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| Public Act 102-1052 | ||||
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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(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2026) | ||||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This Section is repealed on July 1, 2026.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: | ||||
(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(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2026) | ||||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 | ||||
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 | ||
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 | ||
population. | ||
(d) (Blank) The Section is repealed on July 1, 2026.
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(Source: P.A. 99-54, eff. 1-1-16.)
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