Bill Amendment: IL SB0057 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: HIGHR ED-LOAN REPAYMENT AWARDS
Status: 2023-06-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0056 [SB0057 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB0057-Senate_Amendment_002.html
Bill Title: HIGHR ED-LOAN REPAYMENT AWARDS
Status: 2023-06-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0056 [SB0057 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB0057-Senate_Amendment_002.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 57
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 57 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Community Behavioral Health Care | ||||||
5 | Professional Loan Repayment Program Act is amended by changing | ||||||
6 | Sections 25 and 30 as follows:
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7 | (110 ILCS 996/25)
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8 | Sec. 25. Award; maximum loan time; maximum amount. Subject | ||||||
9 | to appropriation, the Commission shall award a grant to each | ||||||
10 | qualified applicant for a maximum of 4 years. The Commission | ||||||
11 | must encourage the recipient of a grant awarded under this Act | ||||||
12 | to use the grant award for payments towards the recipient's | ||||||
13 | educational loans. The amount of the grant shall not exceed | ||||||
14 | (i) $40,000 $35,000 per year for a psychiatrist, (ii) $20,000 | ||||||
15 | $15,000 per year for an advanced practice registered nurse or | ||||||
16 | a physician assistant, (iii) $20,000 $12,000 per year for a |
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1 | psychologist who holds a doctoral degree, (iv) $15,000 $6,500 | ||||||
2 | per year for a licensed clinical social worker , or a licensed | ||||||
3 | clinical professional counselor, or a licensed marriage and | ||||||
4 | family therapist, and (v) $4,000 $2,500 per year for a | ||||||
5 | substance use professional , a certified alcohol and drug | ||||||
6 | counselor, or a certified recovery support specialist, (vi) | ||||||
7 | $12,000 per year for a professional possessing a master's | ||||||
8 | degree in counseling, psychology, social work, or marriage and | ||||||
9 | family therapy, and (vii) $6,000 per year for a professional | ||||||
10 | possessing a bachelor's degree in counseling, psychology, or | ||||||
11 | social work . | ||||||
12 | No less than 30% of the funding for grants under this | ||||||
13 | Section each fiscal year shall be reserved for awards to | ||||||
14 | minority applicants of African American or Black, Hispanic or | ||||||
15 | Latinx, Asian, or Native American origin. If the Commission | ||||||
16 | does not receive enough applications from qualified minorities | ||||||
17 | on or before January 1 of a given fiscal year to award 30% of | ||||||
18 | the funding to qualified minority applicants, then the | ||||||
19 | Commission may award a portion of these reserved funds to | ||||||
20 | other qualified applicants.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 100-862, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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22 | (110 ILCS 996/30)
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23 | Sec. 30. Eligibility; work requirement. | ||||||
24 | (a) To be eligible for assistance under the Community | ||||||
25 | Behavioral Health Care Professional Loan Repayment Program, |
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1 | the Commission must find that the applicant satisfies all of | ||||||
2 | the following: | ||||||
3 | (1) He or she is a United States citizen or an eligible | ||||||
4 | noncitizen.
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5 | (2) He or she is a resident of this State. | ||||||
6 | (3) He or she has worked for at least 12 consecutive | ||||||
7 | months as a behavioral health professional in a community | ||||||
8 | mental health center , behavioral health clinic, substance | ||||||
9 | use treatment center, or State-operated psychiatric | ||||||
10 | hospital licensed or certified by the Department of Human | ||||||
11 | Services or the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
12 | Services in an underserved or rural federally designated | ||||||
13 | Mental Health Professional Shortage Area in this State. | ||||||
14 | (4) He or she is a borrower with an outstanding | ||||||
15 | balance due on an educational loan. | ||||||
16 | (5) He or she has not defaulted on an educational | ||||||
17 | loan. | ||||||
18 | (b) The Commission may grant preference to a previous | ||||||
19 | recipient of a grant under the Program, provided that the | ||||||
20 | recipient continues to meet the eligibility requirements under | ||||||
21 | this Section. | ||||||
22 | (c) A recipient of a grant under the Program must complete | ||||||
23 | a separate 12-month period working in a community mental | ||||||
24 | health center in an underserved or rural federally designated | ||||||
25 | Mental Health Professional Shortage Area in this State for | ||||||
26 | each grant that he or she is awarded.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 100-862, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
3 | 2024.".
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