103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4073

 

Introduced 5/9/2023, by Rep. Norine K. Hammond - Jackie Haas

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2325/30 new
30 ILCS 105/5.990 new
110 ILCS 205/9.43 new

    Amends the Comprehensive Healthcare Workforce Planning Act. Provides that the State Healthcare Workforce Council shall coordinate the State's health workforce education and training to develop a health workforce that meets the State's health care needs. Provides that the Council shall work with graduate medical education and training programs, health professions, including, but not limited to, specialties for primary care and behavioral health, and consumer representatives to address specified provisions. Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish a program to provide: (1) funding for medical residency positions that are not funded by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or other established funding source; (2) technical assistance for entities that wish to establish a residency program, including, but not limited to: entities that are not licensed hospitals and federally qualified health centers; and (3) startup funding for entities that wish to establish a residency program. Sets forth provisions concerning the application process and priority. Provides that the State Healthcare Workforce Council shall provide information annually to the Board of Higher Education related to workforce shortages to assist in the development of the application, and shall be responsible for reviewing applications and making recommendations to the Board of Higher Education regarding funding recipients. Creates the Medical Residency Education Fund to expand graduate medical education opportunities in the State and maximize the delivery of medical care and physician services to specific areas of the state where there is a recognized unmet priority need for medical care and physician services. Amends the State Finance Act to make a conforming change.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This act may be referred to as the
5Expanding Medical Residency Opportunities in Illinois Law.
 
6    Section 3. Findings. The General Assembly finds that:
7        (1) There is a significant shortage of physicians in
8    rural and underserved areas throughout the State.
9        (2) Supporting the development of a greater supply of
10    physicians to serve in rural and underserved areas in the
11    state by expanding residency training opportunities is of
12    great importance and the establishment of a program to
13    achieve this purpose is a desirable, necessary, and
14    economical method of increasing the number of physicians
15    to provide needed medical services to the people of this
16    State.
 
17    Section 5. The Comprehensive Healthcare Workforce Planning
18Act is amended by adding Section 30 as follows:
 
19    (20 ILCS 2325/30 new)
20    Sec. 30. Healthcare workforce planning. The Council shall
21coordinate the State's health workforce education and training

 

 

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1to develop a health workforce that meets the State's health
2care needs. The Council shall work with graduate medical
3education and training programs, health professions,
4including, but not limited to, specialties for primary care
5and behavioral health, and consumer representatives to:
6        (1) develop graduate medical education and workforce
7    training and development priorities for the State;
8        (2) discuss and make recommendations regarding the use
9    of health care education and training funds appropriated
10    by the General Assembly for programs administered under
11    Section 9.43 of the Board of Higher Education Act;
12        (3) develop standards and guidelines for residency and
13    health professions education and training programs funded
14    under Section 9.43 of the Board of Higher Education Act;
15        (4) review outcomes data from funded programs, as
16    provided to the commission by the department, to
17    reprioritize and reassess the graduate medical education
18    and health professions education and training needs of
19    communities;
20        (5) explore options for developing a broad graduate
21    medical education and health professions education and
22    training funding strategy;
23        (6) advocate for additional funds and additional
24    sources of funds to stimulate expansion of graduate
25    medical education and health professions education and
26    training in the State;

 

 

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1        (7) provide technical assistance and support for
2    establishing new graduate medical education and health
3    professions education and training programs in the State;
4    and
5        (8) review and recommend health professions career
6    pathways or ladders.
7    The Council shall give primary consideration to increasing
8workforce diversity and furthering improved access, quality,
9and equity of health care for underserved or underrepresented
10populations.
 
11    Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
12Section 5.990 as follows:
 
13    (30 ILCS 105/5.990 new)
14    Sec. 5.990. The Medical Residency Education Fund.
 
15    Section 15. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
16by adding Section 9.43 as follows:
 
17    (110 ILCS 205/9.43 new)
18    Sec. 9.43. Medical Residency Education.
19    (a) The State Board of Education shall establish a program
20to provide:
21        (1) funding for medical residency positions that are
22    not funded by the federal Centers for Medicare and

 

 

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1    Medicaid Services or other established funding source;
2        (2) technical assistance for entities that wish to
3    establish a residency program, including, but not limited
4    to: entities that are not licensed hospitals or federally
5    qualified health centers; and
6        (3) startup funding for entities that wish to
7    establish a residency program.
8    (b) The Board of Higher Education shall establish an
9application process for an entity seeking money from the fund.
10The application and contract criteria should be based on
11health care workforce needs and priorities. When funding new
12medical residency positions, priority shall be given to
13programs that strive to:
14        (1) graduate individuals who practice in medically
15    underserved areas in the State; and
16        (2) locate the program's main training site in a
17    medically underserved area.
18    (c) The State Healthcare Workforce Council shall provide
19information annually to the Board of Higher Education related
20to workforce shortages to assist in the development of the
21application, and shall be responsible for reviewing
22applications and making recommendations to the Board of Higher
23Education regarding funding recipients.
24    (d) An entity receiving funding under the fund shall
25provide any information requested by the State Board that the
26State Board determines is necessary to administer this

 

 

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1Section.
2    (e) Funds shall be awarded to those institutions that best
3demonstrate the ability to provide quality education and
4training and to retain residents in specific areas of the
5State where there is a recognized unmet priority need for
6physicians.
7    (f) The Medical Residency Education Fund is created as a
8special fund in the State treasury. The Board shall deposit
9into the Fund moneys appropriated or received as gifts. Moneys
10in the Fund shall be used by the Board, subject to
11appropriation, to expand graduate medical education
12opportunities in the State and maximize the delivery of
13medical care and physician services to specific areas of the
14state where there is a recognized unmet priority need for
15medical care and physician services pursuant to this Section.