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| Public Act 102-1052
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| HB5549 Enrolled | LRB102 24999 CPF 34255 b |
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AN ACT concerning health.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing |
Section 5.666 as follows:
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(30 ILCS 105/5.666)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2026) |
Sec. 5.666. The African-American HIV/AIDS Response Fund. |
This Section is repealed on July 1, 2026. |
(Source: P.A. 99-54, eff. 1-1-16.)
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Section 10. The African-American HIV/AIDS Response Act is |
amended by changing Section 27 as follows:
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(410 ILCS 303/27) |
(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2026) |
Sec. 27. African-American HIV/AIDS Response Fund. |
(a) The African-American HIV/AIDS Response Fund is created |
as a special fund in the State treasury. Moneys deposited into |
the Fund shall, subject to appropriation, be used for grants |
for programs to prevent the transmission of HIV and other |
programs and activities consistent with the purposes of this |
Act, including, but not limited to, preventing and treating |
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HIV/AIDS, the creation of an HIV/AIDS service delivery system, |
and the administration of the Act. Moneys for the Fund shall |
come from appropriations by the General Assembly, federal |
funds, and other public resources. |
(b) The Fund shall provide resources for communities in |
Illinois to create an HIV/AIDS service delivery system that |
reduces the disparity of HIV infection and AIDS cases between |
African-Americans and other population groups in Illinois that |
may be impacted by the disease by, including but, not limited |
to: |
(1) developing, implementing, and maintaining a |
comprehensive, culturally sensitive HIV Prevention Plan |
targeting communities that are identified as high-risk in |
terms of the impact of the disease on African-Americans; |
(2) developing, implementing, and maintaining a stable |
HIV/AIDS service delivery infrastructure in Illinois |
communities that will meet the needs of African-Americans; |
(3) developing, implementing, and maintaining a |
statewide HIV/AIDS testing program; |
(4) providing funding for HIV/AIDS social and |
scientific research to improve prevention and treatment; |
(5) providing comprehensive technical and other |
assistance to African-American community service |
organizations that are involved in HIV/AIDS prevention and |
treatment; |
(6) developing, implementing, and maintaining an |
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infrastructure for African-American community service |
organizations to make them less dependent on government |
resources; and |
(7) (blank); and creating and maintaining at least 17 |
one-stop shopping HIV/AIDS facilities across the State. |
(8) creating, maintaining, or 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; 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, which may include, but are |
not limited to, PrEP assessment, same day prescription |
delivery, primary HIV medical care or referral, case |
management, outpatient mental health, outpatient substance |
abuse, treatment, medication adherence, nutritional |
supplemental support, housing, financial assistance, |
workforce development, criminal justice involvement, and |
advocacy services. |
(c) When providing grants pursuant to this Fund, the |
Department of Public Health shall give priority to the |
development of comprehensive medical and social services to |
African-Americans at risk of infection from or infected with |
HIV/AIDS in areas of the State determined to have the greatest |
geographic prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the African-American |