Full Text of SB3636 101st General Assembly
SB3636 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 SB3636 Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 210 ILCS 85/7 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 148 | 210 ILCS 85/10.10 | | 210 ILCS 85/14.5 | | 110 ILCS 975/5 | from Ch. 144, par. 2755 | 35 ILCS 5/232 new | |
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Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires a hospital to provide a plan of correction to the Department of Public Health within 60 days if the hospital demonstrates a pattern or practice of failing to substantially comply with specified requirements or with the hospital's written staffing plan. Allows the Department to impose specified fines on a hospital for failing to comply with written staffing plans for nursing services or plans of correction. Requires money from fines to be deposited into the Hospital Licensure Fund (instead of the Long Term Care Provider Fund). Contains provisions concerning staffing plans. Amends the Nursing Education Scholarship Law. Provides that the Department of Public Health may award a total of $500,000 annually in nursing education scholarships. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for taxpayers who are employed during the taxable year as nurse educators. Provides that the credit shall be equal to 2.5% of the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income for the taxable year. Effective immediately, except that provisions amending the Hospital Licensing Act take effect on the first day of the first full calendar month that begins 6 months after the Act becomes law.
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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 | | ARTICLE 1. NURSE STAFFING IMPROVEMENT ACT | 5 | | Section 1-1. This Article may be referred to as the Nurse | 6 | | Staffing Improvement Act. | 7 | | Section 1-5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by | 8 | | changing Sections 7, 10.10, and 14.5 as follows: | 9 | | (210 ILCS 85/7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 148) | 10 | | Sec. 7. (a) The Director after notice and opportunity for | 11 | | hearing to the
applicant or licensee may deny, suspend, or | 12 | | revoke a permit to establish a
hospital or deny, suspend, or | 13 | | revoke a license to open, conduct, operate,
and maintain a | 14 | | hospital in any case in which he finds that there has been a
| 15 | | substantial failure to comply with the provisions of this Act, | 16 | | the Hospital
Report Card Act, or the Illinois Adverse Health | 17 | | Care Events Reporting Law of 2005 or the standards, rules, and | 18 | | regulations established by
virtue of any of those Acts. The | 19 | | Department may impose fines on hospitals, not to exceed $500 | 20 | | per occurrence, for failing to : (1) initiate a criminal | 21 | | background check on a patient that meets the criteria for |
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| 1 | | hospital-initiated background checks ; or (2) report the death | 2 | | of a person known to be a resident of a facility licensed under | 3 | | the ID/DD Community Care Act or the MC/DD Act to the coroner or | 4 | | medical examiner within 24 hours as required by Section 6.09a | 5 | | of this Act. In assessing whether to impose such a fine for | 6 | | failure to initiate a criminal background check, the Department | 7 | | shall consider various factors including, but not limited to, | 8 | | whether the hospital has engaged in a pattern or practice of | 9 | | failing to initiate criminal background checks. If a hospital | 10 | | demonstrates a pattern or practice of failing to substantially | 11 | | comply with the requirements of Section 10.10 or the hospital's | 12 | | written staffing plan, the hospital shall provide a plan of | 13 | | correction to the Department within 60 days. The Department may | 14 | | impose fines as follows: (i) if a hospital fails to implement a | 15 | | written staffing plan for nursing services, a fine not to | 16 | | exceed $500 per occurrence may be imposed; (ii) if a hospital | 17 | | demonstrates a pattern or practice of failing to substantially | 18 | | comply with a plan of correction within 60 days after the plan | 19 | | takes effect, a fine not to exceed $500 per occurrence may be | 20 | | imposed; and (iii) if a hospital demonstrates for a second or | 21 | | subsequent time a pattern or practice of failing to | 22 | | substantially comply with a plan of correction within 60 days | 23 | | after the plan takes effect, a fine not to exceed $1,000 per | 24 | | occurrence may be imposed. Reports of violations of Section | 25 | | 10.10 shall be subject to public disclosure under Section | 26 | | 6.14a. Money from fines shall be deposited into the Hospital |
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| 1 | | Licensure Fund, and money from fines for violations of Section | 2 | | 10.10 shall be used for scholarships under the Nursing | 3 | | Education Scholarship Law. Long Term Care Provider Fund . | 4 | | (b) Such notice shall be effected by registered mail or by | 5 | | personal
