Public Act 093-0806
 
SB2381 Enrolled LRB093 19865 AMC 45608 b

    AN ACT concerning nursing.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act is
amended by changing Section 20-40 as follows:
 
    (225 ILCS 65/20-40)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
    Sec. 20-40. Fund. There is hereby created within the State
Treasury the Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund. The
monies in the Fund may be used by and at the direction of the
Department for the administration and enforcement of this Act,
including but not limited to:
        (a) Distribution and publication of the Nursing and
    Advanced Practice Nursing Act and the rules at the time of
    renewal to all persons licensed by the Department under
    this Act.
        (b) Employment of secretarial, nursing,
    administrative, enforcement, and other staff for the
    administration of this Act.
        (c) Conducting a survey, as prescribed by rule of the
    Department, once every 4 years during the license renewal
    period.
        (d) Conducting of training seminars for licensees
    under this Act relating to the obligations,
    responsibilities, enforcement and other provisions of the
    Act and its rules.
        (e) Disposition of Fees:
            (i) (Blank).
            (ii) All of the fees and fines collected pursuant
        to this Act shall be deposited in the Nursing Dedicated
        and Professional Fund.
            (iii) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1988,
        the moneys deposited in the Nursing Dedicated and
        Professional Fund shall be appropriated to the
        Department for expenses of the Department and the Board
        in the administration of this Act. All earnings
        received from investment of moneys in the Nursing
        Dedicated and Professional Fund shall be deposited in
        the Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund and shall
        be used for the same purposes as fees deposited in the
        Fund.
            (iv) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004
        2001 and for each fiscal year thereafter, $1,200,000
        $750,000 of the moneys deposited in the Nursing
        Dedicated and Professional Fund each year shall be set
        aside and appropriated to the Illinois Department of
        Public Health for nursing scholarships awarded
        pursuant to the Nursing Education Scholarship Law.
        Representatives of the Department and the Nursing
        Education Scholarship Program Advisory Council shall
        review this requirement and the scholarship awards
        every 2 years.
            (v) Moneys in the Fund may be transferred to the
        Professions Indirect Cost Fund as authorized under
        Section 2105-300 of the Department of Professional
        Regulation Law (20 ILCS 2105/2105-300).
(Source: P.A. 91-239, 1-1-00; 92-46, eff. 7-1-01.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 7/24/2004