Bill Text: IL SB1453 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Health Services Education Grants Act. Provides that, in addition to grants to medical, dental, pharmacy, optometry, and nursing schools and physician assistant programs, grants may be made to psychology and other physical and mental health-related schools and programs (instead of to other health-related schools and programs). Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-07-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0069 [SB1453 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB1453-Enrolled.html

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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 Health Services Education Grants Act is
amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
(110 ILCS 215/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 824)
Sec. 4. Grants may be made to the following classes of
institutions that offer health services programs: (i) medical,
dental, pharmacy, optometry, and nursing schools, (ii)
physician assistant programs, (iii) psychology and other
physical and mental health-related schools and programs, and
(iv) hospitals and clinical facilities used in health service
training programs.
Qualification for grants shall be on the basis of either
the number of Illinois resident enrollees or the number of
degrees granted to students who are residents of this State or
both. The grant amount shall be determined by the Board of
Higher Education for each class of institution.
At the discretion of the Board of Higher Education grants
may be made for a class of institution in any or all of the
following forms:
(1) Single nonrecurring grants for planning and
capital expense based on the increase in the number of

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Illinois resident enrollees;
(2) Annual grants based on the number of degrees
granted to (a) Illinois resident enrollees, or (b) Illinois
resident enrollees from minority racial and ethnic groups,
or both (a) and (b);
(3) Annual stabilization grants based on the number of
(a) Illinois residents enrolled, or (b) Illinois residents
enrolled from minority racial and ethnic groups, or both
(a) and (b); and
(4) Program priority grants based on State residents
enrolled in eligible programs that address public demand
for health services, workforce needs and shortages, and
other programmatic priorities, such as sole service
providers, academic needs, or industry standards. The
Board of Higher Education may annually dedicate a portion
of appropriated funds, not to exceed 10% of appropriations,
to support program priority grants. In determining program
priority areas, the Board of Higher Education shall
annually consult with constituent institutions.
In awarding grants to nursing schools and to hospital
schools of nursing, the Board of Higher Education may also
consider whether the nursing program is located in a certified
nurse shortage area. For purposes of this Section "certified
nurse shortage area" means an area certified by the Director of
the Department of Public Health as a nurse shortage area based
on the most reliable data available to the Director.

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(Source: P.A. 94-193, eff. 7-12-05.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.