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1 | AN ACT concerning public health.
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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 Community Health Center Expansion Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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6 | (410 ILCS 66/5)
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7 | Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
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8 | "Community health center site" means a new physical site | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | where a community
health center will provide primary health | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | care services either to a medically
underserved population or | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | area or to the uninsured population of this State.
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12 | "Community provider" means a Federally Qualified Health | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | Center (FQHC) or
FQHC Look-Alike (Community Health Center or | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | health center), designated as such
by the Secretary of the | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | United States Department of Health and Human Services,
that | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | operates at least one federally designated primary health care | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | delivery
site in the State of Illinois.
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18 | "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Health.
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20 | "Medically underserved area" means an urban or rural area | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | designated by the
Secretary of the United States Department of | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | Health and Human Services as an
area with a shortage of | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | personal health services.
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1 | "Medically underserved population" means (i) the | ||||||
2 | population of an urban or
rural area designated by the | ||||||
3 | Secretary of the United States Department of
Health and Human | ||||||
4 | Services as
an area with a shortage of personal health services | ||||||
5 | or (ii) a population group
designated by the Secretary as | ||||||
6 | having a shortage of those services.
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7 | "Primary health care services" means the following:
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8 | (1) Basic health services consisting of the following:
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9 | (A) Health services related to family medicine, | ||||||
10 | internal medicine,
pediatrics, obstetrics, or | ||||||
11 | gynecology that are furnished by physicians and,
if | ||||||
12 | appropriate, physician assistants, nurse | ||||||
13 | practitioners, and nurse
midwives.
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14 | (B) Diagnostic laboratory and radiologic services.
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15 | (C) Preventive health services, including the | ||||||
16 | following:
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17 | (i) Prenatal and perinatal services.
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18 | (ii) Screenings for breast , ovarian, and | ||||||
19 | cervical cancer.
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20 | (iii) Well-child services.
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21 | (iv) Immunizations against vaccine-preventable | ||||||
22 | diseases.
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23 | (v) Screenings for elevated blood lead levels,
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24 | communicable diseases, and cholesterol.
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25 | (vi) Pediatric eye, ear, and dental screenings | ||||||
26 | to determine
the need for vision and hearing |
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1 | correction and dental care.
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2 | (vii) Voluntary family planning services.
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3 | (viii) Preventive dental services.
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4 | (D) Emergency medical services.
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5 | (E) Pharmaceutical services as appropriate for | ||||||
6 | particular health
centers.
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7 | (2) Referrals to providers of medical services and | ||||||
8 | other health-related
services (including substance abuse | ||||||
9 | and mental health services).
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10 | (3) Patient case management services (including | ||||||
11 | counseling, referral, and
follow-up services) and other | ||||||
12 | services designed to assist health center
patients in | ||||||
13 | establishing eligibility for and gaining access to | ||||||
14 | federal, State,
and local programs that provide or | ||||||
15 | financially support the provision of
medical, social, | ||||||
16 | educational, or other related services.
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17 | (4) Services that enable individuals to use the | ||||||
18 | services of the health
center (including outreach and | ||||||
19 | transportation services and, if a substantial
number of the | ||||||
20 | individuals in the population are of limited | ||||||
21 | English-speaking
ability, the services
of appropriate | ||||||
22 | personnel fluent in the language spoken by a predominant | ||||||
23 | number
of those individuals).
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24 | (5) Education of patients and the general population | ||||||
25 | served by the health
center regarding the availability and | ||||||
26 | proper use of health services.
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1 | (6) Additional health services consisting of services | ||||||
2 | that are appropriate
to meet the health needs of the | ||||||
3 | population served by the health center involved
and that | ||||||
4 | may include the following:
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5 | (A) Environmental health services, including the | ||||||
6 | following:
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7 | (i) Detection and alleviation of unhealthful | ||||||
8 | conditions
associated with water supply.
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9 | (ii) Sewage treatment.
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10 | (iii) Solid waste disposal.
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11 | (iv) Detection and alleviation of rodent and | ||||||
12 | parasite
infestation.
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13 | (v) Field sanitation.
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14 | (vi) Housing.
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15 | (vii) Other environmental factors related to | ||||||
16 | health.
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17 | (B) Special occupation-related health services for | ||||||
18 | migratory and
seasonal agricultural workers, including | ||||||
19 | the following:
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20 | (i) Screening for and control of infectious | ||||||
21 | diseases,
including parasitic diseases.
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22 | (ii) Injury prevention programs, which may | ||||||
23 | include
prevention of exposure to unsafe levels of | ||||||
24 | agricultural chemicals,
including pesticides.
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25 | "Uninsured population" means persons who do not own private | ||||||
26 | health care
insurance, are not part of a group insurance plan, |
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1 | and are not eligible for any
State or federal | ||||||
2 | government-sponsored health care program.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 92-88, eff. 7-18-01.)
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