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90_HB2665
410 ILCS 65/2 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8052
Amends the Illinois Rural/Downstate Health Act. Makes a
technical change in provisions regarding legislative findings
and intent.
LRB9010248SMdv
LRB9010248SMdv
1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Rural/Downstate Health Act
2 by changing Section 2.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Rural/Downstate Health Act is
6 amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
7 (410 ILCS 65/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8052)
8 Sec. 2. The General Assembly finds that citizens in the
9 rural, downstate and designated shortage areas of this State
10 are increasingly faced with problems in accessing necessary
11 health care. The closure of small rural hospitals, the
12 inability of these areas to attract new physicians, the
13 elimination of existing physician services because of
14 increasing practice costs, including the cost of providing
15 malpractice insurance, and the lack of systems of emergency
16 medical care contribute to the access problems experienced
17 experience by these residents. While Illinois is not unique
18 in experiencing these problems, the need to maintain or
19 enhance the economies of these areas of the State requires
20 that new and innovative strategies be identified and
21 implemented to respond to the health care needs of residents
22 of these areas. It is therefore the intent of this General
23 Assembly to create a program to respond to this problem.
24 For purposes of this Act, "designated shortage areas"
25 means medically underserved areas or health manpower shortage
26 area as defined by the United States Department of Health and
27 Human Services or as otherwise designated by the Illinois
28 Department of Public Health.
29 (Source: P.A. 86-965; 86-1187.)