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92_SB0751sam001
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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 751
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 751 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing
5 Act is amended by changing Section 20-40 as follows:
6 (225 ILCS 65/20-40)
7 Sec. 20-40. Fund. There is hereby created within the
8 State Treasury the Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund.
9 The monies in the Fund may be used by and at the direction of
10 the Department for the administration and enforcement of this
11 Act, including but not limited to:
12 (a) Distribution and publication of the Nursing and
13 Advanced Practice Nursing Act and the rules at the time
14 of renewal to all persons licensed by the Department
15 under this Act.
16 (b) Employment of secretarial, nursing,
17 administrative, enforcement, and other staff for the
18 administration of this Act.
19 (c) Conducting a survey, as prescribed by rule of
20 the Department, once every 4 years during the license
21 renewal period.
22 (d) Conducting of training seminars for licensees
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1 under this Act relating to the obligations,
2 responsibilities, enforcement and other provisions of the
3 Act and its rules.
4 (e) Disposition of Fees:
5 (i) (Blank).
6 (ii) All of the fees and fines collected
7 pursuant to this Act shall be deposited in the
8 Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund.
9 (iii) For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
10 1988, the moneys deposited in the Nursing Dedicated
11 and Professional Fund shall be appropriated to the
12 Department for expenses of the Department and the
13 Board in the administration of this Act. All
14 earnings received from investment of moneys in the
15 Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund shall be
16 deposited in the Nursing Dedicated and Professional
17 Fund and shall be used for the same purposes as fees
18 deposited in the Fund.
19 (iv) For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
20 2001 1991 and for each fiscal year thereafter,
21 $750,000 either 10% of the moneys deposited in the
22 Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund each year,
23 not including interest accumulated on such moneys,
24 or any moneys deposited in the Fund in each year
25 which are in excess of the amount appropriated in
26 that year to meet ordinary and contingent expenses
27 of the Board, whichever is less, shall be set aside
28 and appropriated to the Illinois Department of
29 Public Health for nursing scholarships awarded
30 pursuant to the Nursing Education Scholarship Law.
31 Representatives of the Department and the Nursing
32 Education Scholarship Program Advisory Council shall
33 review this requirement and the scholarship awards
34 every 2 years.
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1 (v) Moneys in the Fund may be transferred to
2 the Professions Indirect Cost Fund as authorized
3 under Section 2105-300 of the Department of
4 Professional Regulation Law (20 ILCS 2105/2105-300).
5 (Source: P.A. 90-61, eff. 12-30-97; 90-372, eff. 7-1-98;
6 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 90-742, eff. 8-13-98; 91-239, 1-1-00.)
7 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
8 July 1, 2001.".