2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 410 - PUBLIC HEALTH › 410 ILCS 66/ - Community Health Center Expansion Act.

(410 ILCS 66/1)
Sec. 1. 
		Short title. 
		This Act may be cited as the Community Health Center Expansion Act.
(Source: P.A. 92-88, eff. 7-18-01.)
(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. 95-96, eff. 1-1-08.)
(410 ILCS 66/10)
Sec. 10. 
		Grants.
(a) The Department shall establish a community health center expansion grant
program and may make grants to eligible community providers subject to
appropriations for that purpose.  The grants shall be for the purpose of (i)
establishing new community health center sites to provide primary health care
services to medically underserved
populations or areas as defined in Section 5 or (ii) providing primary health
care services to the uninsured
population of Illinois.
(b) Grants under this Section shall be for periods of 3 years.
The Department may make new grants whenever the
total amount appropriated for grants is sufficient to fund both the new grants
and the grants already in effect.
(c) A recipient of a grant to establish a new community health
center site must add each such site to the recipient's established service
area for the purpose of extending federal FQHC or FQHC Look-Alike status to the
new site in accordance with federal regulations.
The grant recipient must complete this process by the end of the
second year of the grant.
(Source: P.A. 92-88, eff. 7-18-01.)
(410 ILCS 66/10.5)
Sec. 10.5. Sustainability funding.  Sustaining funds shall be available to
grantees
under Section 10 that have met the initial proposed project objectives and can
demonstrate continued financial need. These funds shall be provided by the
Department
for a 3-year period, subject to appropriation. Funds granted each year under
this Section
shall be in an amount up to 50% of a grantee's third-year-grant funding under subsection
(b) of
Section 10. The Department shall adopt rules and criteria to allow grantees to
apply for
continued sustainability funding under this Section.
(Source: P.A. 93-700, eff. 7-9-04.)
(410 ILCS 66/15)
Sec. 15. 
		Eligibility for grant. 
		To be eligible for a grant under this Act,
a recipient must be a community provider as defined in Section 5 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 92-88, eff. 7-18-01.)
(410 ILCS 66/20)
Sec. 20. 
		Use of grant moneys. 
		A recipient of a grant under this Act may
use the grant moneys to do any one or more of the following:
(1) Purchase equipment.
(2) Acquire a new physical location for the purpose     of delivering primary health care services.
(3) Hire and train staff.
(4) Develop new practice networks.
(5) Purchase services or products that will     facilitate the provision of health care services at a new community health center site.
(Source: P.A. 92-88, eff. 7-18-01.)
(410 ILCS 66/25)
Sec. 25. 
		Reporting. 
		Within 60 days after the first and second years of a
grant
under this Act, the grant recipient must submit a progress report to the
Department.  The Department may assist each
grant
recipient in meeting
the goals and objectives stated in the original grant proposal submitted by the
recipient, that grant moneys are being used for appropriate
purposes, and that residents of the community are being served by the new
community health center sites established with grant moneys.
(Source: P.A. 92-88, eff. 7-18-01.)
(410 ILCS 66/30)
Sec. 30. 
		Rules; public comment.
(a) The Department shall adopt rules and regulations it deems necessary
for
the efficient administration of this Act.
(b) The rules shall provide for a 30-day general public comment period.
Notification of a 30-day general public comment period shall be given to the
community into which a grant applicant proposes to expand by publication in at
least one newspaper of general circulation in that community. At the conclusion
of the 30-day comment period, the Department shall no longer accept written
comments.  The Department shall review written comments, submitted within the
comment period, before awarding a grant.
(c) The Department shall consider the contents of written comments only as
part of the overall grant review process.
(Source: P.A. 92-88, eff. 7-18-01.)
(410 ILCS 66/99)
Sec. 99. 
		Effective date. 
		This Act takes effect upon becoming law.
(Source: P.A. 92-88, eff. 7-18-01.)