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1 | | 2 each appointed
by the Speaker and Minority Leader.
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2 | | (i) 4 members of the Illinois Senate, 2 each appointed |
3 | | by the President
and Minority Leader.
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4 | | (j) The President of the Illinois Alcoholism and Drug |
5 | | Dependence
Association.
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6 | | (k) An advocate for the needs of youth appointed by the |
7 | | Governor.
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8 | | (l) The President of the Illinois State Medical Society |
9 | | or his or her
designee.
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10 | | (m) The President of the Illinois Hospital Association |
11 | | or his or her
designee.
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12 | | (n) The President of a statewide organization |
13 | | representing registered professional nurses or advanced |
14 | | practice nurses the Illinois Nurses Association or a |
15 | | registered nurse
designated by the President.
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16 | | (o) The President of the Illinois Pharmacists |
17 | | Association or a licensed
pharmacist designated by the |
18 | | President.
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19 | | (p) The President of the Illinois Chapter of the |
20 | | Association of Labor
Management Administrators and |
21 | | Consultants on Alcoholism.
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22 | | (p-1) The President of the Community Behavioral |
23 | | Healthcare Association
of Illinois or his or her designee.
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24 | | (q) The Attorney General or his or her designee.
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25 | | (r) The State Comptroller or his or her designee.
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26 | | (s) 20 public members, 8 appointed by the Governor, 3 |
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1 | | of whom shall be
representatives of alcoholism or other |
2 | | drug abuse and dependency treatment
programs and one of |
3 | | whom shall be a representative of a manufacturer or
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4 | | importing distributor of alcoholic liquor licensed by the |
5 | | State of Illinois,
and 3 public members appointed by each |
6 | | of the President and Minority Leader of
the Senate and the |
7 | | Speaker and Minority Leader of the House. |
8 | | (t) The Director, Secretary, or other chief |
9 | | administrative officer, ex officio, or his or her designee, |
10 | | of each of the following: the Department on Aging, the |
11 | | Department of Children and Family Services, the Department |
12 | | of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the |
13 | | Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the |
14 | | Department of Revenue, the Department of Public Health, the |
15 | | Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the |
16 | | Department of State Police, the Administrative Office of |
17 | | the Illinois Courts, the Criminal Justice Information |
18 | | Authority, and the Department of Transportation. |
19 | | (u) Each of the following, ex officio, or his or her |
20 | | designee: the Secretary of State, the State Superintendent |
21 | | of Education, and the Chairman of the Board of Higher |
22 | | Education.
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23 | | The public members may not be officers or employees of the |
24 | | executive branch
of State government; however, the public |
25 | | members may be officers or employees
of a State college or |
26 | | university or of any law enforcement agency. In
appointing |
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1 | | members, due consideration shall be given to the experience of
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2 | | appointees in the fields of medicine, law, prevention, |
3 | | correctional activities,
and social welfare. Vacancies in the |
4 | | public membership shall be filled for the
unexpired term by |
5 | | appointment in like manner as for original appointments, and
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6 | | the appointive members shall serve until their successors are |
7 | | appointed and
have qualified. Vacancies among the public |
8 | | members appointed by the
legislative leaders shall be filled by |
9 | | the leader of the same house and of the
same political party as |
10 | | the leader who originally appointed the member.
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11 | | Each non-appointive member may designate a representative |
12 | | to serve in his
place by written notice to the Department. All |
13 | | General Assembly members shall
serve until their respective |
14 | | successors are appointed or until termination of
their |
15 | | legislative service, whichever occurs first. The terms of |
16 | | office for
each of the members appointed by the Governor shall |
17 | | be for 3 years, except that
of the members first appointed, 3 |
18 | | shall be appointed for a term of one year,
and 4 shall be |
19 | | appointed for a term of 2 years. The terms of office of each of
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20 | | the public members appointed by the legislative leaders shall |
21 | | be for 2 years.
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22 | | (Source: P.A. 94-1033, eff. 7-1-07 .)
