Public Act 095-0096
 		





HB1239 Enrolled
LRB095 09836 KBJ 30047 b






    AN ACT concerning public health.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The Community Health Center Expansion Act is 
amended  by changing Section 5 as follows:
 



    (410 ILCS 66/5)



    Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:

    "Community health center site" means a new physical site 
where a community
health center will provide primary health 
care services either to a medically
underserved population or 
area or to the uninsured population of this State.

    "Community provider" means a Federally Qualified Health 
Center (FQHC) or
FQHC Look-Alike (Community Health Center or 
health center), designated as such
by the Secretary of the 
United States Department of Health and Human Services,
that 
operates at least one federally designated primary health care 
delivery
site in the State of Illinois.

    "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public 
Health.

    "Medically underserved area" means an urban or rural area 
designated by the
Secretary of the United States Department of 
Health and Human Services as an
area with a shortage of 
personal health services.

    "Medically underserved population" means (i) the 
population of an urban or
rural area designated by the 
Secretary of the United States Department of
Health and Human 
Services as
an area with a shortage of personal health services 
or (ii) a population group
designated by the Secretary as 
having a shortage of those services.

    "Primary health care services" means the following:


        (1) Basic health services consisting of the following:


            (A) Health services related to family medicine, 
        internal medicine,
pediatrics, obstetrics, or 
        gynecology that are furnished by physicians and,
if 
        appropriate, physician assistants, nurse 
        practitioners, and nurse
midwives.


            (B) Diagnostic laboratory and radiologic services.


            (C) Preventive health services, including the 
        following:


                (i) Prenatal and perinatal services.


                (ii) Screenings for breast, ovarian, and 
            cervical cancer.


                (iii) Well-child services.


                (iv) Immunizations against vaccine-preventable 
            diseases.


                (v) Screenings for elevated blood lead levels,

            communicable diseases, and cholesterol.


                (vi) Pediatric eye, ear, and dental screenings 
            to determine
the need for vision and hearing 
            correction and dental care.


                (vii) Voluntary family planning services.


                (viii) Preventive dental services.


            (D) Emergency medical services.


            (E) Pharmaceutical services as appropriate for 
        particular health
centers.


        (2) Referrals to providers of medical services and 
    other health-related
services (including substance abuse 
    and mental health services).


        (3) Patient case management services (including 
    counseling, referral, and
follow-up services) and other 
    services designed to assist health center
patients in 
    establishing eligibility for and gaining access to 
    federal, State,
and local programs that provide or 
    financially support the provision of
medical, social, 
    educational, or other related services.


        (4) Services that enable individuals to use the 
    services of the health
center (including outreach and 
    transportation services and, if a substantial
number of the 
    individuals in the population are of limited 
    English-speaking
ability, the services
of appropriate 
    personnel fluent in the language spoken by a predominant 
    number
of those individuals).


        (5) Education of patients and the general population 
    served by the health
center regarding the availability and 
    proper use of health services.


        (6) Additional health services consisting of services 
    that are appropriate
to meet the health needs of the 
    population served by the health center involved
and that 
    may include the following:


            (A) Environmental health services, including the 
        following:


                (i) Detection and alleviation of unhealthful 
            conditions
associated with water supply.


                (ii) Sewage treatment.


                (iii) Solid waste disposal.


                (iv) Detection and alleviation of rodent and 
            parasite
infestation.


                (v) Field sanitation.


                (vi) Housing.


                (vii) Other environmental factors related to 
            health.


            (B) Special occupation-related health services for 
        migratory and
seasonal agricultural workers, including 
        the following:


                (i) Screening for and control of infectious 
            diseases,
including parasitic diseases.


                (ii) Injury prevention programs, which may 
            include
prevention of exposure to unsafe levels of 
            agricultural chemicals,
including pesticides.

    "Uninsured population" means persons who do not own private 
health care
insurance, are not part of a group insurance plan, 
and are not eligible for any
State or federal 
government-sponsored health care program.

(Source: P.A. 92-88, eff. 7-18-01.)