service setting forth the particular reasons for the | 6 | | proposed action and
fixing a date, not less than 15 days from | 7 | | the date of such mailing or
service, at which time the | 8 | | applicant or licensee shall be given an
opportunity for a | 9 | | hearing. Such hearing shall be conducted by the Director
or by | 10 | | an employee of the Department designated in writing by the | 11 | | Director
as Hearing Officer to conduct the hearing. On the | 12 | | basis of any such
hearing, or upon default of the applicant or | 13 | | licensee, the Director shall
make a determination specifying | 14 | | his findings and conclusions. In case of a
denial to an | 15 | | applicant of a permit to establish a hospital, such
| 16 | | determination shall specify the subsection of Section 6 under | 17 | | which the
permit was denied and shall contain findings of fact | 18 | | forming the basis of
such denial. A copy of such determination | 19 | | shall be sent by registered mail
or served personally upon the | 20 | | applicant or licensee. The decision denying,
suspending, or | 21 | | revoking a permit or a license shall become final 35 days
after | 22 | | it is so mailed or served, unless the applicant or licensee, | 23 | | within
such 35 day period, petitions for review pursuant to | 24 | | Section 13. | 25 | | (c) The procedure governing hearings authorized by this | 26 | | Section shall be
in accordance with rules promulgated by the |
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| 1 | | Department and approved by the
Hospital Licensing Board. A full | 2 | | and complete record shall be kept of all
proceedings, including | 3 | | the notice of hearing, complaint, and all other
documents in | 4 | | the nature of pleadings, written motions filed in the
| 5 | | proceedings, and the report and orders of the Director and | 6 | | Hearing Officer.
All testimony shall be reported but need not | 7 | | be transcribed unless the
decision is appealed pursuant to | 8 | | Section 13. A copy or copies of the
transcript may be obtained | 9 | | by any interested party on payment of the cost
of preparing | 10 | | such copy or copies. | 11 | | (d) The Director or Hearing Officer shall upon his own | 12 | | motion, or on the
written request of any party to the | 13 | | proceeding, issue subpoenas requiring
the attendance and the | 14 | | giving of testimony by witnesses, and subpoenas
duces tecum | 15 | | requiring the production of books, papers, records, or
| 16 | | memoranda. All subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum issued under | 17 | | the terms
of this Act may be served by any person of full age. | 18 | | The fees of witnesses
for attendance and travel shall be the | 19 | | same as the fees of witnesses before
the Circuit Court of this | 20 | | State, such fees to be paid when the witness is
excused from | 21 | | further attendance. When the witness is subpoenaed at the
| 22 | | instance of the Director, or Hearing Officer, such fees shall | 23 | | be paid in
the same manner as other expenses of the Department, | 24 | | and when the witness
is subpoenaed at the instance of any other | 25 | | party to any such proceeding the
Department may require that | 26 | | the cost of service of the subpoena or subpoena
duces tecum and |
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| 1 | | the fee of the witness be borne by the party at whose
instance | 2 | | the witness is summoned. In such case, the Department in its
| 3 | | discretion, may require a deposit to cover the cost of such | 4 | | service and
witness fees. A subpoena or subpoena duces tecum | 5 | | issued as aforesaid shall
be served in the same manner as a | 6 | | subpoena issued out of a court. | 7 | | (e) Any Circuit Court of this State upon the application of | 8 | | the
Director, or upon the application of any other party to the | 9 | | proceeding,
may, in its discretion, compel the attendance of | 10 | | witnesses, the production
of books, papers, records, or | 11 | | memoranda and the giving of testimony before
the Director or | 12 | | Hearing Officer conducting an investigation or holding a
| 13 | | hearing authorized by this Act, by an attachment for contempt, | 14 | | or
otherwise, in the same manner as production of evidence may | 15 | | be compelled
before the court. | 16 | | (f) The Director or Hearing Officer, or any party in an | 17 | | investigation or
hearing before the Department, may cause the | 18 | | depositions of witnesses
within the State to be taken in the | 19 | | manner prescribed by law for like
depositions in civil actions | 20 | | in courts of this State, and to that end
compel the attendance | 21 | | of witnesses and the production of books, papers,
records, or | 22 | | memoranda. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 99-180, eff. 7-29-15.) | 24 | | (210 ILCS 85/10.10) | 25 | | Sec. 10.10. Nurse Staffing by Patient Acuity.
