102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5734

 

Introduced , by Rep. Cyril Nichols

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2205/2205-40 new

    Amends the Department of Healthcare and Family Services Law. Provides that subject to appropriations, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall establish and administer a grant program that provides grants to multi-specialty healthcare facilities that serve urban populations in areas identified to be food deserts by the Illinois Department of Public Health in its Illinois Food Deserts Annual Report. Provides that, to receive a grant under the program, a multi-specialty healthcare facility must provide accessible services and have expertise in mental health, nutrition, family medicine, alternative medicine, sports medicine, pain management, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and social determinants of health. Requires the Department to assess the effectiveness of the grant program by monitoring (i) enrollment levels in each multi-specialty healthcare facility and (ii) the blood pressure, body mass index, and mental health assessments of enrolled patients. Provides that funding for the grant program shall not exceed $10,000,000. Permits the Department to adopt any rules necessary to implement the grant program. Effective July 1, 2022.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Healthcare and Family
5Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6amended by adding Section 2205-40 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2205/2205-40 new)
8    Sec. 2205-40. Grants to food deserts. Subject to
9appropriations, the Department shall establish and administer
10a grant program that provides grants to multi-specialty
11healthcare facilities that serve urban populations in areas
12identified to be food deserts by the Illinois Department of
13Public Health in its Illinois Food Deserts Annual Report. To
14receive a grant under the program, a multi-specialty
15healthcare facility must provide accessible services and have
16expertise in mental health, nutrition, family medicine,
17alternative medicine, sports medicine, pain management,
18physical therapy, occupational therapy, and social
19determinants of health. To assess the effectiveness of the
20grant program, the Department shall monitor (i) enrollment
21levels in each multi-specialty healthcare facility and (ii)
22the blood pressure, body mass index, and mental health
23assessments of enrolled patients. Funding for the grant

 

 

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1program shall not exceed $10,000,000. The Department may adopt
2any rules necessary to implement the grant program.
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
42022.