093_HB2809eng HB2809 Engrossed LRB093 08360 AMC 08579 b 1 AN ACT in relation to 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 5 is amended by changing Section 20-40 and adding Section 5-16 6 as follows: 7 (225 ILCS 65/5-16 new) 8 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008) 9 Sec. 5-16. Illinois Center for Nursing. The Department 10 shall create the Illinois Center for Nursing, the goals of 11 which shall include, but not be limited to, all of the 12 following: 13 (1) To develop a strategic statewide plan for 14 nursing resources. 15 (2) To convene multidisciplinary groups to review 16 the work of the Center and evaluate policy implications. 17 (3) To enhance and promote nurse recognition, 18 reward, and renewal activities across the State. 19 (4) To create a dynamic system for projecting nurse 20 workforce supply and demand. 21 (5) To conduct biennial surveys of nurses to track 22 retirement plans and issues impacting nurses in the 23 workplace. 24 (6) To conduct biennial surveys of nurse employers 25 to measure changes in demand and skill mix. 26 (7) To evaluate population demographics and 27 available health indicator data to determine how they 28 relate to the demand for nursing services. 29 (8) To project how changes in the health care 30 delivery system, including the use of technology, will 31 effect nursing demand in terms of number and educational HB2809 Engrossed -2- LRB093 08360 AMC 08579 b 1 mix. 2 (9) To study the relationship between various 3 staffing models and patient outcomes. 4 (10) To promote an adequate nursing workforce in 5 terms of numbers, diversity, educational mix, and 6 geographic distribution. 7 (11) To develop creative mechanisms to attract a 8 diverse group of students to nursing as an attractive and 9 viable career option. 10 (12) To develop strategies for ensuring adequate 11 numbers of faculty who are prepared to mentor students in 12 a changing health care system. 13 (13) To monitor educational trends, including 14 applications, enrollments, and graduate outcomes. 15 (14) To provide resources and programs designed to 16 promote recognition and retention. 17 (15) To promote collaboration between nursing 18 education and practice to determine necessary 19 competencies and design professional practice. 20 (16) To develop and support nursing education and 21 nursing practice collaborative efforts at the regional 22 and State level. 23 (17) To provide funding for the planning and 24 implementation of demonstration projects of professional 25 practice models, with an emphasis on staffing models. 26 The Illinois Center for Nursing shall work in conjunction 27 with the Illinois Coalition for Nursing Resources in 28 accomplishing its goals. 29 (225 ILCS 65/20-40) 30 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008) 31 Sec. 20-40. 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There is hereby created within the 32 State Treasury the Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund. 33 The monies in the Fund may be used by and at the direction of HB2809 Engrossed -3- LRB093 08360 AMC 08579 b 1 the Department for the administration and enforcement of this 2 Act, including but not limited to: 3 (a) Distribution and publication of the Nursing and 4 Advanced Practice Nursing Act and the rules at the time 5 of renewal to all persons licensed by the Department 6 under this Act. 7 (b) Employment of secretarial, nursing, 8 administrative, enforcement, and other staff for the 9 administration of this Act. 10 (c) Conducting a survey, as prescribed by rule of 11 the Department, once every 4 years during the license 12 renewal period. 13 (d) Conducting of training seminars for licensees 14 under this Act relating to the obligations, 15 responsibilities, enforcement and other provisions of the 16 Act and its rules. 17 (d-5) Establishment of the Illinois Center for 18 Nursing as provided for in Section 5-16. 19 (e) Disposition of Fees: 20 (i) (Blank). 21 (ii) All of the fees and fines collected 22 pursuant to this Act shall be deposited in the 23 Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund. 24 (iii) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 25 1988, the moneys deposited in the Nursing Dedicated 26 and Professional Fund shall be appropriated to the 27 Department for expenses of the Department and the 28 Board in the administration of this Act. All 29 earnings received from investment of moneys in the 30 Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund shall be 31 deposited in the Nursing Dedicated and Professional 32 Fund and shall be used for the same purposes as fees 33 deposited in the Fund. 34 (iv) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, HB2809 Engrossed -4- LRB093 08360 AMC 08579 b 1 2001 and for each fiscal year thereafter, $750,000 2 of the moneys deposited in the Nursing Dedicated and 3 Professional Fund each year shall be set aside and 4 appropriated to the Illinois Department of Public 5 Health for nursing scholarships awarded pursuant to 6 the Nursing Education Scholarship Law. 7 Representatives of the Department and the Nursing 8 Education Scholarship Program Advisory Council shall 9 review this requirement and the scholarship awards 10 every 2 years. 11 (iv-5) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 12 2003, $1,000,000 of the moneys deposited into the 13 Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund shall be 14 appropriated to the Department to be used within 2 15 fiscal years of the effective date of this 16 amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly to 17 establish the Illinois Center for Nursing as 18 provided for in Section 5-16 and subsection (d-5) of 19 this Section. 20 (v) Moneys in the Fund may be transferred to 21 the Professions Indirect Cost Fund as authorized 22 under Section 2105-300 of the Department of 23 Professional Regulation Law (20 ILCS 2105/2105-300). 24 (Source: P.A. 91-239, 1-1-00; 92-46, eff. 7-1-01.) 25 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 26 becoming law.