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Full Text of SB2270  93rd General Assembly

SB2270sam002 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

John M. Sullivan

Filed: 2/23/2004

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2270

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2270 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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 2310-228 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 2310/2310-228 new)
8     Sec. 2310-228. Nursing workforce database.
9     (a) The Department shall, in consultation with the Illinois
10 Coalition for Nursing Resources, the Illinois Nurses
11 Assocation, and other nursing associations, establish and
12 administer a nursing workforce database. The database shall be
13 assembled from data currently collected by State agencies or
14 departments that may be released under the Freedom of
15 Information Act and shall be maintained with the assistance of
16 the Department of Professional Regulation, the Department of
17 Labor, the Department of Employment Security, and any other
18 State agency or department with access to nursing
19 workforce-related information.
20     (b) The objective of establishing the database shall be to
21 compile the following data related to the nursing workforce
22 that is currently collected by State agencies or departments
23 that may be released under the Freedom of Information Act:
24         (1) Data on current and projected population

 

 

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1 demographics and available health indicator data to
2 determine how the population needs relate to the demand for
3 nursing services.
4         (2) Data to create a dynamic system for projecting
5 nurse workforce supply and demand.
6         (3) Data related to the development of a nursing
7 workforce that considers the diversity, educational mix,
8 geographic distribution, and number of nurses needed
9 within the State.
10         (4) Data on the current and projected numbers of nurse
11 faculty who are needed to educate the nurses who will be
12 needed to meet the needs of the residents of the State.
13         (5) Data on nursing education programs within the State
14 including number of nursing programs, applications,
15 enrollments, and graduation rates.
16         (6) Data needed to develop collaborative models
17 between nursing education and practice to identify
18 necessary competencies, educational strategies, and models
19 of professional practice.
20         (7) Data on nurse practice setting, practice
21 locations, and specialties.
22     (c) To accomplish the objectives set forth in subsection
23 (b), data compiled by the Department into a database may be
24 used by the Department, medical institutions and societies,
25 health care facilities and associations of health care
26 facilities, and nursing programs to assess current and
27 projected nursing workforce shortfalls and develop strategies
28 for overcoming them. Notwithstanding any other provision of
29 law, the Department may not disclose any data that it compiles
30 under this Section in a manner that would allow the
31 identification of any particular health care professional or
32 health care facility.
33     (d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed as requiring
34 any health care facility to file or submit any data,

 

 

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1 information, or reports to the Department or any State agency
2 or department.
3     (e) No later than January 15, 2006, the Department shall
4 submit a report to the Governor and to the members of the
5 General Assembly regarding the development of the database and
6 the effectiveness of its use.".