Full Text of SB1001 94th General Assembly
SB1001eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning health.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 5 |
| Section 5.663 as follows: | 6 |
| (30 ILCS 105/5.663 new)
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| Sec. 5.663. The African-American HIV/AIDS Response Fund. | 8 |
| This Section is repealed on July 1, 2016.
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| Section 10. The African-American HIV/AIDS Response Act is | 10 |
| amended by adding Section 27 and by changing Section 30 as | 11 |
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| (410 ILCS 303/27 new) | 13 |
| Sec. 27. African-American HIV/AIDS Response Fund. | 14 |
| (a) The African-American HIV/AIDS Response Fund is created | 15 |
| as a special fund in the State treasury. Moneys deposited into | 16 |
| the Fund shall, subject to appropriation, be used for grants | 17 |
| for programs to prevent the transmission of HIV and other | 18 |
| programs and activities consistent with the purposes of this | 19 |
| Act, including, but not limited to, preventing and treating | 20 |
| HIV/AIDS, the creation of an HIV/AIDS service delivery system, | 21 |
| and the administration of the Act. Moneys for the Fund shall | 22 |
| come from appropriations by the General Assembly, federal | 23 |
| funds, and other public resources. | 24 |
| (b) The Fund shall provide resources for communities in | 25 |
| Illinois to create an HIV/AIDS service delivery system that | 26 |
| reduces the disparity of HIV infection and AIDS cases between | 27 |
| African-Americans and other population groups in Illinois that | 28 |
| may be impacted by the disease by, including but, not limited | 29 |
| to: | 30 |
| (1) developing, implementing, and maintaining a |
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| comprehensive, culturally sensitive HIV Prevention Plan | 2 |
| targeting communities that are identified as high-risk in | 3 |
| terms of the impact of the disease on African-Americans; | 4 |
| (2) developing, implementing, and maintaining a stable | 5 |
| HIV/AIDS service delivery infrastructure in Illinois | 6 |
| communities that will meet the needs of African-Americans; | 7 |
| (3) developing, implementing, and maintaining a | 8 |
| statewide HIV/AIDS testing program; | 9 |
| (4) providing funding for HIV/AIDS social and | 10 |
| scientific research to improve prevention and treatment; | 11 |
| (5) providing comprehensive technical and other | 12 |
| assistance to African-American community service | 13 |
| organizations that are involved in HIV/AIDS prevention and | 14 |
| treatment; | 15 |
| (6) developing, implementing, and maintaining an | 16 |
| infrastructure for African-American community service | 17 |
| organizations to make them less dependent on government | 18 |
| resources; and | 19 |
| (7) creating and maintaining at least 17 one-stop | 20 |
| shopping HIV/AIDS facilities across the State. | 21 |
| (c) When providing grants pursuant to this Fund, the | 22 |
| Department of Public Health shall give priority to the | 23 |
| development of comprehensive medical and social services to | 24 |
| African-Americans at risk of infection from or infected with | 25 |
| HIV/AIDS in areas of the State determined to have the greatest | 26 |
| geographic prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the African-American | 27 |
| population. | 28 |
| (d) The Section is repealed on July 1, 2016. | 29 |
| (410 ILCS 303/30)
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| Sec. 30. Rules. | 31 |
| (a) No later than March 15, 2006, the Department of Public | 32 |
| Health shall issue proposed rules for designating high-risk | 33 |
| communities and for implementing subsection (c) of Section 15. | 34 |
| The rules must include, but may not be limited to, a standard | 35 |
| testing protocol, training for staff, community-based |
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| organization experience, and the removal and proper disposal of | 2 |
| hazardous waste. | 3 |
| (b) The Department of Human Services, the Department of | 4 |
| Public Health, and the Department of Corrections shall adopt | 5 |
| rules as necessary to ensure that this Act is implemented | 6 |
| within 6 months after the effective date of this Act. | 7 |
| (c) The Department of Public Health shall adopt rules | 8 |
| necessary to implement and administer the African-American | 9 |
| HIV/AIDS Response Fund.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-629, eff. 1-1-06.)
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