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410 ILCS 65/3

(410 ILCS 65/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8053)

Sec. 3.

The Illinois Department of Public Health shall establish a
downstate health care program as a component of primary care development. The
Department shall create a Center for Rural Health to coordinate programs
and activities within the agency relating to access to health care in rural
areas and designated shortage areas. The Center may work with universities,
private foundations, health care providers or other interested
organizations, private foundations, health care providers or other
interested organizations on innovative strategies to respond to the health
care needs of residents of these areas.

The Center shall cooperate with Southern Illinois University programs and
services that respond to the health care needs of residents of downstate
areas, including but not limited to the development of primary care
centers, the development of obstetrical care centers through affiliation
with hospitals and clinics, and the conduct of health research and evaluation.

The Center shall cooperate with University of Illinois programs and
services that respond to the health care needs of residents of downstate
areas, including but not limited to:  developing innovative educational
strategies designed to graduate primary care physicians, especially family
physicians, for all Illinois, particularly the rural underserved areas;
developing primary care centers with comprehensive care, including
emergency and obstetric care through affiliation with hospitals and
clinics; and conducting health research and evaluation.

(Source: P.A. 86-965; 86-1187; 87-1162.)