | ||||||
| 6 | program for
physicians established by the Department under | ||||||
| 7 | this Act.
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| 8 | (Source: P.A. 94-368, eff. 7-29-05.)
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