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1 AN ACT in relation to nursing.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act
5 is amended by changing Section 20-40 and adding Section 5-16
6 as follows:
7 (225 ILCS 65/5-16 new)
8 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
9 Sec. 5-16. Illinois Center for Nursing. The Department
10 shall create the Illinois Center for Nursing, the goals of
11 which shall include, but not be limited to, all of the
12 following:
13 (1) To develop a strategic statewide plan for
14 nursing resources.
15 (2) To convene multidisciplinary groups to review
16 the work of the Center and evaluate policy implications.
17 (3) To enhance and promote nurse recognition,
18 reward, and renewal activities across the State.
19 (4) To create a dynamic system for projecting nurse
20 workforce supply and demand.
21 (5) To conduct biennial surveys of nurses to track
22 retirement plans and issues impacting nurses in the
23 workplace.
24 (6) To conduct biennial surveys of nurse employers
25 to measure changes in demand and skill mix.
26 (7) To evaluate population demographics and
27 available health indicator data to determine how they
28 relate to the demand for nursing services.
29 (8) To project how changes in the health care
30 delivery system, including the use of technology, will
31 effect nursing demand in terms of number and educational
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1 mix.
2 (9) To study the relationship between various
3 staffing models and patient outcomes.
4 (10) To promote an adequate nursing workforce in
5 terms of numbers, diversity, educational mix, and
6 geographic distribution.
7 (11) To develop creative mechanisms to attract a
8 diverse group of students to nursing as an attractive and
9 viable career option.
10 (12) To develop strategies for ensuring adequate
11 numbers of faculty who are prepared to mentor students in
12 a changing health care system.
13 (13) To monitor educational trends, including
14 applications, enrollments, and graduate outcomes.
15 (14) To provide resources and programs designed to
16 promote recognition and retention.
17 (15) To promote collaboration between nursing
18 education and practice to determine necessary
19 competencies and design professional practice.
20 (16) To develop and support nursing education and
21 nursing practice collaborative efforts at the regional
22 and State level.
23 (17) To provide funding for the planning and
24 implementation of demonstration projects of professional
25 practice models, with an emphasis on staffing models.
26 The Illinois Center for Nursing shall work in conjunction
27 with the Illinois Coalition for Nursing Resources in
28 accomplishing its goals.
29 (225 ILCS 65/20-40)
30 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
31 Sec. 20-40. Fund. There is hereby created within the
32 State Treasury the Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund.
33 The monies in the Fund may be used by and at the direction of
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1 the Department for the administration and enforcement of this
2 Act, including but not limited to:
3 (a) Distribution and publication of the Nursing and
4 Advanced Practice Nursing Act and the rules at the time
5 of renewal to all persons licensed by the Department
6 under this Act.
7 (b) Employment of secretarial, nursing,
8 administrative, enforcement, and other staff for the
9 administration of this Act.
10 (c) Conducting a survey, as prescribed by rule of
11 the Department, once every 4 years during the license
12 renewal period.
13 (d) Conducting of training seminars for licensees
14 under this Act relating to the obligations,
15 responsibilities, enforcement and other provisions of the
16 Act and its rules.
17 (d-5) Establishment of the Illinois Center for
18 Nursing as provided for in Section 5-16.
19 (e) Disposition of Fees:
20 (i) (Blank).
21 (ii) All of the fees and fines collected
22 pursuant to this Act shall be deposited in the
23 Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund.
24 (iii) For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
25 1988, the moneys deposited in the Nursing Dedicated
26 and Professional Fund shall be appropriated to the
27 Department for expenses of the Department and the
28 Board in the administration of this Act. All
29 earnings received from investment of moneys in the
30 Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund shall be
31 deposited in the Nursing Dedicated and Professional
32 Fund and shall be used for the same purposes as fees
33 deposited in the Fund.
34 (iv) For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
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1 2001 and for each fiscal year thereafter, $750,000
2 of the moneys deposited in the Nursing Dedicated and
3 Professional Fund each year shall be set aside and
4 appropriated to the Illinois Department of Public
5 Health for nursing scholarships awarded pursuant to
6 the Nursing Education Scholarship Law.
7 Representatives of the Department and the Nursing
8 Education Scholarship Program Advisory Council shall
9 review this requirement and the scholarship awards
10 every 2 years.
11 (iv-5) For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
12 2003, $3,500,000 of the moneys deposited into the
13 Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund shall be
14 appropriated to the Department to be used within 2
15 fiscal years of the effective date of this
16 amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly to
17 establish the Illinois Center for Nursing as
18 provided for in Section 5-16 and subsection (d-5) of
19 this Section.
20 (v) Moneys in the Fund may be transferred to
21 the Professions Indirect Cost Fund as authorized
22 under Section 2105-300 of the Department of
23 Professional Regulation Law (20 ILCS 2105/2105-300).
24 (Source: P.A. 91-239, 1-1-00; 92-46, eff. 7-1-01.)
25 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
26 becoming law.