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| 1 | | (a) Findings. The Legislature finds and declares all of the | 2 | | following: | 3 | | (1) The State of Illinois has a substantial interest in | 4 | | promoting quality care and improving the delivery of health | 5 | | care services. | 6 | | (2) Evidence-based studies have shown that the basic | 7 | | principles of staffing in the acute care setting should be | 8 | | based on the complexity of patients' care needs aligned | 9 | | with available nursing skills to promote quality patient | 10 | | care consistent with professional nursing standards. | 11 | | (3) Compliance with this Section promotes an | 12 | | organizational climate that values registered nurses' | 13 | | input in meeting the health care needs of hospital | 14 | | patients. | 15 | | (b) Definitions. As used in this Section: | 16 | | "Acuity model" means an assessment tool selected and | 17 | | implemented by a hospital, as recommended by a nursing care | 18 | | committee, that assesses the complexity of patient care needs | 19 | | requiring professional nursing care and skills and aligns | 20 | | patient care needs and nursing skills consistent with | 21 | | professional nursing standards. | 22 | | "Department" means the Department of Public Health. | 23 | | "Direct patient care" means care provided by a registered | 24 | | professional nurse with direct responsibility to oversee or | 25 | | carry out medical regimens or nursing care for one or more | 26 | | patients. |
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| 1 | | "Nursing care committee" means a an existing or newly | 2 | | created hospital-wide committee or committees of nurses whose | 3 | | functions, in part or in whole, contribute to the development, | 4 | | recommendation, and review of the hospital's nurse staffing | 5 | | plan established pursuant to subsection (d). | 6 | | "Registered professional nurse" means a person licensed as | 7 | | a Registered Nurse under the Nurse
Practice Act. | 8 | | "Written staffing plan for nursing care services" means a | 9 | | written plan for guiding the assignment of patient care nursing | 10 | | staff based on multiple nurse and patient considerations that | 11 | | yield minimum staffing levels for inpatient care units and the | 12 | | adopted acuity model aligning patient care needs with nursing | 13 | | skills required for quality patient care consistent with | 14 | | professional nursing standards. | 15 | | (c) Written staffing plan. | 16 | | (1) Every hospital shall implement a written | 17 | | hospital-wide staffing plan, prepared recommended by a | 18 | | nursing care committee or committees, that provides for | 19 | | minimum direct care professional registered | 20 | | nurse-to-patient staffing needs for each inpatient care | 21 | | unit , including inpatient emergency departments. If the | 22 | | staffing plan prepared by the nursing care committee is not | 23 | | adopted by the hospital, or if substantial changes are | 24 | | proposed to it, the chief nursing officer shall either: (i) | 25 | | provide a written explanation to the committee of the | 26 | | reasons the plan was not adopted; or (ii) provide a written |
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| 1 | | explanation of any substantial changes made to the proposed | 2 | | plan prior to it being adopted by the hospital . The written | 3 | | hospital-wide staffing plan shall include, but need not be | 4 | | limited to, the following considerations: | 5 | | (A) The complexity of complete care, assessment on | 6 | | patient admission, volume of patient admissions, | 7 | | discharges and transfers, evaluation of the progress | 8 | | of a patient's problems, ongoing physical assessments, | 9 | | planning for a patient's discharge, assessment after a | 10 | | change in patient condition, and assessment of the need | 11 | | for patient referrals. | 12 | | (B) The complexity of clinical professional | 13 | | nursing judgment needed to design and implement a | 14 | | patient's nursing care plan, the need for specialized | 15 | | equipment and technology, the skill mix of other | 16 | | personnel providing or supporting direct patient care, | 17 | | and involvement in quality improvement activities, | 18 | | professional preparation, and experience. | 19 | | (C) Patient acuity and the number of patients for | 20 | | whom care is being provided. | 21 | | (D) The ongoing assessments of a unit's patient | 22 | | acuity levels and nursing staff needed shall be | 23 | | routinely made by the unit nurse manager or his or her | 24 | | designee. | 25 | | (E) The identification of additional registered | 26 | | nurses available for direct patient care when |
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| 1 | | patients' unexpected needs exceed the planned workload | 2 | | for direct care staff. | 3 | | (2) In order to provide staffing flexibility to meet | 4 | | patient needs, every hospital shall identify an acuity | 5 | | model for adjusting the staffing plan for each inpatient | 6 | | care unit. | 7 | | (2.5) Each hospital shall implement the staffing plan | 8 | | and assign nursing personnel to each inpatient care unit, | 9 | | including inpatient emergency departments, in accordance | 10 | | with the staffing plan. | 11 | | (A) A registered nurse may report to the nursing | 12 | | care committee any variations where the nurse | 13 | | personnel assignment in an inpatient care unit is not | 14 | | in accordance with the adopted staffing plan and may | 15 | | make a written report to the nursing care committee | 16 | | based on the variations. | 17 | | (B) Shift-to-shift adjustments in staffing levels | 18 | | required by the staffing plan may be made by the | 19 | | appropriate hospital personnel overseeing inpatient | 20 | | care operations. If a registered nurse in an inpatient | 21 | | care unit objects to a shift-to-shift adjustment, the | 22 | | registered nurse may submit a written report to the | 23 | | nursing care committee. | 24 | | (C) The nursing care committee shall develop a | 25 | | process to examine and respond to written reports | 26 | | submitted under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this |
