Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

Filed: 5/29/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1323

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1323 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Community Health Center Construction Act is
5amended by changing Section 10-5 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 766/10-5)
7    Sec. 10-5. Definitions. In this Act:
8    "Board" means the the Illinois Capital Development Board.
9    "Community health center site" means a new physical site
10where a community health center will provide primary health
11care services either to a medically underserved population or
12area or to the uninsured population of this State.
13    "Community provider" means a Federally Qualified Health
14Center (FQHC) or FQHC Look-Alike (Community Health Center or
15health center), designated as such by the Secretary of the
16United States Department of Health and Human Services, that

 

 

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1operates at least one federally designated primary health care
2delivery site in the State of Illinois.
3    "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public
4Health.
5    "Medically underserved area" means an urban or rural area
6designated by the Secretary of the United States Department of
7Health and Human Services as an area with a shortage of
8personal health services.
9    "Medically underserved population" means (i) the
10population of an urban or rural area designated by the
11Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human
12Services as an area with a shortage of personal health services
13or (ii) a population group designated by the Secretary as
14having a shortage of those services.
15    "Primary health care services" means the following:
16        (1) Basic health services consisting of the following:
17            (A) Health services related to family medicine,
18        internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, or
19        gynecology that are furnished by physicians and, if
20        appropriate, physician assistants, nurse
21        practitioners, and nurse midwives.
22            (B) Diagnostic laboratory and radiologic services.
23            (C) Preventive health services, including the
24        following:
25                (i) Prenatal and perinatal services.
26                (ii) Screenings for breast, ovarian, and

 

 

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1            cervical cancer.
2                (iii) Well-child services.
3                (iv) Immunizations against vaccine-preventable
4            diseases.
5                (v) Screenings for elevated blood lead levels,
6            communicable diseases, and cholesterol.
7                (vi) Pediatric eye, ear, and dental screenings
8            to determine the need for vision and hearing
9            correction and dental care.
10                (vii) Voluntary family planning services.
11                (viii) Preventive dental services.
12            (D) Emergency medical services.
13            (E) Pharmaceutical services as appropriate for
14        particular health centers.
15        (2) Referrals to providers of medical services and
16    other health-related services (including substance abuse
17    and mental health services).
18        (3) Patient case management services (including
19    counseling, referral, and follow-up services) and other
20    services designed to assist health center patients in
21    establishing eligibility for and gaining access to
22    federal, State, and local programs that provide or
23    financially support the provision of medical, social,
24    educational, or other related services.
25        (4) Services that enable individuals to use the
26    services of the health center (including outreach and

 

 

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1    transportation services and, if a substantial number of the
2    individuals in the population are of limited
3    English-speaking ability, the services of appropriate
4    personnel fluent in the language spoken by a predominant
5    number of those individuals).
6        (5) Education of patients and the general population
7    served by the health center regarding the availability and
8    proper use of health services.
9        (6) Additional health services consisting of services
10    that are appropriate to meet the health needs of the
11    population served by the health center involved and that
12    may include the following:
13            (A) Environmental health services, including the
14        following:
15                (i) Detection and alleviation of unhealthful
16            conditions associated with water supply.
17                (ii) Sewage treatment.
18                (iii) Solid waste disposal.
19                (iv) Detection and alleviation of rodent and
20            parasite infestation.
21                (v) Field sanitation.
22                (vi) Housing.
23                (vii) Other environmental factors related to
24            health.
25            (B) Special occupation-related health services for
26        migratory and seasonal agricultural workers, including

 

 

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1        the following:
2                (i) Screening for and control of infectious
3            diseases, including parasitic diseases.
4                (ii) Injury prevention programs, which may
5            include prevention of exposure to unsafe levels of
6            agricultural chemicals, including pesticides.
7    "Uninsured population" means persons who do not own private
8health care insurance, are not part of a group insurance plan,
9and are not eligible for any State or federal
10government-sponsored health care program.
11(Source: P.A. 96-37, eff. 7-13-09.)".