2022 Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 110 - HIGHER EDUCATION
110 ILCS 46/ - Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Training Act.

(110 ILCS 46/1)

Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Training Act.

(Source: P.A. 95-22, eff. 8-3-07.)

(110 ILCS 46/5)

Sec. 5. Creation of program. The University of Illinois at Chicago and Southern Illinois University shall expand their focuses on enrolling, training, and graduating forensic mental health professionals by each creating a forensic psychiatry fellowship training program at their Colleges of Medicine.

(Source: P.A. 95-22, eff. 8-3-07.)

(110 ILCS 46/10)

Sec. 10. Powers and duties under program. Under the forensic psychiatry fellowship training program created under Section 5 of this Act, the University of Illinois at Chicago and Southern Illinois University shall each have all of the following powers and duties:

• (1) The university's undergraduate and graduate programs may increase their service and training commitments in order to provide mental health care to chronically mentally ill populations in this State.
• (2) The university shall coordinate service, education, and research in mental health and may work with communities, State agencies, other colleges and universities, private foundations, health care providers, and other interested organizations on innovative strategies to respond to the challenges of providing greater physician presence in the field of forensic psychiatry. However, the majority of the clinical rotations of the fellows must be served in publicly supported programs in this State.
• (3) The university may establish such clinical and educational centers and may cooperate with other universities and associations as may be necessary to carry out the intent of this Act according to the following priorities:
• (A) a preference for programs that are designed to enroll, educate, and facilitate the graduation of mental health professionals trained in forensic psychiatry and other forensic mental health sub-specialties; and
• (B) a preference for public sector programs that involve networking with other agencies, organizations, and institutions that have similar objectives.

(Source: P.A. 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)

(110 ILCS 46/15)

Sec. 15. Program curriculum. The curriculum for the forensic psychiatry fellowship training program created under Section 5 of this Act shall be developed in accordance with criteria established by the Residency Review Committee of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

(Source: P.A. 95-22, eff. 8-3-07.)

(110 ILCS 46/20)

Sec. 20. University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria and Northwestern University programs; funding. From funds appropriated for the purposes of this Act, the University of Illinois at Chicago and Southern Illinois University may enter into cooperative agreements with the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria or Northwestern University or both for the purpose of funding forensic psychiatric fellowship training programs at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria and Northwestern University.

(Source: P.A. 95-22, eff. 8-3-07; 96-690, eff. 8-25-09.)

(110 ILCS 46/99)

Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.

(Source: P.A. 95-22, eff. 8-3-07.)