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| 1 | | paragraph (2.5), including the ability to determine if | 2 | | a specific written report is resolved or should be | 3 | | dismissed. | 4 | | (3) The written staffing plan shall be posted in a | 5 | | conspicuous and accessible location for both patients and | 6 | | direct care staff, as required under the Hospital Report | 7 | | Card Act. A copy of the written staffing plan shall be | 8 | | provided to any member of the general public upon request. | 9 | | (d) Nursing care committee. | 10 | | (1) Every hospital shall have a nursing care committee | 11 | | that meets at least twice per year . A hospital shall | 12 | | appoint members of a committee whereby at least 55% 50% of | 13 | | the members are registered professional nurses providing | 14 | | direct inpatient patient care , one of whom shall be | 15 | | selected annually by the direct inpatient care nurses to | 16 | | serve as co-chair of the committee . | 17 | | (2) (Blank). A nursing care committee's | 18 | | recommendations must be given significant regard and | 19 | | weight in the hospital's adoption and implementation of a | 20 | | written staffing plan.
| 21 | | (2.5) A nursing care committee shall prepare and | 22 | | recommend to hospital administration the hospital's | 23 | | written hospital-wide staffing plan. If the staffing plan | 24 | | is not adopted by the hospital, the chief nursing officer | 25 | | shall provide a written statement to the committee prior to | 26 | | a staffing plan being adopted by the hospital that: (A) |
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| 1 | | explains the reasons the committee's proposed staffing | 2 | | plan was not adopted; and (B) describes the changes to the | 3 | | committee's proposed staffing or any alternative to the | 4 | | committee's proposed staffing plan. | 5 | | (3) A nursing care committee's committee or | 6 | | committees' committees shall recommend a written staffing | 7 | | plan for the hospital shall be based on the principles from | 8 | | the staffing components set forth in subsection (c). In | 9 | | particular, a committee or committees shall provide input | 10 | | and feedback on the following: | 11 | | (A) Selection, implementation, and evaluation of | 12 | | minimum staffing levels for inpatient care units. | 13 | | (B) Selection, implementation, and evaluation of | 14 | | an acuity model to provide staffing flexibility that | 15 | | aligns changing patient acuity with nursing skills | 16 | | required. | 17 | | (C) Selection, implementation, and evaluation of a | 18 | | written staffing plan incorporating the items | 19 | | described in subdivisions (c)(1) and (c)(2) of this | 20 | | Section. | 21 | | (D) Review the nurse following: nurse-to-patient | 22 | | staffing plans guidelines for all inpatient areas; and | 23 | | current acuity tools and measures in use. The nursing | 24 | | care committee's review shall consider: | 25 | | (i) patient outcomes; | 26 | | (ii) complaints regarding staffing, including |
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| 1 | | complaints about a delay in direct care nursing or | 2 | | an absence of direct care nursing; | 3 | | (iii) the number of hours of nursing care | 4 | | provided through an inpatient hospital unit | 5 | | compared with the number of inpatients served by | 6 | | the hospital unit during a 24-hour period; | 7 | | (iv) the aggregate hours of overtime worked by | 8 | | the nursing staff; | 9 | | (v) the extent to which actual nurse staffing | 10 | | for each hospital inpatient unit differs from the | 11 | | staffing specified by the staffing plan; and | 12 | | (vi) any other matter or change to the staffing | 13 | | plan determined by the committee to ensure that the | 14 | | hospital is staffed to meet the health care needs | 15 | | of patients. | 16 | | (4) A nursing care committee must issue a written | 17 | | report addressing address the items described in | 18 | | subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (3) | 19 | | semi-annually. A written copy of this report shall be made | 20 | | available to direct inpatient care nurses by making | 21 | | available a paper copy of the report, distributing it | 22 | | electronically, or posting it on the hospital's website. | 23 | | (5) A nursing care committee must issue a written | 24 | | report at least annually to the hospital governing board | 25 | | that addresses items including, but not limited to: the | 26 | | items described in paragraph (3); changes made based on |
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| 1 | | committee recommendations and the impact of such changes; | 2 | | and recommendations for future changes related to nurse | 3 | | staffing. | 4 | | (e) Nothing in this Section 10.10 shall be construed to | 5 | | limit, alter, or modify any of the terms, conditions, or | 6 | | provisions of a collective bargaining agreement entered into by | 7 | | the hospital.
