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    AN ACT concerning nursing.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended  by changing 
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Section 8h as follows:
 
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    (30 ILCS 105/8h)


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    Sec. 8h. Transfers to General Revenue Fund.  
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Notwithstanding any other
State law to the contrary, the 
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Director of the
Governor's Office of Management and Budget

may 
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from time to time direct the State Treasurer and Comptroller to 
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transfer
a specified sum from any fund held by the State 
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Treasurer to the General
Revenue Fund in order to help defray 
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the State's operating costs for the
fiscal year.  The total 
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transfer under this Section from any fund in any
fiscal year 
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shall not exceed the lesser of 8% of the revenues to be 
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deposited
into the fund during that year or 25% of the 
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beginning balance in the fund.
No transfer may be made from a 
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fund under this Section that would have the
effect of reducing 
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the available balance in the fund to an amount less than
the 
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amount remaining unexpended and unreserved from the total 
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appropriation
from that fund for that fiscal year.  This Section 
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does not apply to any
funds that are restricted by federal law 
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to a specific use,
or to any funds in
the Motor Fuel Tax Fund or 
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the Hospital Provider Fund, or to any
funds to which subsection 
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(f) of Section 20-40 of the Nursing and Advanced Practice 
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Nursing Act applies.  Notwithstanding any
other provision of 
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this Section,
the total transfer under this Section from the 
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Road Fund or the State
Construction Account Fund shall not 
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exceed 5% of the revenues to be deposited
into the fund during 
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that year.


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    In determining the available balance in a fund, the 
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Director of the
Governor's Office of Management and Budget

may 
 


 






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include receipts, transfers into the fund, and other
resources 
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anticipated to be available in the fund in that fiscal year.


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    The State Treasurer and Comptroller shall transfer the 
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amounts designated
under this Section as soon as may be 
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practicable after receiving the direction
to transfer from the 
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Director of the Governor's Office of Management and
Budget.


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(Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 6-20-03; 93-659, eff. 2-3-04.)



 
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    Section 10. The Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act 
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is amended  by changing Section 20-40 as follows:
 



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    (225 ILCS 65/20-40)



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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)

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    Sec. 20-40. Fund. There is hereby created within the State 
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Treasury the
Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund.  The 
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monies in the Fund may be
used by and at the direction of the 
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Department for the administration and
enforcement of this Act, 
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including but not limited to:


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        (a) Distribution and publication of the Nursing and 
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    Advanced Practice
Nursing Act and the rules at the time of 
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    renewal to all persons licensed by
the Department under 
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    this Act.


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        (b) Employment of secretarial, nursing, 
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    administrative, enforcement, and
other staff for the 
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    administration of this Act.


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        (c) Conducting a survey, as prescribed by rule of the 
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    Department, once
every 4 years during the license renewal 
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    period.


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        (d) Conducting of training seminars for licensees 
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    under this Act relating
to the obligations, 
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    responsibilities, enforcement and other provisions of
the 
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    Act and its rules.


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        (e) Disposition of Fees:


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            (i) (Blank).


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            (ii) All of the fees and fines collected pursuant 
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        to
this Act shall be deposited in the Nursing Dedicated 
 


 






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        and Professional Fund.


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            (iii) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1988, 
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        the moneys deposited
in the Nursing Dedicated and 
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        Professional Fund shall be appropriated to the

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        Department for expenses of the Department and the Board 
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        in the
administration of this Act.  All earnings 
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        received from investment of
moneys in the Nursing 
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        Dedicated and Professional Fund shall be
deposited in 
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        the Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund and shall 
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        be used
for the same purposes as fees deposited in the 
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        Fund.


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            (iv) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004

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        2001 and for
each fiscal
year thereafter, $1,200,000

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        $750,000 of the moneys deposited in the
Nursing 
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        Dedicated
and Professional Fund each year shall be set 
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        aside and appropriated to the
Illinois
Department of 
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        Public Health for nursing scholarships awarded 
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        pursuant to
the Nursing Education Scholarship Law.

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        Representatives
of the Department and the Nursing 
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        Education Scholarship Program Advisory
Council shall 
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        review this requirement and
the scholarship awards 
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        every 2 years.


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            (v) Moneys in the Fund may be transferred to the 
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        Professions
Indirect Cost Fund as authorized under 
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        Section 2105-300 of the
Department of Professional 
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        Regulation Law (20 ILCS 2105/2105-300).

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    (f) Moneys set aside for nursing scholarships awarded 
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pursuant to
the Nursing Education Scholarship Law as provided 
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in item (iv) of subsection (e) of this Section may not be 
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transferred under Section 8h of the State Finance Act.

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(Source: P.A. 91-239, 1-1-00; 92-46, eff. 7-1-01.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.