110 ILCS 185/65-10

Behavioral Health Workforce Education Center of Illinois.

(a) The Behavioral Health Workforce Education Center of Illinois is created and shall be administered by a teaching, research, or both teaching and research public institution of higher education in this State. Subject to appropriation, the Center shall be operational on or before July 1, 2022.

(b) The Behavioral Health Workforce Education Center of Illinois shall leverage workforce and behavioral health resources, including, but not limited to, State, federal, and foundation grant funding, federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 programs, the National Health Service Corps and other nongraduate medical education physician workforce training programs, and existing behavioral health partnerships, and align with reforms in Illinois.