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| 1 | AN ACT concerning nursing.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 20-40 as follows:
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| 6 | (225 ILCS 65/20-40)
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| 7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
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| 8 | Sec. 20-40. Fund. There is hereby created within the State | ||||||
| 9 | Treasury the
Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund. The | ||||||
| 10 | monies in the Fund may be
used by and at the direction of the | ||||||
| 11 | Department for the administration and
enforcement of this Act, | ||||||
| 12 | including but not limited to:
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| 13 | (a) Distribution and publication of the Nursing and | ||||||
| 14 | Advanced Practice
Nursing Act and the rules at the time of | ||||||
| 15 | renewal to all persons licensed by
the Department under | ||||||
| 16 | this Act.
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| 17 | (b) Employment of secretarial, nursing, | ||||||
| 18 | administrative, enforcement, and
other staff for the | ||||||
| 19 | administration of this Act.
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| 20 | (c) Conducting a survey, as prescribed by rule of the | ||||||
| 21 | Department, once
every 4 years during the license renewal | ||||||
| 22 | period.
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| 23 | (d) Conducting of training seminars for licensees | ||||||
| 24 | under this Act relating
to the obligations, | ||||||
| 25 | responsibilities, enforcement and other provisions of
the | ||||||
| 26 | Act and its rules.
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| 27 | (e) Disposition of Fees:
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| 28 | (i) (Blank).
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| 29 | (ii) All of the fees and fines collected pursuant | ||||||
| 30 | to
this Act shall be deposited in the Nursing Dedicated | ||||||
| 31 | and Professional Fund.
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| 32 | (iii) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1988, | ||||||
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| 1 | the moneys deposited
in the Nursing Dedicated and | ||||||
| 2 | Professional Fund shall be appropriated to the
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| 3 | Department for expenses of the Department and the Board | ||||||
| 4 | in the
administration of this Act. All earnings | ||||||
| 5 | received from investment of
moneys in the Nursing | ||||||
| 6 | Dedicated and Professional Fund shall be
deposited in | ||||||
| 7 | the Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund and shall | ||||||
| 8 | be used
for the same purposes as fees deposited in the | ||||||
| 9 | Fund.
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| 10 | (iv) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004
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| 11 | 2001 and for
each fiscal
year thereafter, $1,200,000
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| 12 | $750,000 of the moneys deposited in the
Nursing | ||||||
| 13 | Dedicated
and Professional Fund each year shall be set | ||||||
| 14 | aside and appropriated to the
Illinois
Department of | ||||||
| 15 | Public Health for nursing scholarships awarded | ||||||
| 16 | pursuant to
the Nursing Education Scholarship Law.
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| 17 | Representatives
of the Department and the Nursing | ||||||
| 18 | Education Scholarship Program Advisory
Council shall | ||||||
| 19 | review this requirement and
the scholarship awards | ||||||
| 20 | every 2 years.
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| 21 | (v) Moneys in the Fund may be transferred to the | ||||||
| 22 | Professions
Indirect Cost Fund as authorized under | ||||||
| 23 | Section 2105-300 of the
Department of Professional | ||||||
| 24 | Regulation Law (20 ILCS 2105/2105-300).
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| 25 | (Source: P.A. 91-239, 1-1-00; 92-46, eff. 7-1-01.)
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| 26 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 27 | becoming law.
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