Bill Text: IL SB0057 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Community Behavioral Health Care Professional Loan Repayment Program Act. Provides that the grant amount awarded may not exceed (i) $40,000 per year (instead of $35,000 per year) for a psychiatrist, (ii) $20,000 per year (instead of $15,000 per year) for an advanced practice registered nurse or a physician assistant, (iii) $20,000 per year (instead of $12,000 per year) for a psychologist who holds a doctoral degree, (iv) $15,000 per year for a licensed clinical social worker, a licensed clinical professional counselor, or a licensed marriage and family therapist (instead of $6,500 per year for a licensed clinical social worker or a licensed clinical professional counselor), and (v) $4,000 per year for a substance use professional, a certified alcohol and drug counselor, or a certified recovery support specialist (instead of $2,500 per year for a substance use professional). Provides that awards shall also be given for up to $12,000 per year for a professional possessing a master's degree in counseling, psychology, social work, or marriage and family therapy and $6,000 per year for a professional possessing a bachelor's degree in counseling, psychology, or social work. Provides that no less than 30% of the funding for grants each fiscal year shall be reserved for awards to minority applicants of African American or Black, Hispanic or Latinx, Asian, or Native American origin. Provides that if the Illinois Student Assistance Commission does not receive enough applications from qualified minorities on or before January 1 of a given fiscal year to award 30% of the funding to qualified minority applicants, then the Commission may award a portion of these reserved funds to other qualified applicants. In provisions concerning eligibility, requires an applicant to have worked in a community mental health center, behavioral health clinic, substance use treatment center or State-operated psychiatric hospital licensed or certified by the Department of Human Services or the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (instead of in a community mental health center). Effective July 1, 2024.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0056 [SB0057 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB0057-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0057 Introduced 1/20/2023, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 996/25
110 ILCS 996/30
Amends the Community Behavioral Health Care Professional Loan Repayment Act. Provides that up to a $2,500 grant awarded may also be awarded to a certified alcohol and other drug counselor, and a certified recovery support specialist. Provides that an applicant may also work for at least 12 consecutive months for an organization that provides community based substance abuse disorder treatment or mental health services in an underserved or rural federally designated Mental Health Professional Shortage Area in this State.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Community Behavioral Health Care
Professional Loan Repayment Program Act is amended by changing
Sections 25 and 30 as follows:
(110 ILCS 996/25)
Sec. 25. Award; maximum loan time; maximum amount. Subject
to appropriation, the Commission shall award a grant to each
qualified applicant for a maximum of 4 years. The Commission
must encourage the recipient of a grant awarded under this Act
to use the grant award for payments towards the recipient's
educational loans. The amount of the grant shall not exceed
(i) $35,000 per year for a psychiatrist, (ii) $15,000 per year
for an advanced practice registered nurse or a physician
assistant, (iii) $12,000 per year for a psychologist who holds
a doctoral degree, (iv) $6,500 per year for a licensed
clinical social worker or a licensed clinical professional
counselor, and (v) $2,500 per year for a substance use
professional, a certified alcohol and other drug counselor,
and a certified recovery support specialist.
(Source: P.A. 100-862, eff. 1-1-19.)

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(110 ILCS 996/30)
Sec. 30. Eligibility; work requirement.
(a) To be eligible for assistance under the Community
Behavioral Health Care Professional Loan Repayment Program,
the Commission must find that the applicant satisfies all of
the following:
(1) He or she is a United States citizen or an eligible
noncitizen.
(2) He or she is a resident of this State.
(3) He or she has worked for at least 12 consecutive
months: as a behavioral health professional in a community
mental health center in an underserved or rural federally
designated Mental Health Professional Shortage Area in
this State.
(i) as a behavioral health professional in a
community mental health center in an underserved or
rural federally designated Mental Health Professional
Shortage Area in this State; or
(ii) for an organization that provides community
based substance abuse disorder treatment or mental
health services in an underserved or rural federally
designated Mental Health Professional Shortage Area in
this State.
(4) He or she is a borrower with an outstanding
balance due on an educational loan.
(5) He or she has not defaulted on an educational

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loan.
(b) The Commission may grant preference to a previous
recipient of a grant under the Program, provided that the
recipient continues to meet the eligibility requirements under
this Section.
(c) A recipient of a grant under the Program must complete
a separate 12-month period working in a community mental
health center in an underserved or rural federally designated
Mental Health Professional Shortage Area in this State for
each grant that he or she is awarded.
(Source: P.A. 100-862, eff. 1-1-19.)