Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3571 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3571 Introduced , by Rep. Lakesia Collins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Community Hospice and Palliative Care Professional Loan Repayment Program Act. Provides that beginning on or before 6 months after the effective date of the Act, the Community Hospice and Palliative Care Professional Loan Repayment Program is created, which shall be administered by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. Provides that the program shall provide loan repayment assistance, subject to appropriation, to eligible hospice and palliative professionals practicing in a community-based hospice agency that provides services in the State. Provides that each year, the Commission shall receive and consider applications for loan repayment assistance under this Act. Makes provisions concerning grant awards; eligibility requirements; and other matters. Provides that the Commission shall administer the program and shall adopt rules not inconsistent with the Act for the program's effective implementation. Provides that the Act is inoperative 10 years on and after the effective date. Effective immediately. LRB103 29393 CPF 55784 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3571 Introduced , by Rep. Lakesia Collins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the Community Hospice and Palliative Care Professional Loan Repayment Program Act. Provides that beginning on or before 6 months after the effective date of the Act, the Community Hospice and Palliative Care Professional Loan Repayment Program is created, which shall be administered by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. Provides that the program shall provide loan repayment assistance, subject to appropriation, to eligible hospice and palliative professionals practicing in a community-based hospice agency that provides services in the State. Provides that each year, the Commission shall receive and consider applications for loan repayment assistance under this Act. Makes provisions concerning grant awards; eligibility requirements; and other matters. Provides that the Commission shall administer the program and shall adopt rules not inconsistent with the Act for the program's effective implementation. Provides that the Act is inoperative 10 years on and after the effective date. Effective immediately. LRB103 29393 CPF 55784 b LRB103 29393 CPF 55784 b A BILL FOR
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5	5	Creates the Community Hospice and Palliative Care Professional Loan Repayment Program Act. Provides that beginning on or before 6 months after the effective date of the Act, the Community Hospice and Palliative Care Professional Loan Repayment Program is created, which shall be administered by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. Provides that the program shall provide loan repayment assistance, subject to appropriation, to eligible hospice and palliative professionals practicing in a community-based hospice agency that provides services in the State. Provides that each year, the Commission shall receive and consider applications for loan repayment assistance under this Act. Makes provisions concerning grant awards; eligibility requirements; and other matters. Provides that the Commission shall administer the program and shall adopt rules not inconsistent with the Act for the program's effective implementation. Provides that the Act is inoperative 10 years on and after the effective date. Effective immediately.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning health.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
15	15	5 Community Hospice and Palliative Care Professional Loan
16	16	6 Repayment Program Act.
17	17	7 Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of the Community Hospice
18	18	8 and Palliative Care Professional Loan Repayment Program is to
19	19	9 help licensed hospice and palliative care providers recruit
20	20	10 and retain qualified professionals and address this State's
21	21	11 community-based hospice and palliative care workforce
22	22	12 shortage. The goal of the program is to reduce disparities in
23	23	13 access to critical health services for people with serious
24	24	14 illness or near the end of life.
25	25	15 Section 10. Definitions. In this Act:
26	26	16 "Commission" means the Illinois Student Assistance
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28	28	18 "Physician" means a person licensed by this State to
29	29	19 practice medicine in all its branches and includes any person
30	30	20 holding a temporary license, as provided in the Medical
31	31	21 Practice Act of 1987.
32	32	22 "Program" means the Community Hospice and Palliative Care
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39	39	Creates the Community Hospice and Palliative Care Professional Loan Repayment Program Act. Provides that beginning on or before 6 months after the effective date of the Act, the Community Hospice and Palliative Care Professional Loan Repayment Program is created, which shall be administered by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. Provides that the program shall provide loan repayment assistance, subject to appropriation, to eligible hospice and palliative professionals practicing in a community-based hospice agency that provides services in the State. Provides that each year, the Commission shall receive and consider applications for loan repayment assistance under this Act. Makes provisions concerning grant awards; eligibility requirements; and other matters. Provides that the Commission shall administer the program and shall adopt rules not inconsistent with the Act for the program's effective implementation. Provides that the Act is inoperative 10 years on and after the effective date. Effective immediately.
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67	67	1 Professional Loan Repayment Program.
68	68	2 "Hospice agency" means a public agency or private
69	69	3 organization or a subdivision of either that is primarily
70	70	4 engaged in providing comprehensive hospice services as defined
71	71	5 in the Hospice Program Licensing Act and meets the minimum
72	72	6 standards for certification under the Medicare program set
73	73	7 forth in the Conditions of Participation in 42 CFR 482 but is
74	74	8 not required to be Medicare-certified.
75	75	9 Section 15. Community Hospice and Palliative Care
76	76	10 Professional Loan Repayment Program. Beginning on or before 6
77	77	11 months after the effective date of this Act, the Community
78	78	12 Hospice and Palliative Care Professional Loan Repayment
79	79	13 Program is created, which shall be administered by the
80	80	14 Commission. The program shall provide loan repayment
81	81	15 assistance, subject to appropriation, to eligible hospice and
82	82	16 palliative professionals practicing in a community-based
83	83	17 hospice agency that provides services in the State.
