Full Text of SB0275 96th General Assembly
SB0275eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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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 5. The Loan Repayment Assistance for Dentists Act | 5 |
| is amended by changing Sections 10, 15, 25, and 30 as follows: | 6 |
| (110 ILCS 948/10)
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| Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act, unless the context | 8 |
| otherwise requires: | 9 |
| "Dental payments" means compensation provided to dentists | 10 |
| and dental specialists for services rendered under Article V of | 11 |
| the Illinois Public Aid Code , the Covering ALL KIDS Health | 12 |
| Insurance Act, or the Children's Health Insurance Program Act . | 13 |
| "Dental specialist" means a person who has received a | 14 |
| license as a dentist in this State and who is trained and | 15 |
| qualified to practice in one or more of the following | 16 |
| specialties of dentistry: endodontics, oral and maxillofacial | 17 |
| surgery, orthodontics, pedodontics, periodontics, and | 18 |
| prosthodontics. | 19 |
| "Dentist" means a person who has received a general license | 20 |
| pursuant to paragraph (a) of Section 11 of the Illinois Dental | 21 |
| Practice Act, who may perform any intraoral and extraoral | 22 |
| procedure required in the practice of dentistry, and to whom is | 23 |
| reserved the responsibilities specified in Section 17 of the |
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| Illinois Dental Practice Act. | 2 |
| "Department" means the Department of Public Health. | 3 |
| "Designated shortage area" means a medically underserved | 4 |
| area or health manpower shortage area as defined by the United | 5 |
| States Department of Health and Human Services or as otherwise | 6 |
| designated by the Department of Public Health. | 7 |
| "Educational loans" means higher education student loans | 8 |
| that a person has incurred in attending a registered | 9 |
| professional dental education program in this State. | 10 |
| "Program" means the educational loan repayment assistance | 11 |
| program for dentists and dental specialists established by the | 12 |
| Department under this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-297, eff. 8-20-07.) | 14 |
| (110 ILCS 948/15)
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| Sec. 15. Establishment of program. The Department shall | 16 |
| establish an educational loan repayment assistance program for | 17 |
| dentists and dental specialists who practice in designated | 18 |
| shortage areas in this State and who accept certain dental | 19 |
| payments as defined under this Act. The Department shall | 20 |
| administer the program and make all necessary and proper rules | 21 |
| not inconsistent with this Act for the program's effective | 22 |
| implementation. Assistance under the program shall commence | 23 |
| once the dentist or dental specialist begins (i) practicing in | 24 |
| a designated shortage area and (ii) accepting dental payments. | 25 |
| The Department may use up to 5% of the appropriation for this |
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| program for administration and promotion of dentist and dental | 2 |
| specialist incentive programs.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-297, eff. 8-20-07.) | 4 |
| (110 ILCS 948/25)
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| Sec. 25. Eligibility. To be eligible for assistance under | 6 |
| the program, an applicant must meet all of the following | 7 |
| qualifications: | 8 |
| (1) He or she must be a citizen or permanent resident
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| of the United States.
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| (2) He or she must be a resident of this State. | 11 |
| (3) He or she must be practicing full time in
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| State as a dentist or dental specialist.
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| (4) He or she must currently be repaying educational
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| loans.
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| (5) He or she must accept dental payments as defined in | 16 |
| this Act. The Department may not set a minimum amount of | 17 |
| dental payments as a condition of eligibility. | 18 |
| (6) He or she must commit to continue full-time | 19 |
| practice in this State in a designated shortage area for a | 20 |
| minimum of 2 years.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-297, eff. 8-20-07.) | 22 |
| (110 ILCS 948/30)
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| Sec. 30. The award of grants. Under the program, for each | 24 |
| year that a qualified applicant practices full time in this |
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| State in a designated shortage area as a dentist or dental | 2 |
| specialist, the Department shall, subject to appropriation, | 3 |
| award a grant to that person in an amount equal to the amount | 4 |
| in educational loans that the person must repay that year. | 5 |
| However, the total amount in grants that a person may be | 6 |
| awarded under the program must not exceed $25,000 per year for | 7 |
| each year of eligibility. No person may receive grants for more | 8 |
| than 4 years a 4-year period . The Department shall require | 9 |
| recipients to use the grants to pay off their educational | 10 |
| loans.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-297, eff. 8-20-07.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 13 |
| becoming law.
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