Full Text of HB1615 103rd General Assembly
HB1615ham001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Maura Hirschauer Filed: 3/6/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1615
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1615 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 1. Legislative findings. The General Assembly | 5 | | recognizes: | 6 | | (1) There is a growing shortage of nurses working in | 7 | | Illinois health care facilities, which is most profound in | 8 | | Southern Illinois. | 9 | | (2) Nurse employers, including hospitals and long-term | 10 | | care facilities, cannot hire the number of nurses they need to | 11 | | provide quality nursing care. | 12 | | (3) The purpose of the Illinois Nursing Workforce Center | 13 | | is to address issues of supply and demand in the nursing | 14 | | profession, including issues of recruitment, retention, and | 15 | | utilization of nurse manpower resources. | 16 | | (4) The Center reports that the Department of Financial | 17 | | and Professional Regulation provides nursing licenses, as of |
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| 1 | | June 2022, in the following amounts: 17,931 advanced practice | 2 | | registered nurse licenses; 200,600 registered nurse licenses; | 3 | | and 25,978 licensed practical nurse licenses. | 4 | | (5) The number of licenses does not equate to the number of | 5 | | nurses currently in the workforce in Illinois as many nurses | 6 | | renew their licenses even after retirement. | 7 | | (6) There have been nursing surveys, but they have been | 8 | | voluntary. For instance, in 2020, only 22% of nurses responded | 9 | | to surveys. | 10 | | (7) Strategies and changes are necessary to solving the | 11 | | nursing shortage. There needs to be accurate and complete | 12 | | data. | 13 | | (8) Illinois must know whether there are regional | 14 | | shortages of nurses, shortages of nurses in specialty areas, | 15 | | or impediments to entering the nursing profession. A required | 16 | | survey will address these and other nurse shortage issues. | 17 | | Section 5. The Nurse Practice Act is amended by changing | 18 | | Section 75-10 as follows: | 19 | | (225 ILCS 65/75-10) (was 225 ILCS 65/17-10) | 20 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) | 21 | | Sec. 75-10. Illinois Nursing Workforce Center. The purpose | 22 | | of the Illinois Nursing Workforce Center to address issues of | 23 | | supply and demand in the nursing profession, including issues | 24 | | of recruitment, retention, and utilization of nurse manpower |
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| 1 | | resources. The General Assembly finds that the Center will | 2 | | enhance the access to and delivery of quality health care | 3 | | services by providing an ongoing strategy for the allocation | 4 | | of the State's resources directed towards nursing. Each of the | 5 | | following objectives shall serve as the primary goals for the | 6 | | Center: | 7 | | (1) To develop a strategic plan for nursing workforce | 8 | | in the State by selecting priorities to be addressed, | 9 | | including: manpower in Illinois by selecting priorities | 10 | | that must be addressed. | 11 | | (A) For license renewals beginning in 2024 and | 12 | | each renewal thereafter, to develop and require the | 13 | | completion of a supply survey of all licensed nurses, | 14 | | including licensed practical nurses, registered | 15 | | nurses, and advanced practice registered nurses, at | 16 | | initial licensure and each license renewal thereafter. | 17 | | The survey shall use the National Forum of State | 18 | | Nursing Workforce Centers Minimum Nurse Supply | 19 | | Dataset. The Center shall compile, process, and | 20 | | evaluate the survey findings and report to the | 21 | | Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker | 22 | | of the House of Representatives with recommendations. | 23 | | (B) No later than 2027, to develop a nurse demand | 24 | | and employer survey to be collected biennially. The | 25 | | survey shall use the National Forum of State Nursing | 26 | | Workforce Centers Minimum Nurse Demand Dataset. The |
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| 1 | | Center shall compile, process, and evaluate the survey | 2 | | findings and report to the Governor, the President of | 3 | | the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of | 4 | | Representatives with recommendations by no later than | 5 | | December 31, 2029. | 6 | | (2) To convene various groups of representatives of | 7 | | nurses, other health care providers, businesses and | 8 | | industries, consumers, legislators, and educators , | 9 | | including 2 representatives of a labor organization | 10 | | recognized under the National Labor Relations Act | 11 | | representing active registered professional nurses | 12 | | licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional | 13 | | Regulation, appointed by the Secretary of Financial and | 14 | | Professional Regulation, to : | 15 | | (A) review and comment on data analysis prepared | 16 | | by for the Center; and | 17 | | (B) recommend systemic changes, including | 18 | | strategies for implementation of recommended changes. | 19 | | (3) To enhance and promote recognition, reward, and | 20 | | renewal activities for nurses in the State Illinois by: | 21 | | (A) proposing and creating reward, recognition, | 22 | | and renewal activities for nursing; and | 23 | | (B) promoting positive media and positive | 24 | | image-building efforts for nursing.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 100-513, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 | | becoming law.".
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