Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 594 - DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICAL STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP PAYBACK FUNDS › Subpart C - SUPPORT FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS EDUCATIONAL LOAN REPAYMENT GRANTS › Section 594.240 - Terms of Performance

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Each
				primary care physician, dentist, psychiatrist, physician assistant, or advanced
				practice nurse selected for educational loan repayment shall sign a written
				contract with the Department. The contract may contain additional terms and
				conditions that ensure compliance with the laws of the State of Illinois and
				enforcement of the contract. In fiscal years when National Health Service Corps
				State Loan Repayment Grant funds are awarded to the State, federal requirements
				shall be included in the contract.
b) Primary care physicians, dentists,
				psychiatrists, physician assistants, and advanced practice nurses selected for
				loan repayment shall practice on a full-time basis for a minimum of 2 years in
				a designated shortage area for a medically underserved population. In fiscal
				years when National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment Grant funds are
				awarded to the State for support of this program, loan repayment recipients
				must practice in federally designated health professional shortage areas. In
				years when no federal funds from the National Health Service Corps State Loan
				Repayment Grant are available, the practice site may be located in a shortage
				area as designated by the Department.
c) Loan repayment recipients who want to move
				their practice from the location described in the recipient's original
				application shall request prior approval from the Department before relocating.
				The Department must ensure that the recipient relocates to another designated
				shortage area and that the health care provider in that area agrees to pay
				one-quarter of the recipient's outstanding principal each year that the
				provider participates in the program.
d) Payments to recipients will be made by the
				Department on a quarterly basis. The recipient is responsible for payments to
				the appropriate financial institutions holding the recipients' educational
				loans.
e) Loan repayment recipients
				who first agree to the minimum 2 years of service and who, after completing
				those years, apply for additional years of obligated service with loan
				repayment shall document that their loan balances as reported at the time of
				their first application to the program have been decreased at least by the
				amount paid to them by the Department during the first obligated service
				period. Documentation of loan balances shall be provided by the lending
				institution.
f) Misrepresentation
				of the facts presented in the application or failure to meet the practice terms
				will be considered a breach of contract.
g) Loan repayment recipients who agree to
				serve for 2 years, but fail to complete the period of obligated service, shall
				be liable to repay an amount equal to the sum of:
1) the total amount paid to the recipient
				and
2) the number of months of the
				unserved obligation multiplied by $1000.