Bill Text: IL SB0150 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Creates the Community Health Center Construction Act. Provides that the Capital Development Board, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, shall establish the Community Health Center Construction Grant Program and may make grants to eligible community providers subject to appropriations. Provides that the grants shall be for the purpose of constructing or renovating new community health center sites, renovating existing community health center sites, and purchasing equipment to provide primary health care services to certain populations or areas. Contains provisions concerning grants, eligibility for grants, use of grant moneys, and reporting. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2011-01-13 - Sent to the Governor [SB0150 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB0150-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Creates the Community Health Center Construction Act. Provides that the Capital Development Board, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, shall establish the Community Health Center Construction Grant Program and may make grants to eligible community providers subject to appropriations. Provides that the grants shall be for the purpose of constructing or renovating new community health center sites, renovating existing community health center sites, and purchasing equipment to provide primary health care services to certain populations or areas. Contains provisions concerning grants, eligibility for grants, use of grant moneys, and reporting. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2011-01-13 - Sent to the Governor [SB0150 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB0150-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning public 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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Community Health Center Construction Act.
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6 | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
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7 | "Board" means the Illinois Capital Development Board. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | "Community health center site" means a new physical site | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | where a community
health center will provide primary health | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | care services either to a medically
underserved population or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | area or to the uninsured population of this State.
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12 | "Community provider" means a Federally Qualified Health | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Center (FQHC) or
FQHC Look-Alike (Community Health Center or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | health center), designated as such
by the Secretary of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | United States Department of Health and Human Services,
that | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | operates at least one federally designated primary health care | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | delivery
site in the State of Illinois.
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18 | "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Health.
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20 | "Medically underserved area" means an urban or rural area | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | designated by the
Secretary of the United States Department of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Health and Human Services as an
area with a shortage of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | personal health services.
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1 | "Medically underserved population" means (i) the | ||||||
2 | population of an urban or
rural area designated by the | ||||||
3 | Secretary of the United States Department of
Health and Human | ||||||
4 | Services as
an area with a shortage of personal health services | ||||||
5 | or (ii) a population group
designated by the Secretary as | ||||||
6 | having a shortage of those services.
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7 | "Primary health care services" means the following:
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8 | (1) Basic health services consisting of the following:
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9 | (A) Health services related to family medicine, | ||||||
10 | internal medicine,
pediatrics, obstetrics, or | ||||||
11 | gynecology that are furnished by physicians and,
if | ||||||
12 | appropriate, physician assistants, nurse | ||||||
13 | practitioners, and nurse
midwives.
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14 | (B) Diagnostic laboratory and radiologic services.
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15 | (C) Preventive health services, including the | ||||||
16 | following:
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17 | (i) Prenatal and perinatal services.
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18 | (ii) Screenings for breast, ovarian, and | ||||||
19 | cervical cancer.
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20 | (iii) Well-child services.
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21 | (iv) Immunizations against vaccine-preventable | ||||||
22 | diseases.
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23 | (v) Screenings for elevated blood lead levels,
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24 | communicable diseases, and cholesterol.
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25 | (vi) Pediatric eye, ear, and dental screenings | ||||||
26 | to determine
the need for vision and hearing |
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1 | correction and dental care.
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2 | (vii) Voluntary family planning services.
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3 | (viii) Preventive dental services.
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4 | (D) Emergency medical services.
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5 | (E) Pharmaceutical services as appropriate for | ||||||
6 | particular health
centers.
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7 | (2) Referrals to providers of medical services and | ||||||
8 | other health-related
services (including substance abuse | ||||||
9 | and mental health services).
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10 | (3) Patient case management services (including | ||||||
11 | counseling, referral, and
follow-up services) and other | ||||||
12 | services designed to assist health center
patients in | ||||||
13 | establishing eligibility for and gaining access to | ||||||
14 | federal, State,
and local programs that provide or | ||||||
15 | financially support the provision of
medical, social, | ||||||
16 | educational, or other related services.
