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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | WHEREAS, The General Assembly finds and recognizes that | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | there is a shortage of psychiatrists in designated shortage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | areas within this State; therefore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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6 | represented in the General Assembly:
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7 | Section 5. The Family Practice Residency Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | changing Sections 3.05 and 10 as follows:
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9 | (110 ILCS 935/3.05) (from Ch. 144, par. 1453.05)
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10 | Sec. 3.05. "Primary care physician" means a person licensed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | to
practice medicine in all of its branches under the Medical | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Practice Act
of 1987 with a specialty in Family Practice, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Internal Medicine,
Obstetrics and Gynecology, or Pediatrics , | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | or Psychiatry as defined by recognized standards
of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | professional medical practice.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 85-1209.)
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17 | (110 ILCS 935/10) (from Ch. 144, par. 1460)
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18 | Sec. 10. (a) Scholarship recipients who fail to fulfill the
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19 | obligation described in subsection (d) of Section 3.07 of this
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20 | Act shall pay to the Department a sum equal to 3 times the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | amount
of the annual scholarship grant for each year the
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1 | recipient fails to fulfill such obligation. A scholarship | ||||||
2 | recipient who
fails to fulfill the obligation described in | ||||||
3 | subsection (d) of Section 3.07
shall have 30 days from the date | ||||||
4 | on which that failure begins in which to enter
into a contract | ||||||
5 | with the Department that sets forth the manner in which that
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6 | sum is required to be paid. If the contract is not entered into | ||||||
7 | within that 30
day period or if the contract is entered into | ||||||
8 | but the required payments are not
made in the amounts and at | ||||||
9 | the times provided in the contract, the scholarship
recipient | ||||||
10 | also shall be required to pay to the Department interest at the | ||||||
11 | rate
of 9% per annum on the amount of that sum remaining due | ||||||
12 | and unpaid. The
amounts paid to the Department
under this | ||||||
13 | Section shall be deposited into the Community Health
Center | ||||||
14 | Care Fund and shall be used by the Department to improve
access | ||||||
15 | to primary health care services as authorized by subsection (a) | ||||||
16 | of
Section
2310-200 of the Department of Public Health Powers | ||||||
17 | and
Duties
Law (20 ILCS 2310/2310-200).
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18 | (b) Any monetary penalties, including accumulated interest | ||||||
19 | fees, imposed under this Section after December 31, 1999 and | ||||||
20 | before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th | ||||||
21 | General Assembly upon a scholarship recipient who has been | ||||||
22 | found by the Department to have failed to fulfill the | ||||||
23 | obligation set forth in subsection (d) of Section 3.07 of this | ||||||
24 | Act, but who has been practicing as a psychiatrist within a | ||||||
25 | Designated Shortage Area after December 31, 1999 and before the | ||||||
26 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General |
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1 | Assembly, must be declared null and void by the Department, and | ||||||
2 | any payments made to the Department by the scholarship | ||||||
3 | recipient must be returned to that scholarship recipient within | ||||||
4 | a reasonable amount of time, as determined by the Department.
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5 | (c) The Department may transfer to the Illinois Finance
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6 | Authority,
into an account outside the State treasury,
moneys | ||||||
7 | in the
Community Health Center Care Fund as needed, but not to | ||||||
8 | exceed an amount
established, by rule, by the Department to | ||||||
9 | establish a reserve or credit
enhancement escrow account to | ||||||
10 | support a financing program or a loan or
equipment leasing | ||||||
11 | program to provide moneys to
support the purposes of subsection | ||||||
12 | (a) of Section 2310-200
of the Department of Public Health | ||||||
13 | Powers and Duties Law (20 ILCS
2310/2310-200).
The disposition | ||||||
14 | of moneys at the conclusion of any financing program under this
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15 | Section
shall be determined by an interagency agreement.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)
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17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
18 | becoming law.
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