93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6704

 

Introduced 02/09/04, by Eileen Lyons - Angelo Saviano

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2310/2310-223 new

    Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Public Health, subject to appropriation, must conduct a study to determine the need and feasibility of creating a program to assist hospitals or other health care employers in operating a system by which nurses bid on work shifts by making an offer to work an available shift for a rate within a specified range posted by the employer. Requires the Department to report its findings to the Governor and to the General Assembly on or before July 1, 2005. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB6704 LRB093 19807 BDD 45549 b

1     AN ACT concerning public health.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and
5 Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6 amended by adding Section 2310-223 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 2310/2310-223 new)
8     Sec. 2310-223. Nurse shift bidding study. The Department,
9 subject to appropriation, must conduct a study to determine the
10 need and feasibility of creating a program to assist hospitals
11 or other health care employers in operating a system by which
12 nurses bid on work shifts by making an offer to work an
13 available shift for a rate within a specified range posted by
14 the employer. The Department must consult with appropriate
15 medical and advocacy groups when conducting this study. The
16 Department may adopt any rules necessary to conduct this study
17 and must report its findings to the Governor and to the General
18 Assembly on or before July 1, 2005.
 
19     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20 becoming law.