Bill Text: IL HB5549 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the African-American HIV/AIDS Response Act. Provides that the African-American HIV/AIDS Response Fund shall provide resources for creating and maintaining at least one Black-led Center of Excellence HIV Biomedical Resource Hub for every $3,000,000 of available funding to improve Black health and eliminate Black HIV-related health disparities. Provides that a Center of Excellence may be developed on a stand-alone or a collaborative basis and may provide regional comprehensive HIV preventative care and essential support services. Removes language requiring the Fund to provide resources for creating and maintaining at least 17 one-stop shopping HIV/AIDS facilities across the State. Provides that the provisions regarding the Fund are repealed on July 1, 2050 (rather than July 1, 2026) and makes a conforming change in the State Finance Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-06-10 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-1052 [HB5549 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB5549-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the African-American HIV/AIDS Response Act. Provides that the African-American HIV/AIDS Response Fund shall provide resources for creating and maintaining at least one Black-led Center of Excellence HIV Biomedical Resource Hub for every $3,000,000 of available funding to improve Black health and eliminate Black HIV-related health disparities. Provides that a Center of Excellence may be developed on a stand-alone or a collaborative basis and may provide regional comprehensive HIV preventative care and essential support services. Removes language requiring the Fund to provide resources for creating and maintaining at least 17 one-stop shopping HIV/AIDS facilities across the State. Provides that the provisions regarding the Fund are repealed on July 1, 2050 (rather than July 1, 2026) and makes a conforming change in the State Finance Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-06-10 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-1052 [HB5549 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB5549-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning health.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 5.666 as follows:
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6 | (30 ILCS 105/5.666)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2026) | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 5.666. The African-American HIV/AIDS Response Fund. | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | This Section is repealed on July 1, 2050 2026 . | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | (Source: P.A. 99-54, eff. 1-1-16 .)
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11 | Section 10. The African-American HIV/AIDS Response Act is | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | amended by changing Section 27 as follows:
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13 | (410 ILCS 303/27) | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2026) | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Sec. 27. African-American HIV/AIDS Response Fund. | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | (a) The African-American HIV/AIDS Response Fund is created | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | as a special fund in the State treasury. Moneys deposited into | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | the Fund shall, subject to appropriation, be used for grants | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | for programs to prevent the transmission of HIV and other | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | programs and activities consistent with the purposes of this | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Act, including, but not limited to, preventing and treating |
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1 | HIV/AIDS, the creation of an HIV/AIDS service delivery system, | ||||||
2 | and the administration of the Act. Moneys for the Fund shall | ||||||
3 | come from appropriations by the General Assembly, federal | ||||||
4 | funds, and other public resources. | ||||||
5 | (b) The Fund shall provide resources for communities in | ||||||
6 | Illinois to create an HIV/AIDS service delivery system that | ||||||
7 | reduces the disparity of HIV infection and AIDS cases between | ||||||
8 | African-Americans and other population groups in Illinois that | ||||||
9 | may be impacted by the disease by, including but, not limited | ||||||
10 | to: | ||||||
11 | (1) developing, implementing, and maintaining a | ||||||
12 | comprehensive, culturally sensitive HIV Prevention Plan | ||||||
13 | targeting communities that are identified as high-risk in | ||||||
14 | terms of the impact of the disease on African-Americans; | ||||||
15 | (2) developing, implementing, and maintaining a stable | ||||||
16 | HIV/AIDS service delivery infrastructure in Illinois | ||||||
17 | communities that will meet the needs of African-Americans; | ||||||
18 | (3) developing, implementing, and maintaining a | ||||||
19 | statewide HIV/AIDS testing program; | ||||||
20 | (4) providing funding for HIV/AIDS social and | ||||||
21 | scientific research to improve prevention and treatment; | ||||||
22 | (5) providing comprehensive technical and other | ||||||
23 | assistance to African-American community service | ||||||
24 | organizations that are involved in HIV/AIDS prevention and | ||||||
25 | treatment; | ||||||
26 | (6) developing, implementing, and maintaining an |
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1 | infrastructure for African-American community service | ||||||
2 | organizations to make them less dependent on government | ||||||
3 | resources; and | ||||||
4 | (7) (blank); and creating and maintaining at least 17 | ||||||
5 | one-stop shopping HIV/AIDS facilities across the State. | ||||||
6 | (8) creating and maintaining at least one Black-led | ||||||
7 | Center of Excellence HIV Biomedical Resource Hub for every | ||||||
8 | $3,000,000 of available funding to improve Black health | ||||||
9 | and eliminate Black HIV-related health disparities; a | ||||||
10 | Center of Excellence may be developed on a stand-alone or | ||||||
11 | a collaborative basis and may provide regional | ||||||
12 | comprehensive HIV preventative care and essential support | ||||||
13 | services, including, but not limited to, PrEP assessment, | ||||||
14 | same day Rx delivery, primary HIV medical care or | ||||||
15 | referral, case management, outpatient mental health, | ||||||
16 | outpatient substance abuse, treatment, medication | ||||||
17 | adherence, nutritional supplemental support, housing, | ||||||
18 | financial assistance, workforce development, criminal | ||||||
19 | justice involvement, and advocacy services. | ||||||
20 | (c) When providing grants pursuant to this Fund, the | ||||||
21 | Department of Public Health shall give priority to the | ||||||
22 | development of comprehensive medical and social services to | ||||||
23 | African-Americans at risk of infection from or infected with | ||||||
24 | HIV/AIDS in areas of the State determined to have the greatest | ||||||
25 | geographic prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the African-American | ||||||
26 | population. |
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1 | (d) The Section is repealed on July 1, 2050 2026 .
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2 | (Source: P.A. 99-54, eff. 1-1-16 .)
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