Bill Amendment: IL HB5109 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: COMMUNITY BEHAV HEALTH CARE
Status: 2018-08-14 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0862 [HB5109 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB5109-House_Amendment_002.html
Bill Title: COMMUNITY BEHAV HEALTH CARE
Status: 2018-08-14 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0862 [HB5109 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB5109-House_Amendment_002.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5109
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5109 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
5 | Community Behavioral Health Care Professional Loan Repayment | ||||||
6 | Program Act.
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7 | Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of the Community Behavioral | ||||||
8 | Health Care Professional Loan Repayment Program is to recruit | ||||||
9 | and retain qualified mental health and substance use | ||||||
10 | professionals to practice in underserved or rural areas and to | ||||||
11 | address this State's community-based behavioral health care | ||||||
12 | workforce shortage that causes disparities in access to | ||||||
13 | critical mental health and substance use services.
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14 | Section 10. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||||
15 | "Commission" means the Illinois Student Assistance |
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1 | Commission. | ||||||
2 | "Physician" means a person licensed by this State to | ||||||
3 | practice medicine in all its branches and includes any person | ||||||
4 | holding a temporary license, as provided in the Medical | ||||||
5 | Practice Act of 1987. | ||||||
6 | "Program" means the Community Behavioral Health Care | ||||||
7 | Professional Loan Repayment Program. | ||||||
8 | "Psychiatrist" or "licensed psychiatrist" means a | ||||||
9 | physician who has successfully completed a residency program in | ||||||
10 | psychiatry accredited by either the Accreditation Council for | ||||||
11 | Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic | ||||||
12 | Association.
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13 | Section 15. Establishment of Program. Beginning on July 1, | ||||||
14 | 2019, there is created the Community Behavioral Health Care | ||||||
15 | Professional Loan Repayment Program, which shall be | ||||||
16 | administered by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. | ||||||
17 | The Program shall provide loan repayment assistance, subject to | ||||||
18 | appropriation, to eligible mental health and substance use | ||||||
19 | professionals practicing in a community mental health center in | ||||||
20 | an underserved or rural federally designated Mental Health | ||||||
21 | Professional Shortage Area.
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22 | Section 20. Applications. Each year, the Commission shall | ||||||
23 | receive and consider applications for loan repayment | ||||||
24 | assistance under this Act. All applications must be submitted |
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1 | to the Commission in a form and manner prescribed by the | ||||||
2 | Commission. Applicants must submit any supporting documents | ||||||
3 | deemed necessary by the Commission at the time of application.
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4 | Section 25. Award; maximum loan time; maximum amount. | ||||||
5 | Subject to appropriation, the Commission shall award a grant to | ||||||
6 | each qualified applicant for a maximum of 4 years. The | ||||||
7 | Commission must encourage the recipient of a grant awarded | ||||||
8 | under this Act to use the grant award for payments towards the | ||||||
9 | recipient's educational loans. The amount of the grant shall | ||||||
10 | not exceed (i) $35,000 per year for a psychiatrist, (ii) | ||||||
11 | $15,000 per year for an advanced practice registered nurse or a | ||||||
12 | physician assistant, (iii) $12,000 per year for a psychologist | ||||||
13 | who holds a doctoral degree, (iv) $6,500 per year for a | ||||||
14 | licensed clinical social worker or a licensed clinical | ||||||
15 | professional counselor, and (v) $2,500 per year for a substance | ||||||
16 | use professional.
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17 | Section 30. Eligibility; work requirement. | ||||||
18 | (a) To be eligible for assistance under the Community | ||||||
19 | Behavioral Health Care Professional Loan Repayment Program, | ||||||
20 | the Commission must find that the applicant satisfies all of | ||||||
21 | the following: | ||||||
22 | (1) He or she is a United States citizen or an eligible | ||||||
23 | noncitizen.
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24 | (2) He or she is a resident of this State. |
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1 | (3) He or she has worked for at least 12 consecutive | ||||||
2 | months as a behavioral health professional in a community | ||||||
3 | mental health center in an underserved or rural federally | ||||||
4 | designated Mental Health Professional Shortage Area in | ||||||
5 | this State. | ||||||
6 | (4) He or she is a borrower with an outstanding balance | ||||||
7 | due on an educational loan. | ||||||
8 | (5) He or she has not defaulted on an educational loan. | ||||||
9 | (b) The Commission may grant preference to a previous | ||||||
10 | recipient of a grant under the Program, provided that the | ||||||
11 | recipient continues to meet the eligibility requirements under | ||||||
12 | this Section. | ||||||
13 | (c) A recipient of a grant under the Program must complete | ||||||
14 | a separate 12-month period working in a community mental health | ||||||
15 | center in an underserved or rural federally designated Mental | ||||||
16 | Health Professional Shortage Area in this State for each grant | ||||||
17 | that he or she is awarded.
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18 | Section 35. Administration; rules. The Commission shall | ||||||
19 | administer the Program and shall adopt rules not inconsistent | ||||||
20 | with this Act for the Program's effective implementation.".
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