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1 AN ACT in relation to the regulation of professions.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act
5 is amended by changing Section 20-40 as follows:
6 (225 ILCS 65/20-40)
7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
8 Sec. 20-40. Fund. There is hereby created within the
9 State Treasury the Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund.
10 The monies in the Fund may be used by and at the direction of
11 the Department for the administration and enforcement of this
12 Act, including but not limited to:
13 (a) Distribution and publication of the Nursing and
14 Advanced Practice Nursing Act and the rules at the time
15 of renewal to all persons licensed by the Department
16 under this Act.
17 (b) Employment of secretarial, nursing,
18 administrative, enforcement, and other staff for the
19 administration of this Act.
20 (c) Conducting a survey, as prescribed by rule of
21 the Department, once every 4 years during the license
22 renewal period.
23 (d) Conducting of training seminars for licensees
24 under this Act relating to the obligations,
25 responsibilities, enforcement and other provisions of the
26 Act and its rules.
27 (d-5) Establishment of a nursing image program to
28 educate the general public about the critical role nurses
29 play in the delivery of health services to result in the
30 recruitment of a greater number of persons entering the
31 profession. The program established by the Department
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1 shall be developed and implemented in collaboration with
2 the Illinois Nurses Association and the Illinois
3 Coalition for Nursing Resources.
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 and for each fiscal year thereafter, $750,000
21 of the moneys deposited in the Nursing Dedicated and
22 Professional Fund each year shall be set aside and
23 appropriated to the Illinois Department of Public
24 Health for nursing scholarships awarded pursuant to
25 the Nursing Education Scholarship Law.
26 Representatives of the Department and the Nursing
27 Education Scholarship Program Advisory Council shall
28 review this requirement and the scholarship awards
29 every 2 years.
30 (iv-5) For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
31 2002, $3,500,000 of the moneys deposited into the
32 Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund shall be
33 appropriated to the Department to be used within 2
34 fiscal years of the effective date of this
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1 amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly to
2 accomplish the goals set forth in subsection (d-5)
3 of this Section.
4 (v) Moneys in the Fund may be transferred to
5 the Professions Indirect Cost Fund as authorized
6 under Section 2105-300 of the Department of
7 Professional Regulation Law (20 ILCS 2105/2105-300).
8 (Source: P.A. 91-239, 1-1-00; 92-46, eff. 7-1-01.)
9 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10 becoming law.
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