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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1544
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1544 as follows:
3 on page 2, line 8, by replacing "personal" with "primary
4 care"; and
5 on page 3, below line 25, by inserting the following:
6 ""Uninsured population" means persons that do not own
7 private health care insurance, are not a part of a group
8 insurance plan, and are not eligible for any State or federal
9 government sponsored health care provision program."; and
10 on page 3, by deleting lines 31 and 32; and
11 on page 4, by replacing lines 1 through 3 with the following:
12 "Section 15. Eligibility for grant. To be eligible to
13 receive a grant under this Act an entity must meet the
14 following criteria:
15 (a) The entity must:
16 (1) meet the criteria to be a community provider;
17 or
18 (2) be a physician or group of physicians licensed
19 to practice medicine in all its branches, at least 5% of
20 the total practice of which includes any patient mix of
21 persons eligible for medical assistance under Article V
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1 of the Illinois Public Aid Code or persons who lack
2 private health insurance and are not eligible for
3 Medicare or medical assistance under Article V of the
4 Illinois Public Aid Code.
5 (b) The entity must provide the required primary health
6 services.
7 (c) The entity must adjust fees in accordance with a
8 patient's income.
9 (d) The entity must serve a medically underserved
10 population and an uninsured population."; and
11 on page 4, line 9, after "Act", by inserting the following:
12 "until newly created comprehensive primary care medical
13 practices are eligible for and are receiving permanent
14 federal grant funding under Section 330 of the Public Health
15 Services Act".