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HB4461 Enrolled |
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| AN ACT concerning state government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic |
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| Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
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| amended by adding Section 605-430 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 605/605-430 new) |
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| Sec. 605-430. Funding; study. To ensure the availability of |
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| a quality health care workforce to meet present and future |
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| health care needs within the State, the Department of Commerce |
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| and Economic Opportunity may, subject to appropriation, |
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| conduct a study of the current and projected academic training |
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| capacity in the State of Illinois specific to the nursing |
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| profession. The study shall address the current supply and |
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| demand for masters-prepared nurses as nursing school faculty |
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| and set specific goals for recruiting and training new nursing |
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| faculty throughout the region. The study shall also determine |
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| the feasibility of the State engaging in the following |
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| activities: (i) the establishment of scholarship funds and |
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| work-study programs to help recruit potential new nursing |
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| school faculty, (ii) the creation of a system to regularly |
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| review and increase nurse faculty salary and benefits to make |
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| academic practice competitive with clinical practice, and |
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| (iii) the development of career track programs for academia |
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| that offer advancement and rewards for nursing school faculty |
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| comparable to those in clinical management. The study shall |
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| include the collaborative input of hospital and other health |
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| care provider associations and public and private educational |
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| institutions from throughout the State. |
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| Subject to the availability of State funds, the Department |
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| of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall complete the study |
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| by July 1, 2007 and shall present its findings to the General |