405 ILCS 100/5: Purpose.

The purpose of this Act is to establish a program in the Department of Public Health to ensure access to psychiatric health care services for all citizens of the State, by establishing programs of grants, loans, and loan forgiveness to recruit and retain psychiatric service providers in designated areas of the State for physicians who will agree to establish and maintain psychiatric practice in areas of the State demonstrating the greatest need for more psychiatric care. The program shall encourage licensed psychiatrists to locate in areas where shortages exist and to increase the total number of such physicians in the State.