84	84	18 Section 20. Applications. Each year, the Commission shall
85	85	19 receive and consider applications for loan repayment
86	86	20 assistance under this Act. All applications must be submitted
87	87	21 to the Commission in a form and manner prescribed by the
88	88	22 Commission. Applicants must submit any supporting documents
89	89	23 deemed necessary by the Commission at the time of application.
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100	100	1 Section 25. Award; maximum loan time; minimum and maximum
101	101	2 amount. Subject to appropriation, the Commission shall award a
102	102	3 grant to each qualified applicant for a maximum of 4 years. The
103	103	4 Commission shall encourage the recipient of a grant awarded
104	104	5 under this Act to use the grant award for payments towards the
105	105	6 recipient's educational loans. The yearly appropriation for
106	106	7 the program shall be divided in proportion to workforce
107	107	8 shortages, as determined by the Commission in consultation
108	108	9 with stakeholders, in the following professional groups: (i)
109	109	10 hospice and palliative care certified physicians; (ii)
110	110	11 advanced practice registered nurses; (iii) registered nurses;
111	111	12 (iv) licensed social workers; and (v) licensed practical
112	112	13 nurses. The minimum amount of any award shall not be less than
113	113	14 10% of the awardee's outstanding loan balance for that award
114	114	15 year. The maximum amount of any award shall not exceed 20% of
115	115	16 the awardee's outstanding loan balance for that award year.
116	116	17 Any unawarded funds allocated to a professional group shall be
117	117	18 distributed toward awards for a different professional group
118	118	19 at the discretion of the Commission and based on workforce
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120	120	21 Section 30. Eligibility; work requirement.
121	121	22 (a) To be eligible for assistance under the program, the
122	122	23 Commission must find that the applicant satisfies all of the
123	123	24 following the applicant:
124	124	25 (1) is a United States citizen or an eligible
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136	136	2 (2) is a resident of this State:
137	137	3 (3) has worked for at least 12 consecutive months as a
138	138	4 hospice and palliative professional in a community-based
139	139	5 hospice agency in this State;
140	140	6 (4) is a borrower with an outstanding balance due on
141	141	7 an educational loan; and
142	142	8 (5) has not defaulted on an educational loan.
143	143	9 (b) The Commission may grant preference to a previous
144	144	10 recipient of a grant under the program, provided that the
145	145	11 recipient continues to meet the eligibility requirements under
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147	147	13 (c) A recipient of a grant under the program must complete
148	148	14 a separate 12-month period working in a community-based
149	149	15 hospice program in this State for each grant that they are
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151	151	17 (d) If an appropriation for this program for a given
152	152	18 fiscal year is insufficient to provide grants to all qualified
153	153	19 applicants, the Commission shall allocate the appropriation in
154	154	20 accordance with this subsection. If funds are insufficient to
155	155	21 provide all qualified applicants with a grant as authorized by
156	156	22 this Section, the Commission shall allocate the available
157	157	23 grant funds for that fiscal year to qualified applicants who
158	158	24 submit a complete application on or before a date specified by
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160	160	26 (1) first, to new, qualified applicants or previous,
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171	171	1 qualified recipients of a grant who are members of a
172	172	2 racial minority as defined in subsection (e); and
173	173	3 (2) second, to other new, qualified applicants or
174	174	4 previous, qualified recipients of a grant in accordance
175	175	5 with this Section.
176	176	6 (e) Racial minorities are underrepresented as
177	177	7 community-based hospice and palliative care, interdisciplinary
178	178	8 healthcare providers in the State, and the General Assembly
179	179	9 finds that it is in the interest of this State to provide them
180	180	10 priority consideration for programs that encourage racial
181	181	11 minorities participation in this field. A workforce that is
182	182	12 more reflective of the seriously ill population in a minority
183	183	13 community can improve utilization of hospice and palliative
184	184	14 care services which will address inequities to health outcomes
185	185	15 for this population. Therefore, the Commission shall give
186	186	16 priority to those applicants who are members of a racial
187	187	17 minority. As used in this subsection, "racial minority" means
188	188	18 a person who is a citizen of the United States or a lawful
189	189	19 permanent resident alien of the United States and who is:
190	190	20 (1) Black, or a person having origins in any of the
191	191	21 black racial groups in Africa;
192	192	22 (2) Hispanic, or a person of Spanish or Portuguese
193	193	23 culture with origins in Mexico, South or Central America,
194	194	24 or the Caribbean Islands, regardless of race;
195	195	25 (3) Asian American, or a person having origins in any
196	196	26 of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia,
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207	207	1 the Indian Subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands; or
208	208	2 (4) American Indian or Alaskan Native, or a person
209	209	3 having origins in any of the original peoples of North
210	210	4 America.
211	211	5 Section 35. Administration; rules. The Commission shall
212	212	6 administer the program and shall adopt rules not inconsistent
213	213	7 with this Act for the program's effective implementation.
214	214	8 Section 40. Act inoperative. Notwithstanding any other
215	215	9 provision of law, this Act is inoperative 10 years on and after
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217	217	11 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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