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23 | | Section 10. The Department of Public Health Powers and |
24 | | Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
25 | | amended by changing Sections 2310-228 and 2310-372 as follows: |
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1 | | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-228)
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2 | | Sec. 2310-228. Nursing workforce database. |
3 | | (a) The Department shall, subject to appropriation and in |
4 | | consultation with the Illinois Coalition for Nursing |
5 | | Resources, a statewide organization representing registered |
6 | | professional nurses or advanced practice nurses the Illinois |
7 | | Nurses Association , and other nursing associations, establish |
8 | | and administer a nursing
workforce database. The database shall |
9 | | be assembled from data currently collected by State agencies or |
10 | | departments that may be released under the Freedom of |
11 | | Information Act and shall be maintained with the
assistance of |
12 | | the Department of Professional Regulation, the Department of
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13 | | Labor, the Department of Employment Security,
and any other |
14 | | State agency or department with access to nursing
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15 | | workforce-related information.
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16 | | (b) The objective of establishing the database shall be to |
17 | | compile the following data related to the nursing
workforce |
18 | | that is currently collected by State agencies or departments |
19 | | that may be released under the Freedom of Information Act: |
20 | | (1) Data on current and projected population |
21 | | demographics and available health indicator data to |
22 | | determine how the population needs relate to the demand for |
23 | | nursing services. |
24 | | (2) Data to create a dynamic system for projecting |
25 | | nurse workforce supply and demand. |
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1 | | (3) Data related to the development of a nursing |
2 | | workforce that considers the diversity, educational mix, |
3 | | geographic distribution, and number of nurses needed |
4 | | within the State. |
5 | | (4) Data on the current and projected numbers of nurse |
6 | | faculty who are needed to educate the nurses who will be |
7 | | needed to meet the needs of the residents of the State. |
8 | | (5) Data on nursing education programs within the State |
9 | | including number of nursing programs, applications, |
10 | | enrollments, and graduation rates. |
11 | | (6) Data needed to develop collaborative models |
12 | | between nursing
education and practice to identify |
13 | | necessary competencies,
educational strategies, and models |
14 | | of professional practice. |
15 | | (7) Data on nurse practice setting, practice |
16 | | locations, and specialties.
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17 | | (c) To accomplish the objectives set forth in subsection |
18 | | (b),
data compiled by the Department into a database may be
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19 | | used
by the Department, medical institutions and societies, |
20 | | health care facilities and associations of health care |
21 | | facilities, and nursing programs to assess current and |
22 | | projected nursing workforce shortfalls and
develop strategies |
23 | | for overcoming them. Notwithstanding any other provision of |
24 | | law, the Department may not disclose any data that it compiles |
25 | | under this Section in a manner that would allow the |
26 | | identification of any particular health care professional or |
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1 | | health care facility.
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2 | | (d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed as requiring |
3 | | any health care facility to file or submit any data, |
4 | | information, or reports to the Department or any State agency |
5 | | or department.
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6 | | (e) No later than January 15, 2006, the Department shall |
7 | | submit a
report to the Governor and to the members of the |
8 | | General Assembly regarding the
development of the
database and |
9 | | the effectiveness of its use.
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10 | | (Source: P.A. 93-795, eff. 1-1-05.)
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11 | | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-372)
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12 | | Sec. 2310-372. Stroke Task Force.
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13 | | (a) The Stroke Task Force is created within the Department |
14 | | of Public Health.
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15 | | (b) The task force shall be composed of the following |
16 | | members:
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17 | | (1) Nineteen members appointed by the Director of |
18 | | Public Health
from nominations submitted to the Director by |
19 | | the following organizations, one
member to represent each |
20 | | organization: the American Stroke Association;
the |
21 | | National Stroke Association; the Illinois State Medical |
22 | | Society; the
Illinois
Neurological Society; the Illinois |
23 | | Academy of Family Physicians; the Illinois
Chapter of the |
24 | | American College of Emergency Physicians; the Illinois |
25 | | Chapter
of
the American College of Cardiology; a statewide |
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1 | | organization representing registered professional nurses |
2 | | or advanced practice nurses the Illinois Nurses |
3 | | Association ; the
Illinois
Hospital and Health Systems |
4 | | Association; the Illinois Physical Therapy
Association; |
5 | | the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association; the Illinois |
6 | | Rural
Health Association; the Illinois Chapter of AARP; the |
7 | | Illinois Association of
Rehabilitation Facilities; the |
8 | | Illinois Life Insurance Council; the Illinois
Public |
9 | | Health Association; the Illinois Speech-Language Hearing |
10 | | Association;
the American Association of Neurological |
11 | | Surgeons; and the
Illinois
Health Care Cost Containment |
12 | | Council.
