95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0494


 
Introduced 2/1/2007, by Rep. John E. Bradley
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		
















110 ILCS 935/3.05
  from Ch. 144, par. 1453.05


110 ILCS 935/10
  from Ch. 144, par. 1460







    Amends the Family Practice Residency Act.  Adds a person licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 with a specialty in Psychiatry to the definition of "primary care physician".  Provides that any monetary penalties imposed after December 31, 1999 and before the effective date of the amendatory Act upon a scholarship recipient who has been found by the Department of Public Health to have failed to fulfill his or her obligation under the Act, but who has been practicing as a psychiatrist within a designated shortage area during that time, must be declared null and void by the Department, and any payments made to the Department by the  scholarship recipient must be returned to that scholarship recipient within a reasonable amount of time, as determined by the Department. Effective immediately.
















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    AN ACT concerning education.

 
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    WHEREAS, The General Assembly finds and recognizes that 
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there is a shortage of psychiatrists in designated shortage 
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areas within this State; therefore
 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Family Practice Residency Act is amended  by 
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changing Sections 3.05 and 10 as follows:
 



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    (110 ILCS 935/3.05)  (from Ch. 144, par. 1453.05)



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    Sec. 3.05. "Primary care physician" means a person licensed 
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to
practice medicine in all of its branches under the Medical 
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Practice Act
of 1987 with a specialty in Family Practice, 
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Internal Medicine,
Obstetrics and Gynecology, or Pediatrics, 
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or Psychiatry as defined by recognized standards
of 
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professional medical practice.

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(Source: P.A. 85-1209.)

 



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    (110 ILCS 935/10)  (from Ch. 144, par. 1460)



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    Sec. 10. (a) Scholarship recipients who fail to fulfill the

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obligation described in subsection (d) of Section 3.07 of this

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Act shall pay to the Department a sum equal to 3 times the 
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amount
of the annual scholarship grant for each year the

 


 






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recipient fails to fulfill such obligation.  A scholarship 
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recipient who
fails to fulfill the obligation described in 
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subsection (d) of Section 3.07
shall have 30 days from the date 
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on which that failure begins in which to enter
into a contract 
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with the Department that sets forth the manner in which that

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sum is required to be paid.  If the contract is not entered into 
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within that 30
day period or if the contract is entered into 
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but the required payments are not
made in the amounts and at 
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the times provided in the contract, the scholarship
recipient 
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also shall be required to  pay to the Department interest at the 
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rate
of 9% per annum on the amount of that sum remaining due 
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and unpaid. The
amounts paid to the Department
under this 
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Section shall be deposited into the Community Health
Center 
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Care Fund and shall be used by the Department to improve
access 
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to primary health care services as authorized by subsection (a) 
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of
Section
2310-200 of the Department of Public Health Powers 
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and
Duties
Law (20 ILCS 2310/2310-200).

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    (b) Any monetary penalties, including accumulated interest 
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fees, imposed under this Section after December 31, 1999 and 
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before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th 
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General Assembly upon a scholarship recipient who has been 
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found by the Department to have failed to fulfill the 
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obligation set forth in subsection (d) of Section 3.07 of this 
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Act, but who has been practicing as a psychiatrist within a 
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Designated Shortage Area after December 31, 1999 and before the 
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effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General 
 


 






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Assembly, must be declared null and void by the Department, and 
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any payments made to the Department by the scholarship 
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recipient must be returned to that scholarship recipient within 
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a reasonable amount of time, as determined by the Department.

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    (c) The Department may transfer to the Illinois Finance

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Authority,
into an account outside the State treasury,
moneys 
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in the
Community Health Center Care Fund as needed, but not to 
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exceed an amount
established, by rule, by the Department to 
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establish a reserve or credit
enhancement escrow account to 
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support a financing program or a loan or
equipment leasing 
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program to provide moneys to
support the purposes of subsection 
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(a) of Section 2310-200
of the Department of Public Health 
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Powers and Duties Law (20 ILCS
2310/2310-200).
The disposition 
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of moneys at the conclusion of any financing program under this

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Section
shall be determined by an interagency agreement.

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(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.