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