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13 | | (2) Five members appointed by the Governor as follows: |
14 | | one stroke
survivor; one licensed emergency medical |
15 | | technician; one individual who (i)
holds the degree of |
16 | | Medical Doctor or Doctor of Philosophy and (ii) is a
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17 | | teacher
or researcher at a teaching or research university |
18 | | located in Illinois; one
individual
who is a minority |
19 | | person as defined in the Business Enterprise for |
20 | | Minorities,
Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act; |
21 | | and one member of the general
public.
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22 | | (3) The following ex officio members: the chairperson |
23 | | of the Senate
Public Health Committee; the minority |
24 | | spokesperson of the Senate Public Health
Committee; the |
25 | | chairperson of the House Health Care Committee; and the
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26 | | minority spokesperson of the House Health Care Committee.
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1 | | The Director of Public Health shall serve as the |
2 | | chairperson of the task
force.
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3 | | If a vacancy occurs in the task force membership, the |
4 | | vacancy shall be filled
in the
same manner as the initial |
5 | | appointment.
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6 | | (c) Task force members shall serve without compensation, |
7 | | but nonpublic
members shall be reimbursed for their reasonable |
8 | | travel expenses incurred in
performing their
duties in |
9 | | connection with the task force.
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10 | | (d) The task force shall adopt bylaws; shall meet at least |
11 | | 3 times each
calendar
year; and may establish committees as it |
12 | | deems necessary. For purposes of
task force
meetings, a quorum |
13 | | is the number of members present at a meeting. Meetings of
the |
14 | | task
force are subject to the Open Meetings Act. The task force |
15 | | must afford an
opportunity for
public comment at its meetings.
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16 | | (e) The task force shall advise the Department of Public |
17 | | Health with regard
to
setting priorities for improvements in |
18 | | stroke prevention and treatment efforts,
including,
but not |
19 | | limited to, the following:
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20 | | (1) Developing and implementing a comprehensive |
21 | | statewide public
education program on stroke prevention, |
22 | | targeted to high-risk populations and
to
geographic areas |
23 | | where there is a high incidence of stroke.
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24 | | (2) Identifying the signs and symptoms of stroke and |
25 | | the action to be
taken
when these signs or symptoms occur.
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26 | | (3) Recommending and disseminating guidelines on the |
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1 | | treatment of stroke
patients, including emergency stroke |
2 | | care.
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3 | | (4) Ensuring that the public and health care providers |
4 | | and institutions
are
sufficiently informed regarding the |
5 | | most effective strategies for stroke
prevention;
and |
6 | | assisting health care providers in using the most effective |
7 | | treatment
strategies
for stroke.
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8 | | (5) Addressing means by which guidelines may be revised |
9 | | to remain
current with developing treatment methodologies.
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10 | | (f) The task force shall advise the Department of Public |
11 | | Health concerning
the
awarding of grants to providers of |
12 | | emergency medical services and to hospitals
for the
purpose of |
13 | | improving care to stroke patients.
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14 | | (g) The task force shall submit an annual report to the |
15 | | Governor and the
General
Assembly by January 1 of each year, |
16 | | beginning in 2003. The report must include,
but
need not be |
17 | | limited to, the following:
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18 | | (1) The task force's plans, actions, and |
19 | | recommendations.
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20 | | (2) An accounting of moneys spent for grants and for |
21 | | other purposes.
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22 | | (Source: P.A. 92-710, eff. 7-19-02.)
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23 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
24 | | becoming law.
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