| 8 | | (f) No hospital may discipline, discharge, or take any | 9 | | other adverse employment action against an employee solely | 10 | | because the employee expresses a concern or complaint regarding | 11 | | an alleged violation of this Section or concerns related to | 12 | | nurse staffing. | 13 | | (g) Any employee of a hospital may file a complaint with | 14 | | the Department regarding an alleged violation of this Section. | 15 | | The Department must forward notification of the alleged | 16 | | violation to the hospital in question within 10 business days | 17 | | after the complaint is filed. Upon receiving a complaint of a | 18 | | violation of this Section, the Department may take any action | 19 | | authorized under Sections 7 or 9 of this Act. | 20 | | (Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 97-423, eff. 1-1-12; | 21 | | 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.) | 22 | | (210 ILCS 85/14.5) | 23 | | Sec. 14.5. Hospital Licensure Fund. | 24 | | (a) There is created in the State treasury the Hospital | 25 | | Licensure Fund. The Fund is created for the purpose of |
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| 1 | | providing funding for the administration of the licensure | 2 | | program and patient safety and quality initiatives for | 3 | | hospitals, including, without limitation, the implementation | 4 | | of the Illinois Adverse Health Care Events Reporting Law of | 5 | | 2005. | 6 | | (b) The Fund shall consist of the following: | 7 | | (1) fees collected pursuant to Sections Section 5 and 7 | 8 | | of the Hospital Licensing Act; | 9 | | (2) federal matching funds received by the State as a | 10 | | result of expenditures made by the Department that are | 11 | | attributable to moneys deposited in the Fund; | 12 | | (3) interest earned on moneys deposited in the Fund; | 13 | | and | 14 | | (4) other moneys received for the Fund from any other | 15 | | source, including interest earned thereon. | 16 | | (c) Disbursements from the Fund shall be made only for: | 17 | | (1) initially, the implementation of the Illinois | 18 | | Adverse Health Care Events Reporting Law of 2005; | 19 | | (2) subsequently, programs, information, or | 20 | | assistance, including measures to address public | 21 | | complaints, designed to measurably improve quality and | 22 | | patient safety; and | 23 | | (2.5) from fines for violations of Section 10.10, | 24 | | scholarships under the Nursing Education Scholarship Law; | 25 | | and | 26 | | (3) the reimbursement of moneys collected by the |
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| 1 | | Department through error or mistake. | 2 | | (d) The uses described in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) | 3 | | shall be developed in conjunction with a statewide organization | 4 | | representing a majority of hospitals.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 98-683, eff. 6-30-14.) | 6 | | ARTICLE 5. NURSING EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP | 7 | | Section 5-5. The Nursing Education Scholarship Law is | 8 | | amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
| 9 | | (110 ILCS 975/5) (from Ch. 144, par. 2755)
| 10 | | Sec. 5. Nursing education scholarships. Beginning with the | 11 | | fall term of the 2004-2005
academic year, the
Department, in | 12 | | accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by it for | 13 | | this
program, shall provide scholarships to individuals | 14 | | selected
from among those applicants who qualify for | 15 | | consideration by showing:
| 16 | | (1) that he or she has been a resident of this State | 17 | | for at least one
year prior to application, and is a | 18 | | citizen or a lawful permanent resident
alien of the United | 19 | | States;
| 20 | | (2) that he or she is enrolled in or accepted for | 21 | | admission to an associate degree in
nursing program, | 22 | | hospital-based
diploma in nursing program, baccalaureate | 23 | | degree
in nursing program, graduate degree in nursing |
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| 1 | | program, or practical nursing program at an approved
| 2 | | institution; and
| 3 | | (3) that he or she agrees to meet the nursing | 4 | | employment obligation.
