093_SB1402eng
SB1402 Engrossed LRB093 07695 RCE 07880 b
1 AN ACT concerning public health.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and
5 Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6 amended by changing Section 2310-220 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 2310/2310-220) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.73)
8 Sec. 2310-220. Findings; rural obstetrical care. The
9 General Assembly finds that substantial areas of rural
10 Illinois lack adequate access to obstetrical care. The
11 primary cause of this problem is the absence of qualified
12 practitioners who are willing to offer obstetrical services.
13 A significant barrier to recruiting and retaining those
14 practitioners is the high cost of professional liability
15 insurance for practitioners offering obstetrical care.
16 Therefore, the Department, from any funds available
17 appropriated for that purpose, mustshall award grants to
18 physicians practicing obstetrics in rural designated shortage
19 areas, as defined in Section 3.04 of the Family Practice
20 Residency Act, for the purpose of reimbursing those
21 physicians for the costs of obtaining malpractice insurance
22 relating to obstetrical services. The Department mustshall
23 establish reasonable conditions, standards, and duties
24 relating to the application for and receipt of the grants.
25 (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
27 becoming law.