Full Text of HB3490 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Nursing Education Scholarship Law is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 3 as follows:
| 6 | | (110 ILCS 975/3) (from Ch. 144, par. 2753)
| 7 | | Sec. 3. Definitions.
| 8 | | The following terms, whenever used or referred to, have the | 9 | | following
meanings except where the context clearly indicates | 10 | | otherwise:
| 11 | | (1) "Board" means the Board of Higher Education created by | 12 | | the Board
of Higher Education Act.
| 13 | | (2) "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public | 14 | | Health.
| 15 | | (3) "Approved institution" means a public community | 16 | | college, private
junior college, hospital-based diploma in | 17 | | nursing
program, or public or private
college or university | 18 | | with a pre-licensure nursing education program located in this | 19 | | State that has approval by the Department of Financial and | 20 | | Professional
Regulation for an associate degree in nursing
| 21 | | program,
associate degree in applied
sciences in nursing | 22 | | program, hospital-based diploma in nursing
program,
| 23 | | baccalaureate degree in nursing program, graduate degree in |
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| 1 | | nursing program, or
certificate in a practical
nursing program | 2 | | or a post-licensure nursing education program approved by the | 3 | | Illinois Board of Higher Education or any successor agency with | 4 | | similar authority .
| 5 | | (4) "Baccalaureate degree in nursing program" means a | 6 | | program offered by
an
approved institution and leading to a | 7 | | bachelor of science degree in nursing.
| 8 | | (5) "Enrollment" means the establishment and maintenance | 9 | | of an
individual's status as a student in an approved | 10 | | institution, regardless of
the terms used at the institution to | 11 | | describe such status.
| 12 | | (6) "Academic year" means the period of time from September | 13 | | 1 of one
year through August 31 of the next year or as | 14 | | otherwise defined by the
academic institution.
| 15 | | (7) "Associate degree in nursing program or hospital-based | 16 | | diploma in
nursing program" means a program
offered by an | 17 | | approved institution and leading to an associate
degree in
| 18 | | nursing, associate degree in applied sciences in nursing, or
| 19 | | hospital-based diploma in nursing.
| 20 | | (8) "Graduate degree in nursing program" means a program | 21 | | offered by an approved institution and leading to a master of | 22 | | science degree in nursing or a doctorate of philosophy or | 23 | | doctorate of nursing degree in nursing.
| 24 | | (9) "Director" means the Director of the Illinois | 25 | | Department of Public
Health.
| 26 | | (10) "Accepted for admission" means a student has completed |
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| 1 | | the
requirements for entry into an associate degree in nursing | 2 | | program,
associate degree in applied sciences in nursing | 3 | | program, hospital-based
diploma in nursing program,
| 4 | | baccalaureate degree in nursing program, graduate degree in | 5 | | nursing program, or
certificate in practical nursing program at | 6 | | an approved institution, as
documented by the
institution.
| 7 | | (11) "Fees" means those mandatory charges, in addition to | 8 | | tuition, that
all enrolled students must pay, including | 9 | | required course or lab fees.
| 10 | | (12) "Full-time student" means a student enrolled for at | 11 | | least 12 hours
per
term or as otherwise determined by the | 12 | | academic institution.
| 13 | | (13) "Law" means the Nursing Education Scholarship Law.
| 14 | | (14) "Nursing employment obligation" means employment in | 15 | | this State as a
registered
professional
nurse, licensed | 16 | | practical nurse, or advanced practice nurse in direct patient | 17 | | care
for at least one year for each year of scholarship | 18 | | assistance received through
the Nursing
Education Scholarship | 19 | | Program.
| 20 | | (15) "Part-time student" means a person who is enrolled for | 21 | | at least
one-third of the number of hours required per term by | 22 | | a school for its
full-time students.
| 23 | | (16) "Practical nursing program" means a program offered by | 24 | | an approved
institution leading to a certificate in practical | 25 | | nursing.
| 26 | | (17) "Registered professional nurse" means a
person who is |
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| 1 | | currently licensed as a registered professional nurse
by the | 2 | | Department of Professional
Regulation under the Nurse Practice | 3 | | Act.
| 4 | | (18) "Licensed practical nurse" means a
person who is | 5 | | currently licensed as a licensed practical nurse
by the | 6 | | Department of Professional
Regulation under the Nurse Practice | 7 | | Act.
| 8 | | (19) "School term" means an academic term, such as a | 9 | | semester, quarter,
trimester, or number of clock hours, as | 10 | | defined by an approved institution.
| 11 | | (20) "Student in good standing" means a student maintaining | 12 | | a cumulative
grade point average equivalent to at least the | 13 | | academic grade of a "C".
| 14 | | (21) "Total and permanent disability" means a physical or | 15 | | mental impairment,
disease, or loss of a permanent nature that | 16 | | prevents nursing employment with or
without reasonable | 17 | | accommodation. Proof of disability shall be a declaration
from | 18 | | the social security administration, Illinois Workers' | 19 | | Compensation Commission,
Department of Defense, or an insurer | 20 | | authorized to transact business in
Illinois who is providing | 21 | | disability insurance coverage to a contractor.
| 22 | | (22) "Tuition" means the established charges of an | 23 | | institution of higher
learning for instruction at that | 24 | | institution.
| 25 | | (23) "Nurse educator" means a person who is currently | 26 | | licensed as a registered nurse by the Department of |
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| 1 | | Professional Regulation under the Nurse Practice Act, who has a | 2 | | graduate degree in nursing, and who is employed by an approved | 3 | | academic institution to educate registered nursing students, | 4 | | licensed practical nursing students, and registered nurses | 5 | | pursuing graduate degrees.
| 6 | | (24) "Nurse educator employment obligation" means | 7 | | employment in this State as a nurse educator for at least 2 | 8 | | years for each year of scholarship assistance received under | 9 | | Section 6.5 of this Law. | 10 | | Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act of | 11 | | the 96th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the rules | 12 | | being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the Illinois | 13 | | Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of | 14 | | the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule | 15 | | not so adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized. | 16 | | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-639, eff. 10-5-07; | 17 | | 96-805, eff. 10-30-09.)
| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 | | becoming law.
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