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1     AN ACT concerning 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 is
5 amended by changing Section 20-40 as follows:
 
6     (225 ILCS 65/20-40)
7     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
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:
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.
17         (b) Employment of secretarial, nursing,
18 administrative, enforcement, and other staff for the
19 administration of this Act.
20         (c) Conducting a survey, as prescribed by rule of the
21 Department, once every 4 years during the license renewal
22 period.
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.
27         (e) Disposition of Fees:
28             (i) (Blank).
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.
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
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.
10             (iv) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004
11 2001 and for each fiscal year thereafter, $1,200,000
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.
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.
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).
25 (Source: P.A. 91-239, 1-1-00; 92-46, eff. 7-1-01.)
 
26     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
27 becoming law.