Illinois Administrative Code
Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Part 577 - PSYCHIATRY INCENTIVE PROGRAM CODE
Subpart D - EDUCATIONAL LOAN REPAYMENT FOR PSYCHIATRISTS
Section 577.340 - Loan Repayment Award Terms and Obligations
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) Each psychiatrist selected for educational loan repayment shall enter into a written grant agreement with the Department prior to receiving loan repayment funds. The agreement shall contain terms and conditions that ensure compliance with this Part and the laws of the State of Illinois and enforcement of the contract.
b) Recipients shall complete three years of service in a designated service area in Illinois. Recipients who were awarded a grant based on geographical preference and who wish to move their practice from the location described in the original application and retain status as a grantee shall receive approval from the Department prior to relocating and shall relocate to a designated shortage area in Illinois.
c) Time in a practice location shall not meet the recipient's service obligation if the recipient relocates his or her practice from the location described in the original application without first receiving Department approval.
d) Every quarter, the recipient shall provide documentation to the Department that the amount of money paid for educational loan debt is greater than or equal to the amount of money paid by the Department under this program. Cancelled checks or documentation from the lending institution will be accepted for this purpose. Failure to provide required information shall result in the withholding or suspension of funds and the recovery of previously disbursed funds (see Section 4.1 of the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act).
e) The program administered under this Part will allow for initial three-year grants and subsequent one-year grants. Recipients will be given priority for additional years of funding provided that they continue to meet the eligibility requirements described in Section 15 of the Act.
f) If the recipient is disabled or is otherwise unable for reasons beyond the recipient's control to perform the loan repayment obligations, these obligations shall be suspended until the recipient is able to resume the loan repayment obligation. However, the suspension shall not exceed two years.
g) Misrepresentation of any material facts presented in the recipient's loan repayment application shall be considered a breach of contract. If the Department determines that a breach of contract occurred, the grant agreement shall be terminated and all funds provided by the Department to the grantee shall be due in full as required in the Act and Section 577.350(b). Any amount the Department is entitled to recover shall be paid within one year after the date the Director determines that the grantee is in breach of the grant agreement.