| 5 | | If in any year the number of qualified applicants exceeds | 6 | | the number of
scholarships to be awarded, the Department shall, | 7 | | in consultation with the Illinois Nursing Workforce Center | 8 | | Advisory Board, consider the following factors in granting | 9 | | priority in awarding
scholarships: | 10 | | (A) Financial need, as shown on a
standardized | 11 | | financial needs assessment form used by an approved
| 12 | | institution, of students who will pursue their | 13 | | education on a full-time or close to
full-time
basis | 14 | | and who already have a certificate in practical | 15 | | nursing, a diploma
in nursing, or an associate degree | 16 | | in nursing and are pursuing a higher
degree.
| 17 | | (B) A student's status as a registered nurse who is | 18 | | pursuing a graduate degree in nursing to pursue | 19 | | employment in an approved institution that educates | 20 | | licensed practical nurses and that educates registered | 21 | | nurses in undergraduate and graduate nursing programs.
| 22 | | (C) A student's merit, as shown through his or her | 23 | | grade point average, class rank, and other academic and | 24 | | extracurricular activities. The Department may add to | 25 | | and further define these merit criteria by rule.
| 26 | | Unless otherwise indicated, scholarships shall be awarded |
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recipients at approved institutions for a period
of up to 2 | 2 | | years if the recipient is enrolled in an
associate degree in
| 3 | | nursing
program, up to 3 years if the recipient is enrolled in | 4 | | a hospital-based
diploma in nursing program, up to 4 years if | 5 | | the recipient is enrolled in a
baccalaureate degree in nursing | 6 | | program, up to 5 years if the recipient is enrolled in a | 7 | | graduate degree in nursing program, and up to one year if the
| 8 | | recipient is enrolled in a certificate in practical nursing | 9 | | program. At least
40% of the scholarships awarded shall be for | 10 | | recipients who are
pursuing baccalaureate degrees in nursing, | 11 | | 30% of the scholarships
awarded shall be for recipients who are | 12 | | pursuing associate degrees in
nursing
or a diploma in nursing, | 13 | | 10% of the scholarships awarded
shall be for recipients who are | 14 | | pursuing a certificate in practical nursing, and 20% of the | 15 | | scholarships awarded shall be for recipients who are pursuing a | 16 | | graduate degree in nursing.
| 17 | | Beginning with the fall term of the 2020-2021 academic year | 18 | | and continuing through the 2023-2024 academic year, subject to | 19 | | appropriation from the Hospital Licensure Fund, in addition to | 20 | | any other funds available to the Department for such | 21 | | scholarships, the Department may award a total of $500,000 | 22 | | annually in scholarships under this Section. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 100-513, eff. 1-1-18 .)
| 24 | | ARTICLE 10. INCOME TAX CREDIT; NURSE EDUCATORS |
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| 1 | | Section 10-5. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by | 2 | | adding Section 232 as follows: | 3 | | (35 ILCS 5/232 new) | 4 | | Sec. 232. Credit for nurse educators. | 5 | | (a) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, | 6 | | 2020, any taxpayer who is employed during the taxable year as a | 7 | | nurse educator is entitled to a credit against the tax imposed | 8 | | by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 in an amount equal to | 9 | | 2.5% of the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income for the | 10 | | taxable year. As used in this Section "nurse educator" has the | 11 | | meaning given to that term in Section 3 of the Nursing | 12 | | Education Scholarship Law. | 13 | | (b) In no event shall a credit under this Section reduce a | 14 | | taxpayer's liability to less than zero. If the amount of credit | 15 | | exceeds the tax liability for the year, the excess may be | 16 | | carried forward and applied to the tax liability for the 5 | 17 | | taxable years following the excess credit year. The tax credit | 18 | | shall be applied to the earliest year for which there is a tax | 19 | | liability. If there are credits for more than one year that are | 20 | | available to offset liability, the earlier credit shall be | 21 | | applied first. | 22 | | (c) This Section is exempt from the provisions of Section | 23 | | 250. | 24 | | ARTICLE 99. EFFECTIVE DATE |
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| 1 | | Section 99-99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 | | becoming law, except that Article 1 takes effect on the first | 3 | | day of the first full calendar month that begins 6 months after | 4 | | this Act becomes law.
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