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

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Bill Title: Amends the Comprehensive Healthcare Workforce Planning Act. Provides that the State Healthcare Workforce Council shall coordinate the State's health workforce education and training to develop a health workforce that meets the State's health care needs. Provides that 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 address specified issues. Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that the State Board of Education 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 and federally qualified health centers; and (3) startup funding for entities that wish to establish a residency program. Sets forth provisions concerning the application process and priority. Provides that the State Healthcare Workforce Council shall provide information annually to the Board of Higher Education 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 of Higher Education regarding funding recipients. Creates the Medical Residency Education Fund to expand graduate medical education opportunities in the State and maximize the delivery of medical care and physician services to specific areas of the State where there is a recognized unmet priority need for medical care and physician services. Amends the State Finance Act to make a conforming change.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

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

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4073-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4073 Introduced , by Rep. Norine K. Hammond - Jackie Haas SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 2325/30 new
30 ILCS 105/5.990 new
110 ILCS 205/9.43 new
Amends the Comprehensive Healthcare Workforce Planning Act. Provides that the State Healthcare Workforce Council shall coordinate the State's health workforce education and training to develop a health workforce that meets the State's health care needs. Provides that 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 address specified provisions. Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that the State Board of Education 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 and federally qualified health centers; and (3) startup funding for entities that wish to establish a residency program. Sets forth provisions concerning the application process and priority. Provides that the State Healthcare Workforce Council shall provide information annually to the Board of Higher Education 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 of Higher Education regarding funding recipients. Creates the Medical Residency Education Fund to expand graduate medical education opportunities in the State and maximize the delivery of medical care and physician services to specific areas of the state where there is a recognized unmet priority need for medical care and physician services. Amends the State Finance Act to make a conforming change.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. 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.
(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.
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

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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 9.43 of the Board of Higher Education Act;
(3) develop standards and guidelines for residency and
health professions education and training programs funded
under Section 9.43 of the Board of Higher Education Act;
(4) review outcomes data from funded programs, as
provided to the commission 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
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;

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(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 5.990 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.990 new)
Sec. 5.990. The Medical Residency Education Fund.
Section 15. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
by adding Section 9.43 as follows:
(110 ILCS 205/9.43 new)
Sec. 9.43. Medical Residency Education.
(a) The State Board of Education shall establish a program
to provide:
(1) funding for medical residency positions that are
not funded by the federal Centers for Medicare and

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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 of Higher Education shall establish an
application process for an entity seeking money from the fund.
The application and contract criteria should 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 program's main training site in a
medically underserved area.
(c) The State Healthcare Workforce Council shall provide
information annually to the Board of Higher Education 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 of Higher
Education regarding funding recipients.
(d) An entity receiving funding under the fund shall
provide any information requested by the State Board that the
State Board determines is necessary to administer this

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Section.
(e) Funds shall be awarded to those institutions that best
demonstrate the ability to provide quality education and
training and to retain residents in specific areas of the
State where there is a recognized unmet priority need for
physicians.
(f) The Medical Residency Education Fund is created as a
special fund in the State treasury. The Board shall deposit
into the Fund moneys appropriated or received as gifts. Moneys
in the Fund shall be used by the Board, subject to
appropriation, to expand graduate medical education
opportunities in the State and maximize the delivery of
medical care and physician services to specific areas of the
state where there is a recognized unmet priority need for
medical care and physician services pursuant to this Section.