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17 | (4) Services that enable individuals to use the | ||||||
18 | services of the health
center (including outreach and | ||||||
19 | transportation services and, if a substantial
number of the | ||||||
20 | individuals in the population are of limited | ||||||
21 | English-speaking
ability, the services
of appropriate | ||||||
22 | personnel fluent in the language spoken by a predominant | ||||||
23 | number
of those individuals).
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24 | (5) Education of patients and the general population | ||||||
25 | served by the health
center regarding the availability and | ||||||
26 | proper use of health services.
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1 | (6) Additional health services consisting of services | ||||||
2 | that are appropriate
to meet the health needs of the | ||||||
3 | population served by the health center involved
and that | ||||||
4 | may include the following:
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5 | (A) Environmental health services, including the | ||||||
6 | following:
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7 | (i) Detection and alleviation of unhealthful | ||||||
8 | conditions
associated with water supply.
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9 | (ii) Sewage treatment.
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10 | (iii) Solid waste disposal.
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11 | (iv) Detection and alleviation of rodent and | ||||||
12 | parasite
infestation.
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13 | (v) Field sanitation.
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14 | (vi) Housing.
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15 | (vii) Other environmental factors related to | ||||||
16 | health.
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17 | (B) Special occupation-related health services for | ||||||
18 | migratory and
seasonal agricultural workers, including | ||||||
19 | the following:
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20 | (i) Screening for and control of infectious | ||||||
21 | diseases,
including parasitic diseases.
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22 | (ii) Injury prevention programs, which may | ||||||
23 | include
prevention of exposure to unsafe levels of | ||||||
24 | agricultural chemicals,
including pesticides.
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25 | "Uninsured population" means persons who do not own private | ||||||
26 | health care
insurance, are not part of a group insurance plan, |
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1 | and are not eligible for any
State or federal | ||||||
2 | government-sponsored health care program.
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3 | Section 10. Operation of the grant program.
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4 | (a) The Board, in consultation with the Department, shall | ||||||
5 | establish the Community Health Center Construction Grant | ||||||
6 | Program and may make grants to eligible community providers | ||||||
7 | subject to appropriations out of funds reserved for capital | ||||||
8 | improvements or expenditures as provided for in this Act. The | ||||||
9 | Program shall operate in a manner so that the estimated cost of | ||||||
10 | the Program during the fiscal year will not exceed the total | ||||||
11 | appropriation for the Program. The grants shall be for the | ||||||
12 | purpose of constructing or renovating new community health | ||||||
13 | center sites, renovating existing community health center | ||||||
14 | sites, and purchasing equipment to provide primary health care | ||||||
15 | services to medically underserved populations or areas as | ||||||
16 | defined in Section 5 of this Act or providing primary health | ||||||
17 | care services to the uninsured population of Illinois.
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18 | (b) A recipient of a grant to establish a new community | ||||||
19 | health center site must add each such site to the recipient's | ||||||
20 | established service area for the purpose of extending federal | ||||||
21 | FQHC or FQHC Look Alike status to the new site in accordance | ||||||
22 | with federal regulations.
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23 | Section 15. Eligibility for grant. To be eligible for a | ||||||
24 | grant under this Act,
a recipient must be a community provider |
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1 | as defined in Section 5 of this Act.
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2 | Section 20. Use of grant moneys. A recipient of a grant | ||||||
3 | under this Act may
use the grant moneys to do any one or more of | ||||||
4 | the following:
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5 | (1) Purchase equipment.
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6 | (2) Acquire a new physical location for the purpose of | ||||||
7 | delivering primary
health care services.
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8 | (3) Construct or renovate new or existing community | ||||||
9 | health center sites.
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10 | Section 25. Reporting. Within 60 days after the first year | ||||||
11 | of a grant under this Act, the grant recipient must submit a | ||||||
12 | progress report to the Department. The Department may assist | ||||||
13 | each grant recipient in meeting the goals and objectives stated | ||||||
14 | in the original grant proposal submitted by the recipient, that | ||||||
15 | grant moneys are being used for appropriate purposes, and that | ||||||
16 | residents of the community are being served by the new | ||||||
17 | community health center sites established with grant moneys.
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18 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
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