Joint Task Force on Rural Health & Medically Underserved Areas

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APPENDICES
Executive Summaries, Press Releases, Relevant Statutes,
and Written Testimony
1. Relevant State Statutes.
2. NEWS from the Office of Lieutenant Governor George H. Ryan — June 12, 1990; and
Rural/Downstate Health Care Action Plan — Fact Sheet.
3. John Record, Assistant Dean for Rural and Alumni Affairs — SIU School of Medicine — January
30, 2006.
4. Reversing the Trend of Health Care Workforce Shortages in Rural Illinois — The National Center
for RuralHealth Professions — University of Illinois — Rockford.
5. Barry S. Maram, Director — Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services — Springfield.
6. Addressing Illinois Critical Skill Shortages in Healthcare — Lori Clark, Senior Policy Advisor —
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs — Springfield.
7. Ralph M. Schubert, Illinois Department of Human Services — Division of Community Health
Prevention — January 30, 2006.
8. Governor Rod R. Blagojevich Press Release — May 4, 2006.
9. Health Issues Confronting Rural Illinois — Mary Jane Clark and Christopher D. Merrett, Ph.D. —
Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs — Western Illinois University, Macomb — January 30, 2006.
10. Illinois Rural Downstate Health Act, Programs and Strategic Alliances Among Participating
Agencies — Mary Jane Clark and Christopher D. Merrett, Ph.D. — Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs
— Western Illinois University, Macomb; and Marcia Franklin — Illinois Department of Public Health
— Center for Rural Health — March 2006.
11. Partners in Illinois Rural Health — Mary Jane Clark — Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs —Western
Illinois University, Macomb; and Marcia Franklin — Illinois Department of Public Health — Center
for Rural Health — March 2006.
12. Paul Schou, Executive Director — ICAHN: Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network —June 29,
2006.
13. The Economic Impact of the Critical Access Hospital Program on Illinois Communities — ICAHN:
Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network, by Northwestern Illinois University, NIU Regional
Development Institute — June 2006.
14. Matthew Hunsaker, MD — National Center for Rural Health Professions — University of Illinois,
Rockford — August 29, 2006.