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Public Act 094-0970
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| HB4461 Enrolled |
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 |
Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
amended by adding Section 605-430 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 605/605-430 new) |
Sec. 605-430. Funding; study. To ensure the availability of |
a quality health care workforce to meet present and future |
health care needs within the State, the Department of Commerce |
and Economic Opportunity may, subject to appropriation, |
conduct a study of the current and projected academic training |
capacity in the State of Illinois specific to the nursing |
profession. The study shall address the current supply and |
demand for masters-prepared nurses as nursing school faculty |
and set specific goals for recruiting and training new nursing |
faculty throughout the region. The study shall also determine |
the feasibility of the State engaging in the following |
activities: (i) the establishment of scholarship funds and |
work-study programs to help recruit potential new nursing |
school faculty, (ii) the creation of a system to regularly |
review and increase nurse faculty salary and benefits to make |
academic practice competitive with clinical practice, and |
(iii) the development of career track programs for academia |
that offer advancement and rewards for nursing school faculty |
comparable to those in clinical management. The study shall |
include the collaborative input of hospital and other health |
care provider associations and public and private educational |
institutions from throughout the State. |
Subject to the availability of State funds, the Department |
of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall complete the study |
by July 1, 2007 and shall present its findings to the General |