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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Nurse Practice Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 70-50 as follows:
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| 6 | | (225 ILCS 65/70-50)
(was 225 ILCS 65/20-40)
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| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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| 8 | | Sec. 70-50. Fund. |
| 9 | | (a) There is hereby created within the State Treasury the
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| 10 | | Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund. The monies in the Fund |
| 11 | | may be
used by and at the direction of the Department for the |
| 12 | | administration and
enforcement of this Act, including but not |
| 13 | | limited to:
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| 14 | | (1) Distribution and publication of this Act and rules.
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| 15 | | (2) Employment of secretarial, nursing, |
| 16 | | administrative, enforcement, and
other staff for the |
| 17 | | administration of this Act.
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| 18 | | (b) Disposition of fees:
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| 19 | | (1) $5 of every licensure fee shall be placed in a fund |
| 20 | | for assistance to nurses enrolled in a diversionary program |
| 21 | | as approved by the Department.
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| 22 | | (2) All of the fees, fines, and penalties
collected |
| 23 | | pursuant to
this Act shall be deposited in the Nursing |
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| 1 | | Dedicated and Professional Fund.
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| 2 | | (3) Each fiscal year, the moneys deposited
in the |
| 3 | | Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund shall be |
| 4 | | appropriated to the
Department for expenses of the |
| 5 | | Department and the Board in the
administration of this Act. |
| 6 | | All earnings received from investment of
moneys in the |
| 7 | | Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund shall be
deposited |
| 8 | | in the Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund and shall be |
| 9 | | used
for the same purposes as fees deposited in the Fund.
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| 10 | | (3.5) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011 and |
| 11 | | for each fiscal year after July 1, 2011, $1,000,000 of the |
| 12 | | moneys deposited in the Nursing Dedicated and Professional |
| 13 | | Fund shall be set aside and appropriated to the Department |
| 14 | | for the administration of the Illinois Center for Nursing |
| 15 | | pursuant to Article 75 of this Act.
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| 16 | | (4) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 and for
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| 17 | | each fiscal
year thereafter, $2,000,000 of the moneys |
| 18 | | deposited in the
Nursing Dedicated
and Professional Fund |
| 19 | | each year shall be set aside and appropriated to the
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| 20 | | Department of Public Health for nursing scholarships |
| 21 | | awarded pursuant to
the Nursing Education Scholarship Law.
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| 22 | | Representatives
of the Department and the Nursing |
| 23 | | Education Scholarship Program Advisory
Council shall |
| 24 | | review this requirement and
the scholarship awards every 2 |
| 25 | | years.
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| 26 | | (5) Moneys in the Fund may be transferred to the |
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| 1 | | Professions
Indirect Cost Fund as authorized under Section |
| 2 | | 2105-300 of the
Department of Professional Regulation Law |
| 3 | | (20 ILCS 2105/2105-300).
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| 4 | | (c)
Moneys set aside for nursing scholarships awarded |
| 5 | | pursuant to
the Nursing Education Scholarship Law as provided |
| 6 | | in item (4)
of subsection (b)
of this Section may not be |
| 7 | | transferred under Section 8h of the State Finance Act. |
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-639, eff. 10-5-07; |
| 9 | | 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-805, eff. 10-30-09.)
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| 10 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 11 | | becoming law.
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