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HB4461 Engrossed |
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LRB094 18005 HLH 53309 b |
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| AN ACT concerning state government.
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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 Department of Commerce and Economic |
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| Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
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| amended by adding Section 605-430 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 605/605-430 new) |
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| Sec. 605-430. Funding; study. To ensure the availability of |
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| a quality health care workforce to meet present and future |
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| health care needs within the State, the Department of Commerce |
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| and Economic Opportunity shall conduct a study of the current |
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| and projected academic training capacity in the State of |
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| Illinois specific to the nursing profession. The study shall |
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| address the current supply and demand for masters-prepared |
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| nurses as nursing school faculty and set specific goals for |
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| recruiting and training new nursing faculty throughout the |
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| region. The study shall also determine the feasibility of the |
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| State engaging in the following activities: (i) the |
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| establishment of scholarship funds and work-study programs to |
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| help recruit potential new nursing school faculty, (ii) the |
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| creation of a system to regularly review and increase nurse |
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| faculty salary and benefits to make academic practice |
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| competitive with clinical practice, and (iii) the development |
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| of career track programs for academia that offer advancement |
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| and rewards for nursing school faculty comparable to those in |
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| clinical management. The study shall include the collaborative |
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| input of hospital and other health care provider associations |
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| and public and private educational institutions from |
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| throughout the State. |
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| The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall |
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| complete the study by December 31, 2006 and shall present its |
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| findings to the General Assembly for consideration.
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