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  | Public Act 098-1006 
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| | SB3440 Enrolled | LRB098 20276 RPM 55687 b | 
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|     AN ACT concerning public health.
  
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|     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
  
  
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|     Section 5. The Illinois Rural/Downstate Health Act is  | 
| amended  by changing Section 5.5 as follows:
 
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|     (410 ILCS 65/5.5)
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|     Sec. 5.5. Rural/Downstate Health Access Fund.  | 
|     (a) The
Rural/Downstate Health Access Fund is created as a  | 
| special fund in the State
treasury.  Moneys from fees and gifts,  | 
| grants, or donations made to the Center for Rural
Health shall  | 
| be deposited into the Fund.  Subject to appropriation and except  | 
| as provided in subsection (b) of this Section, moneys in
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| Fund shall be used in the following manner for rural health
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| programs or for programs for the medically underserved  | 
| authorized under this Act:  60.2% shall be distributed to the
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| Department of Public Health, 26.3% shall be distributed to the  | 
| Board of
Trustees of Southern Illinois University, and 13.5%  | 
| shall be distributed to the
Board of Trustees of the University  | 
| of Illinois.  | 
|     (b) The Center for Rural Health at the Department of Public  | 
| Health may require that a J-1 Visa Waiver
Program application  | 
| fee be collected from international medical graduates for the  | 
| purpose of administering the Program. J-1 Visa Waiver
Program  |