Bill Amendment: IL HB4073 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: BD HIGHER ED-MEDICAL RESIDENCY

Status: 2024-04-26 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie [HB4073 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4073-House_Amendment_002.html

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Rep. Norine K. Hammond

Filed: 3/12/2024

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4073
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4073 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the Expanding
Medical Residency Opportunities in Illinois Law.
Section 3. Findings. The General Assembly finds that:
(1) there is a significant shortage of physicians in
rural and underserved areas throughout the State; and
(2) supporting the development of a greater supply of
physicians to serve in rural and underserved areas in the
State by expanding residency training opportunities is of
great importance, and the establishment of a program to
achieve this purpose is a desirable, necessary, and
economical method of increasing the number of physicians
to provide needed medical services to the people of this
State.

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Section 5. The Comprehensive Healthcare Workforce Planning
Act is amended by adding Section 30 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2325/30 new)
Sec. 30. Healthcare workforce planning. The Council shall
coordinate the State's health workforce education and training
to develop a health workforce that meets the State's health
care needs. The Council shall work with graduate medical
education and training programs, health professions,
including, but not limited to, specialties for primary care
and behavioral health, and consumer representatives to:
(1) develop graduate medical education and workforce
training and development priorities for the State;
(2) discuss and make recommendations regarding the use
of health care education and training funds appropriated
by the General Assembly for programs administered under
Section 9.44 of the Board of Higher Education Act;
(3) develop standards and guidelines for residency and
health professions education and training programs funded
under Section 9.44 of the Board of Higher Education Act;
(4) review outcomes data from funded programs, as
provided to the Council by the Department, to reprioritize
and reassess the graduate medical education and health
professions education and training needs of communities;
(5) explore options for developing a broad graduate

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medical education and health professions education and
training funding strategy;
(6) advocate for additional funds and additional
sources of funds to stimulate expansion of graduate
medical education and health professions education and
training in the State;
(7) provide technical assistance and support for
establishing new graduate medical education and health
professions education and training programs in the State;
and
(8) review and recommend health professions career
pathways or ladders.
The Council shall give primary consideration to increasing
workforce diversity and furthering improved access, quality,
and equity of health care for underserved or underrepresented
populations.
Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.1015 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.1015 new)
Sec. 5.1015. The Medical Residency Fund.
Section 15. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
by adding Section 9.44 as follows:

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(110 ILCS 205/9.44 new)
Sec. 9.44. Medical residencies; program.
(a) The Board shall establish a program to provide:
(1) funding for medical residency positions that are
not funded by the federal Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services or other established funding source;
(2) technical assistance for entities that wish to
establish a residency program, including, but not limited
to, entities that are not licensed hospitals or federally
qualified health centers; and
(3) startup funding for entities that wish to
establish a residency program.
(b) The Board shall establish an application process for
an entity seeking funding. The application and contract
criteria shall be based on health care workforce needs and
priorities. When funding new medical residency positions,
priority shall be given to programs that strive to:
(1) graduate individuals who practice in medically
underserved areas in the State; and
(2) locate the positions' main training site in a
medically underserved area.
(c) The State Healthcare Workforce Council shall provide
information annually to the Board related to workforce
shortages to assist in the development of the application and
shall be responsible for reviewing applications and making
recommendations to the Board regarding funding recipients.

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