Full Text of HB2483 94th General Assembly
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Registration and Regulation Committee
Filed: 3/9/2005
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2483
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2483 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Family Practice Residency Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Sections 3.05, 4, 4.04, and 5 and by adding Sections | 6 |
| 4.13, 4.14, 7.5, 7.10, and 7.15 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 935/3.05) (from Ch. 144, par. 1453.05)
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| Sec. 3.05. "Primary care physician" means a person licensed | 9 |
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practice medicine in all of its branches under the Medical | 10 |
| Practice Act
of 1987 with a specialty in Family Practice, | 11 |
| Internal Medicine,
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Psychiatry, or | 12 |
| Pediatrics as defined by recognized standards
of professional | 13 |
| medical practice.
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| (Source: P.A. 85-1209.)
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| (110 ILCS 935/4) (from Ch. 144, par. 1454)
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| Sec. 4. The Department shall have the powers and duties | 17 |
| indicated in
the following Sections preceding Section 5
4.01 | 18 |
| through 4.12 of this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 80-478 .)
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| (110 ILCS 935/4.04) (from Ch. 144, par. 1454.04)
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| Sec. 4.04. To determine criteria and standards of financial | 22 |
| need in
the awarding of scholarships under Section 4.03 of this |
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| Act and to develop the forms and procedures for submission, | 2 |
| review, and approval of applications, which shall include, but | 3 |
| not be limited to, electronic online filing via the Internet .
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| (Source: P.A. 80-478.)
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| (110 ILCS 935/4.13 new) | 6 |
| Sec. 4.13. To identify the residency programs and practice | 7 |
| opportunities in Designated Shortage Areas in which the medical | 8 |
| students receiving scholarships will be able to comply with the | 9 |
| requirements of this Act and to provide information to the | 10 |
| students to assist them in obtaining a placement. The | 11 |
| Department shall disseminate a booklet containing these | 12 |
| programs and opportunities to applicants. The Department may | 13 |
| not later disqualify the program or opportunity chosen by an | 14 |
| applicant from the booklet and require the applicant to serve | 15 |
| at another location. | 16 |
| (110 ILCS 935/4.14 new)
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| Sec. 4.14. To establish an administrative review process to | 18 |
| allow the Department to present evidence of noncompliance with | 19 |
| the program against a scholarship recipient and for the | 20 |
| scholarship recipient to present evidence on his or her behalf. | 21 |
| This administrative review process shall occur prior to cases | 22 |
| being referred to the Attorney General.
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| (110 ILCS 935/5) (from Ch. 144, par. 1455)
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| Sec. 5. The Advisory Committee for Family Practice | 25 |
| Residency Programs
is created and shall consult with the | 26 |
| Director in the administration of
this Act and shall review the | 27 |
| distribution of funds to family practice residency programs and | 28 |
| scholarships awarded to determine if the purpose of this Act is | 29 |
| being met . The Committee shall consist of 9 members
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| by the Director, 4 of whom shall be family practice
physicians, | 31 |
| one of whom shall be the dean or associate or deputy dean of a
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| medical school in this
State, and 4 of whom shall be | 2 |
| representatives of the general public.
Terms of membership | 3 |
| shall be 4 years. Initial appointments by the
Director shall be | 4 |
| staggered, with 4 appointments terminating January 31,
1979 and | 5 |
| 4 terminating January 31, 1981. Each member shall continue to
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| serve after the expiration of his term until his successor has | 7 |
| been
appointed. No person shall serve more than 2 terms. | 8 |
| Vacancies shall be
filled by appointment for the unexpired term | 9 |
| of any member in the same
manner as the vacant position had | 10 |
| been filled. The Committee shall
select from its members a | 11 |
| chairman from among the family practice
physician members, and | 12 |
| such other officers as may be required. The
Committee shall | 13 |
| meet as frequently as the Director deems necessary, but
not | 14 |
| less than once each year. The Committee members shall receive | 15 |
| no
compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses | 16 |
| incurred in
carrying out their duties.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-635, eff. 7-11-02.)
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| (110 ILCS 935/7.5 new)
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| Sec. 7.5. Time in which to find employment. | 20 |
| (a) A scholarship recipient's service term shall begin | 21 |
| within 180 days after the recipient's licensure to practice | 22 |
| medicine, except that service may be deferred until completion | 23 |
| of an approved residency program in primary care. In all cases | 24 |
| where service is deferred, service shall begin within 180 days | 25 |
| after the scholarship recipient leaves the residency program. | 26 |
| (b) If a scholarship recipient is unable to comply with the | 27 |
| requirements of subsection (a) of this Section, the recipient | 28 |
| may provide written evidence of good faith efforts to obtain | 29 |
| qualifying employment and the Department may grant an extension | 30 |
| of time to the recipient to obtain qualifying employment. | 31 |
| (110 ILCS 935/7.10 new)
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| Sec. 7.10. Written and verbal approval of practice |
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| locations. A scholarship recipient shall obtain written | 2 |
| approval from the Department for a practice location, except | 3 |
| that the recipient may obtain verbal approval from the office | 4 |
| of the Director and that verbal approval shall be sufficient to | 5 |
| comply with this Section for the purposes of any administrative | 6 |
| hearing brought for failure to obtain written approval. | 7 |
| (110 ILCS 935/7.15 new)
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| Sec. 7.15. Change in practice location. If the practice | 9 |
| location of a scholarship recipient closes or discontinues the | 10 |
| services provided by the recipient, the Department shall | 11 |
| approve a position other than the one specified in the | 12 |
| recipient's contract if the new practice location is in a | 13 |
| Designated Shortage Area and the recipient demonstrates good | 14 |
| faith efforts to obtain a position in his or her current | 15 |
| practice location. A change in practice location pursuant to | 16 |
| this Section shall not constitute a violation of the | 17 |
| contract. ".
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