Illinois Administrative Code › Title 71 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, FACILITIES AND REAL PROPERTY › Part 42 - COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER CONSTRUCTION › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 42.100 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Act" means the Community Health Center Construction Act [30
				  ILCS 766/10  ].
"Acquire a new physical location"
means the
				  purchase of real property
for the purpose of delivering primary health
				  care services.
(Section 10-20(2) of the Act)
"Board" means the Capital Development Board.
(Section 10-5 of the Act)
"Community health center site" means a new or
				  existing 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.
(Section 10-5 of the
				  Act)
"Community provider"
or "Community Health
				  Center"
means a Federally Qualified Health Center 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.
(Section 10-5 of the Act)
"Department" means the Illinois Department of Public
				  Health.
(Section 10-5 of the Act)
"Equipment" means movable equipment, including all items of
				  initial equipment, other than built-in equipment, that is necessary and
				  appropriate for the functioning of a community health center site that is
				  purchased, renovated, or constructed with grant funds, and that will be used
				  solely or primarily in the rooms or areas covered in the subject project.
				  Further, equipment is defined as manufactured items that have significant
				  useful lives of at least 12 years, are not affixed to a building and capable of
				  being moved or relocated from room to room or building to building, are not
				  consumed in use, and have an identity and function that will not be lost
				  through incorporation into a more complex unit. Equipment includes the
				  following when meeting the above requirements:
Office/medical machinery or implements and furniture
Scientific and medical instruments and apparatus with the
				  exception of those items that are subject to a short useful life, i.e.,
				  glassware, tubing, crockery, light bulbs, etc.
Transportation costs and installation costs incurred from an
				  outside source will be considered as part of the equipment cost.
Computer hardware
Equipment does not include:
Commodities;
Library books, maps, and paintings;
Rolling stock, including cars, trucks, boats, and related
				  items; and
Spare and replacement parts.
"Federally Qualified Health Center" or "FQHC" means a health
				  center funded under Section 330 of the federal Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b).
"FQHC Look-Alike" means an organization that meets the
				  requirements for receiving a grant under Section 330 of the federal Public
				  Health Service Act, but does not receive federal grants under that
				  authority.
"Grant" refers to funds awarded to a Community Health Center
				  under the Act
for the purpose of purchasing equipment;
acquiring a new physical location for the purpose of delivering primary health
				  care services; and/or
constructing or renovating new or existing
				  community health center sites
. (Section 10-20 of the Act)
"Grantee" refers to a community health center that is the
				  recipient of a capital grant under the Act.
"
Medically underserved area"
or
				  "MUA"
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.
(Section 10-5 of the Act)
"Medically underserved population" or
"MUP"
means 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 a population group
				  designated by the Secretary as having a shortage of those services.
(Section 10-5 of the Act)
"Notice of Funding Opportunity" means the Board's formally
				  issued announcement of the availability of State funding for the Community
				  Health Center Construction Grant program.
"Primary health care services" means the
				  following:
Basic health services consisting of the
				  following:
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.
Diagnostic laboratory and radiologic
				  services.
Preventive health services, including the
				  following:
Prenatal and perinatal services.
Screenings for breast, ovarian, and cervical
				  cancer.
Well-child services.
Immunizations against vaccine-preventable
				  diseases.
Screenings for elevated blood lead levels,
				  communicable diseases, and cholesterol.
Pediatric eye, ear, and dental screenings to
				  determine the need for vision and hearing correction and dental
				  care.
Voluntary family planning services.
Preventive dental services.
Emergency medical services.
Pharmaceutical services as appropriate for particular
				  health centers.
Referrals to providers of medical services and other
				  health related services (including substance abuse and mental health
				  services).
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.
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).
Education of patients and the general population
				  served by the health center regarding the availability and proper use of health
				  services.
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:
Environmental health services, including the
				  following:
Detection and alleviation of unhealthful conditions
				  associated with water supply.
Sewage treatment.
Solid waste disposal.
Detection and alleviation of rodent and parasite
				  infestation.
Field sanitation.
Housing.
Other environmental factors related to
				  health.
Special occupation-related health services for
				  migratory and seasonal agricultural workers, including the
				  following:
Screening for and control of infectious diseases,
				  including parasitic diseases.
Injury prevention programs, which may include
				  prevention of exposure to unsafe levels of agricultural chemicals, including
				  pesticides.
(Section 10-5 of the Act)
"Project" means a capital plan to:
acquire a new physical location, which may include necessary
				  construction, renovations and/or real property or equipment purchases, to
				  establish a new community health center site to provide primary health care
				  services to medically underserved populations or areas or to provide primary
				  health care services to the uninsured population of Illinois; or
renovate existing community health center sites; purchase
				  equipment to expand the services of an existing community health center site to
				  provide primary health care services to medically underserved populations or
				  areas or to provide primary health care services to the uninsured population of
				  Illinois; or prevent or reverse the deterioration of existing health center
				  structures or mechanical operations to prevent life, health or safety concerns
				  for health center staff and patients.
"Rural" means any geographic area not located in a U.S.
				  Bureau of the Census Metropolitan Statistical Area, a county located within a
				  Metropolitan Statistical Area but having a population of 60,000 or less, or a
				  community located within a Metropolitan Statistical Area but having a
				  population of 2,500 or less.
"Service area" is the geographic area composed of the
				  medically underserved area or medically underserved population.
"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.
(Section 10-5 of the Act)
"Urban" means any geographic area not designated as a rural
				  area.