98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5876

 

Introduced , by Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 65/65-70 new
410 ILCS 130/20
410 ILCS 130/75
410 ILCS 130/200
30 ILCS 105/5.855 new

    Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Creates the Illinois Primary Care Workforce Investment Fund for the purposes of providing individuals seeking licensure as an advanced practice nurse with increased opportunities to complete the clinical hours required for licensure and increased access to clinical preceptors who are qualified to teach, supervise, and evaluate these individuals. Provides that the fund is also intended to address the State-wide shortage of a primary care workforce by increasing the number of advanced practice nurses in local health care facilities. Further provides that the fund shall be financed by moneys collected from the proceeds of the penalty imposed on cardholders who violate certain provisions of the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act and from the proceeds of the tax paid by cultivation centers under certain provisions of the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act and the State Finance Act to make related changes.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Nurse Practice Act is amended by adding
5Section 65-70 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 65/65-70 new)
7    Sec. 65-70. Illinois Primary Care Workforce Investment
8Fund. The Illinois Primary Care Workforce Investment Fund is
9created as a special fund in the State treasury for the purpose
10of providing individuals seeking licensure as an APN with
11increased opportunities to complete the clinical hours
12required for licensure, which shall be achieved in part by
13making clinical preceptors qualified to teach, supervise, and
14evaluate these individuals more accessible in local health care
15facilities. The fund is also intended to address the State-wide
16shortage of a primary care workforce by increasing the number
17of advanced practice nurses in local health care facilities.
18The moneys in this fund shall be used by the Department,
19subject to appropriation, to provide monetary assistance to
20hospitals, hospital affiliates, ambulatory surgical treatment
21centers, nursing schools, community health centers, and any
22other licensed health care facilities or non-profit entities
23operating in this State for the purpose of providing clinical

 

 

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1opportunities for individuals studying to be an advanced
2practice nurse, including the employment of a clinical
3preceptor who is qualified to supervise such individuals. The
4fund shall be financed by moneys collected from the proceeds of
5the penalty imposed on cardholders under subsection (d) of
6Section 75 of the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot
7Program Act and from the proceeds of the tax paid by
8cultivation centers under subsection (a) of Section 200 of the
9Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act.
 
10    Section 10. The Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot
11Program Act is amended by changing Sections 20, 75, and 200 as
12follows:
 
13    (410 ILCS 130/20)
14    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
15    Sec. 20. Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Fund.
16    (a) There is created the Compassionate Use of Medical
17Cannabis Fund in the State treasury to be used exclusively for
18the direct and indirect costs associated with the
19implementation, administration, and enforcement of this Act.
20Funds in excess of the direct and indirect costs associated
21with the implementation, administration, and enforcement of
22this Act shall be used to fund crime prevention programs.
23    (b) Except as provided in subsection (d) of Section 75 and
24in Section 200 of this Act, all All monies collected under this

 

 

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1Act shall be deposited in the Compassionate Use of Medical
2Cannabis Fund in the State treasury. All earnings received from
3investment of monies in the Compassionate Use of Medical
4Cannabis Fund shall be deposited in the Compassionate Use of
5Medical Cannabis Fund.
6    (c) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the
7Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Fund is not subject to
8sweeps, administrative charge-backs, or any other fiscal or
9budgetary maneuver that would in any way transfer any amounts
10from the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Fund into any
11other fund of the State.
12(Source: P.A. 98-122, eff. 1-1-14.)
 
13    (410 ILCS 130/75)
14    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
15    Sec. 75. Notifications to Department of Public Health and
16responses; civil penalty.
17    (a) The following notifications and Department of Public
18Health responses are required:
19        (1) A registered qualifying patient shall notify the
20    Department of Public Health of any change in his or her
21    name or address, or if the registered qualifying patient
22    ceases to have his or her debilitating medical condition,
23    within 10 days of the change.
24        (2) A registered designated caregiver shall notify the
25    Department of Public Health of any change in his or her

 

 

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1    name or address, or if the designated caregiver becomes
2    aware the registered qualifying patient passed away,
3    within 10 days of the change.
4        (3) Before a registered qualifying patient changes his
5    or her designated caregiver, the qualifying patient must
6    notify the Department of Public Health.
7        (4) If a cardholder loses his or her registry
8    identification card, he or she shall notify the Department
9    within 10 days of becoming aware the card has been lost.
10    (b) When a cardholder notifies the Department of Public
11Health of items listed in subsection (a), but remains eligible
12under this Act, the Department of Public Health shall issue the
13cardholder a new registry identification card with a new random
14alphanumeric identification number within 15 business days of
15receiving the updated information and a fee as specified in
16Department of Public Health rules. If the person notifying the
17Department of Public Health is a registered qualifying patient,
18the Department shall also issue his or her registered
19designated caregiver, if any, a new registry identification
20card within 15 business days of receiving the updated
21information.
22    (c) If a registered qualifying patient ceases to be a
23registered qualifying patient or changes his or her registered
24designated caregiver, the Department of Public Health shall
25promptly notify the designated caregiver. The registered
26designated caregiver's protections under this Act as to that

 

 

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1qualifying patient shall expire 15 days after notification by
2the Department.
3    (d) A cardholder who fails to make a notification to the
4Department of Public Health that is required by this Section is
5subject to a civil infraction, punishable by a penalty of no
6more than $150. Moneys collected pursuant to this subsection
7(d) shall be deposited into the Illinois Primary Care Workforce
8Investment Fund.
9    (e) A registered qualifying patient shall notify the
10Department of Public Health of any change to his or her
11designated registered dispensing organization. Registered
12dispensing organizations must comply with all requirements of
13this Act.
14    (f) If the registered qualifying patient's certifying
15physician notifies the Department in writing that either the
16registered qualifying patient has ceased to suffer from a
17debilitating medical condition or that the physician no longer
18believes the patient would receive therapeutic or palliative
19benefit from the medical use of cannabis, the card shall become
20null and void. However, the registered qualifying patient shall
21have 15 days to destroy his or her remaining medical cannabis
22and related paraphernalia.
23(Source: P.A. 98-122, eff. 1-1-14.)
 
24    (410 ILCS 130/200)
25    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)

 

 

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1    Sec. 200. Tax imposed.
2    (a) Beginning on the effective date of this Act, a tax is
3imposed upon the privilege of cultivating medical cannabis at a
4rate of 7% of the sales price per ounce. The proceeds from this
5tax shall be deposited into the Illinois Primary Care Workforce
6Investment Fund Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Fund
7created under the Nurse Practice Act Compassionate Use of
8Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. This tax shall be paid by a
9cultivation center and is not the responsibility of a
10dispensing organization or a qualifying patient.
11    (b) The tax imposed under this Act shall be in addition to
12all other occupation or privilege taxes imposed by the State of
13Illinois or by any municipal corporation or political
14subdivision thereof.
15(Source: P.A. 98-122, eff. 1-1-14.)
 
16    Section 15. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
17Section 5.855 as follows:
 
18    (30 ILCS 105/5.855 new)
19    Sec. 5.855. The Illinois Primary Care Workforce Investment
20Fund.