Full Text of HB0845 99th General Assembly
HB0845ham001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Katherine Cloonen Filed: 2/26/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 845
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 845 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Nurse Practice Act is amended by adding | 5 | | Section 65-70 as follows: | 6 | | (225 ILCS 65/65-70 new) | 7 | | Sec. 65-70. Illinois Primary Care Workforce Investment | 8 | | Fund. The Illinois Primary Care Workforce Investment Fund is | 9 | | created as a special fund in the State treasury for the purpose | 10 | | of providing individuals seeking licensure as an APN with | 11 | | increased opportunities to complete the clinical hours | 12 | | required for licensure, which shall be achieved in part by | 13 | | making clinical preceptors qualified to teach, supervise, and | 14 | | evaluate these individuals more accessible in local health care | 15 | | facilities. The fund is also intended to address the State-wide | 16 | | shortage of a primary care workforce by increasing the number |
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| 1 | | of advanced practice nurses in local health care facilities. | 2 | | The moneys in this fund shall be used by the Department, | 3 | | subject to appropriation, to provide monetary assistance to | 4 | | hospitals, hospital affiliates, ambulatory surgical treatment | 5 | | centers, nursing schools, community health centers, and any | 6 | | other licensed health care facilities or non-profit entities | 7 | | operating in this State for the purpose of providing clinical | 8 | | opportunities for individuals studying to be an advanced | 9 | | practice nurse, including the employment of a clinical | 10 | | preceptor who is qualified to supervise such individuals. The | 11 | | fund shall be financed by moneys collected from the proceeds of | 12 | | the penalty imposed on cardholders under subsection (d) of | 13 | | Section 75 of the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot | 14 | | Program Act and from the proceeds of the tax paid by | 15 | | cultivation centers under subsection (a) of Section 200 of the | 16 | | Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. | 17 | | Section 10. The Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot | 18 | | Program Act is amended by changing Sections 20, 75, and 200 as | 19 | | follows: | 20 | | (410 ILCS 130/20) | 21 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
| 22 | | Sec. 20. Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Fund.
| 23 | | (a) There is created the Compassionate Use of Medical | 24 | | Cannabis Fund in the State treasury to be used exclusively for |
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| 1 | | the direct and indirect costs associated with the | 2 | | implementation, administration, and enforcement of this Act. | 3 | | Funds in excess of the direct and indirect costs associated | 4 | | with the implementation, administration, and enforcement of | 5 | | this Act shall be used to fund crime prevention programs.
| 6 | | (b) Except as provided in subsection (d) of Section 75 and | 7 | | in Section 200 of this Act, all All monies collected under this | 8 | | Act shall be deposited in the Compassionate Use of Medical | 9 | | Cannabis Fund in the State treasury. All earnings received from | 10 | | investment of monies in the Compassionate Use of Medical | 11 | | Cannabis Fund shall be deposited in the Compassionate Use of | 12 | | Medical Cannabis Fund.
| 13 | | (c) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the | 14 | | Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Fund is not subject to | 15 | | sweeps, administrative charge-backs, or any other fiscal or | 16 | | budgetary maneuver that would in any way transfer any amounts | 17 | | from the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Fund into any | 18 | | other fund of the State.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 98-122, eff. 1-1-14.) | 20 | | (410 ILCS 130/75) | 21 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
| 22 | | Sec. 75. Notifications to Department of Public Health and | 23 | | responses; civil penalty. | 24 | | (a) The following notifications and Department of Public | 25 | | Health responses are required:
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| 1 | | (1) A registered qualifying patient shall notify the | 2 | | Department of Public Health of any change in his or her | 3 | | name or address, or if the registered qualifying patient | 4 | | ceases to have his or her debilitating medical condition, | 5 | | within 10 days of the change.
| 6 | | (2) A registered designated caregiver shall notify the | 7 | | Department of Public Health of any change in his or her | 8 | | name or address, or if the designated caregiver becomes | 9 | | aware the registered qualifying patient passed away, | 10 | | within 10 days of the change.
| 11 | | (3) Before a registered qualifying patient changes his | 12 | | or her designated caregiver, the qualifying patient must | 13 | | notify the Department of Public Health.
| 14 | | (4) If a cardholder loses his or her registry | 15 | | identification card, he or she shall notify the Department | 16 | | within 10 days of becoming aware the card has been lost.
| 17 | | (b) When a cardholder notifies the Department of Public | 18 | | Health of items listed in subsection (a), but remains eligible | 19 | | under this Act, the Department of Public Health shall issue the | 20 | | cardholder a new registry identification card with a new random | 21 | | alphanumeric identification number within 15 business days of | 22 | | receiving the updated information and a fee as specified in | 23 | | Department of Public Health rules. If the person notifying the | 24 | | Department of Public Health is a registered qualifying patient, | 25 | | the Department shall also issue his or her registered | 26 | | designated caregiver, if any, a new registry identification |
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| 1 | | card within 15 business days of receiving the updated | 2 | | information.
| 3 | | (c) If a registered qualifying patient ceases to be a | 4 | | registered qualifying patient or changes his or her registered | 5 | | designated caregiver, the Department of Public Health shall | 6 | | promptly notify the designated caregiver. The registered | 7 | | designated caregiver's protections under this Act as to that | 8 | | qualifying patient shall expire 15 days after notification by | 9 | | the Department.
| 10 | | (d) A cardholder who fails to make a notification to the | 11 | | Department of Public Health that is required by this Section is | 12 | | subject to a civil infraction, punishable by a penalty of no | 13 | | more than $150.
Moneys collected pursuant to this subsection | 14 | | (d) shall be deposited into the Illinois Primary Care Workforce | 15 | | Investment Fund. | 16 | | (e) A registered qualifying patient shall notify the | 17 | | Department of Public Health of any change to his or her | 18 | | designated registered dispensing organization. Registered | 19 | | dispensing organizations must comply with all requirements of | 20 | | this Act.
| 21 | | (f) If the registered qualifying patient's certifying | 22 | | physician notifies the Department in writing that either the | 23 | | registered qualifying patient has ceased to suffer from a | 24 | | debilitating medical condition or that the physician no longer | 25 | | believes the patient would receive therapeutic or palliative | 26 | | benefit from the medical use of cannabis, the card shall become |
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| 1 | | null and void. However, the registered qualifying patient shall | 2 | | have 15 days to destroy his or her remaining medical cannabis | 3 | | and related paraphernalia.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 98-122, eff. 1-1-14.) | 5 | | (410 ILCS 130/200) | 6 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
| 7 | | Sec. 200. Tax imposed. | 8 | | (a) Beginning on the effective date of this Act, a tax is | 9 | | imposed upon the privilege of cultivating medical cannabis at a | 10 | | rate of 7% of the sales price per ounce. The proceeds from this | 11 | | tax shall be deposited into the Illinois Primary Care Workforce | 12 | | Investment Fund Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Fund | 13 | | created under the Nurse Practice Act Compassionate Use of | 14 | | Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act . This tax shall be paid by a | 15 | | cultivation center and is not the responsibility of a | 16 | | dispensing organization or a qualifying patient. | 17 | | (b) The tax imposed under this Act shall be in addition to | 18 | | all other occupation or privilege taxes imposed by the State of | 19 | | Illinois or by any municipal corporation or political | 20 | | subdivision thereof.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 98-122, eff. 1-1-14.)
| 22 | | Section 15. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 23 | | Section 5.866 as follows: |
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| 1 | | (30 ILCS 105/5.866 new) | 2 | | Sec. 5.866. The Illinois Primary Care Workforce Investment | 3 | | Fund. ".
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