305 ILCS 5/5-15
(305 ILCS 5/5-15)
(from Ch. 23, par. 5-15) Sec. 5-15.
(a)The Illinois Department is authorized to contract#
(a) The Illinois Department is authorized to contract with community based organizations serving low income communities for a three year period to demonstrate how and the extent to which preventive health programs can decrease utilization of medical care services and/or improve health status.
(b)As used in this Section#
(b) As used in this Section (1) a community based organization is an organization established as a not-for-profit corporation under laws of the State of Illinois which serves a defined geographic community and is governed by members of that community; and (2) a preventive health program is any program, service or intervention the purpose of which is to identify, resolve, or ameliorate problems which contribute to the utilization of medical services.