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    AN ACT concerning education.

 
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
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Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Training Act.
 
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    Section 5. Creation of program.   The University of Illinois 
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at Chicago and Southern Illinois University shall expand their 
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focuses on enrolling, training, and graduating forensic mental 
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health professionals by each creating a forensic psychiatry 
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fellowship training program at their Colleges of Medicine.
 
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    Section 10. Powers and duties under program.   Under the 
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forensic psychiatry fellowship training program created under 
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Section 5 of this Act, the University of Illinois at Chicago 
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and Southern Illinois University shall each have all of the 
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following powers and duties:
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        (1)  The university's undergraduate and graduate 
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    programs may increase their service and training 
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    commitments in order to provide mental health care to 
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    chronically mentally ill populations in this State.
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        (2)  The university shall coordinate service, 
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    education, and research in mental health and may work with 
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    communities, State agencies, other colleges and 
 


 






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    universities, private foundations, health care providers, 
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    and other interested organizations on innovative 
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    strategies to respond to the challenges of providing 
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    greater physician presence in the field of forensic 
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    psychiatry. However, the majority of the clinical 
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    rotations of the fellows must be served in publicly 
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    supported programs in this State.
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        (3)  The university may establish such clinical and 
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    educational centers and may cooperate with other 
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    universities and associations as may be necessary to carry 
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    out the intent of this Act according to the following 
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    priorities:
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            (A)  a preference for programs that are designed to 
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        enroll, educate, and facilitate the graduation of 
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        mental health professionals trained in forensic 
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        psychiatry and other forensic mental health 
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        sub-specialities; and
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            (B)  a preference for public sector programs that 
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        involve networking with other agencies, organizations, 
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        and institutions that have similar objectives.
 
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    Section 15. Program curriculum.   The curriculum for the 
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forensic psychiatry fellowship training program created under 
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Section 5 of this Act shall be developed in accordance with 
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criteria established by the Residency Review Committee of the 
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Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
 
 


 






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    Section 20. Funding. The implementation of this Act is 
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subject to appropriation.  In a given fiscal year, 75% of the 
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total amount appropriated for the purposes of this Act must be 
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designated for the University of Illinois at Chicago and 25% of 
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the total amount appropriated for the purposes of this Act must 
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be designated for Southern Illinois University. From the 
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appropriation for the purposes of this Act, the University of 
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Illinois at Chicago and Southern Illinois University shall 
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negotiate, with agencies providing supervision for forensic 
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psychiatric fellows, the reimbursement of the marginal costs 
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associated with that supervision, unless the University of 
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Illinois at Chicago or Southern Illinois University is 
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providing the supervision.  Agencies providing supervision to 
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more than one forensic psychiatric fellow may aggregate these 
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marginal costs.
 

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