|
|
|||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | AN ACT concerning the Department of Public Health.
| ||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
| ||||||
| 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 | Association, 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 | ||||||
| 25 | demographics and available health indicator data to | ||||||
| 26 | determine how the population needs relate to the demand for | ||||||
| 27 | nursing services. | ||||||
| 28 | (2) Data to create a dynamic system for projecting | ||||||
| 29 | nurse workforce supply and demand. | ||||||
| 30 | (3) Data related to the development of a nursing | ||||||
| 31 | workforce that considers the diversity, educational mix, | ||||||
| 32 | geographic distribution, and number of nurses needed | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | within the State. | ||||||
| 2 | (4) Data on the current and projected numbers of nurse | ||||||
| 3 | faculty who are needed to educate the nurses who will be | ||||||
| 4 | needed to meet the needs of the residents of the State. | ||||||
| 5 | (5) Data on nursing education programs within the State | ||||||
| 6 | including number of nursing programs, applications, | ||||||
| 7 | enrollments, and graduation rates. | ||||||
| 8 | (6) Data needed to develop collaborative models | ||||||
| 9 | between nursing
education and practice to identify | ||||||
| 10 | necessary competencies,
educational strategies, and models | ||||||
| 11 | of professional practice. | ||||||
| 12 | (7) Data on nurse practice setting, practice | ||||||
| 13 | locations, and specialties.
| ||||||
| 14 | (c) To accomplish the objectives set forth in subsection | ||||||
| 15 | (b),
data compiled by the Department into a database may be
| ||||||
| 16 | used
by the Department, medical institutions and societies, | ||||||
| 17 | health care facilities and associations of health care | ||||||
| 18 | facilities, and nursing programs to assess current and | ||||||
| 19 | projected nursing workforce shortfalls and
develop strategies | ||||||
| 20 | for overcoming them. Notwithstanding any other provision of | ||||||
| 21 | law, the Department may not disclose any data that it compiles | ||||||
| 22 | under this Section in a manner that would allow the | ||||||
| 23 | identification of any particular health care professional or | ||||||
| 24 | health care facility.
| ||||||
| 25 | (d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed as requiring | ||||||
| 26 | any health care facility to file or submit any data, | ||||||
| 27 | information, or reports to the Department or any State agency | ||||||
| 28 | or department.
| ||||||
| 29 | (e) No later than January 15, 2006, the Department shall | ||||||
| 30 | submit a
report to the Governor and to the members of the | ||||||
| 31 | General Assembly regarding the
development of the
database and | ||||||
| 32 | the effectiveness of its use.
| ||||||