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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1014
Introduced 2/18/2005, by Sen. Carol Ronen - Emil Jones, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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410 ILCS 65/2 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8052 |
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Amends the Illinois Rural/Downstate Health Act. Makes a technical change in
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Section concerning legislative findings.
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A BILL FOR
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SB1014 |
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| AN ACT concerning health.
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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 Illinois Rural/Downstate Health Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
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| (410 ILCS 65/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8052)
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| Sec. 2. The
The General Assembly finds that citizens in the |
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| rural, downstate
and designated shortage areas of this State |
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| are increasingly faced with
problems in accessing necessary |
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| health care. The closure of small rural
hospitals, the |
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| inability of these areas to attract new physicians, the
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| elimination of existing physician services because of |
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| increasing practice
costs, including the cost of providing |
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| malpractice insurance, and the lack
of systems of emergency |
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| medical care contribute to the access problems
experienced by |
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| these residents. While Illinois is not unique
in experiencing
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| these problems, the need to maintain or enhance the economies |
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| of these
areas of the State requires that new and innovative |
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| strategies be
identified and implemented to respond to the |
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| health care needs of residents
of these areas. It is therefore |
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| the intent of this General Assembly to
create a program to |
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| respond to this problem. |
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| For purposes of this Act, "designated shortage areas" means |
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| medically
underserved areas or health manpower shortage area as |
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| defined by the
United States Department of Health and Human |
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| Services or as otherwise
designated by the Illinois Department |
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| of Public Health.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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