HB1239enr 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB1239 Enrolled LRB095 09836 KBJ 30047 b

AN ACT concerning public health.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Community Health Center Expansion Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

(410 ILCS 66/5)

Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:

"Community health center site" means a new physical site where a community health center will provide primary health care services either to a medically underserved population or area or to the uninsured population of this State.

"Community provider" means a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) or FQHC Look-Alike (Community Health Center or health center), designated as such by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, that operates at least one federally designated primary health care delivery site in the State of Illinois.

"Department" means the Illinois Department of Public Health.

"Medically underserved area" means an urban or rural area designated by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services as an area with a shortage of personal health services.

"Medically underserved population" means (i) the population of an urban or rural area designated by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services as an area with a shortage of personal health services or (ii) a population group designated by the Secretary as having a shortage of those services.

"Primary health care services" means the following:

(1) Basic health services consisting of the following:

(A) Health services related to family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, or gynecology that are furnished by physicians and, if appropriate, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurse midwives.

(B) Diagnostic laboratory and radiologic services.

(C) Preventive health services, including the following:

(i) Prenatal and perinatal services.

(ii) Screenings for breast, ovarian, and cervical cancer.

(iii) Well-child services.

(iv) Immunizations against vaccine-preventable diseases.

(v) Screenings for elevated blood lead levels, communicable diseases, and cholesterol.

(vi) Pediatric eye, ear, and dental screenings to determine the need for vision and hearing correction and dental care.

(vii) Voluntary family planning services.

(viii) Preventive dental services.

(D) Emergency medical services.

(E) Pharmaceutical services as appropriate for particular health centers.

(2) Referrals to providers of medical services and other health-related services (including substance abuse and mental health services).

(3) Patient case management services (including counseling, referral, and follow-up services) and other services designed to assist health center patients in establishing eligibility for and gaining access to federal, State, and local programs that provide or financially support the provision of medical, social, educational, or other related services.

(4) Services that enable individuals to use the services of the health center (including outreach and transportation services and, if a substantial number of the individuals in the population are of limited English-speaking ability, the services of appropriate personnel fluent in the language spoken by a predominant number of those individuals).

(5) Education of patients and the general population served by the health center regarding the availability and proper use of health services.

(6) Additional health services consisting of services that are appropriate to meet the health needs of the population served by the health center involved and that may include the following:

(A) Environmental health services, including the following:

(i) Detection and alleviation of unhealthful conditions associated with water supply.

(ii) Sewage treatment.

(iii) Solid waste disposal.

(iv) Detection and alleviation of rodent and parasite infestation.

(v) Field sanitation.

(vi) Housing.

(vii) Other environmental factors related to health.

(B) Special occupation-related health services for migratory and seasonal agricultural workers, including the following:

(i) Screening for and control of infectious diseases, including parasitic diseases.

(ii) Injury prevention programs, which may include prevention of exposure to unsafe levels of agricultural chemicals, including pesticides.

"Uninsured population" means persons who do not own private health care insurance, are not part of a group insurance plan, and are not eligible for any State or federal government-sponsored health care program.

(Source: P.A. 92-88, eff. 7-18-01.)