Bill Text: IL HB2637 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act and the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Changes references from "Illinois Nurses Association" to "a statewide organization representing registered professional nurses or advanced practice nurses". Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB2637 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB2637-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning state government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Dependency Act is amended by changing Section 10-15 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 301/10-15)
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7 | Sec. 10-15. Qualification and appointment of members. The | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | membership of
the Illinois Advisory Council shall consist of:
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9 | (a) A State's Attorney designated by the President of | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | the Illinois State's
Attorneys Association.
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11 | (b) A judge designated by the Chief Justice of the | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Illinois Supreme Court.
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13 | (c) A Public Defender appointed by the President of the | |||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Illinois Public
Defenders Association.
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15 | (d) A local law enforcement officer appointed by the | |||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Governor.
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17 | (e) A labor representative appointed by the Governor.
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18 | (f) An educator appointed by the Governor.
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19 | (g) A physician licensed to practice medicine in all | |||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | its branches
appointed
by the Governor with due regard for | |||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | the appointee's knowledge of the field of
alcoholism and | |||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | other drug abuse and dependency.
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23 | (h) 4 members of the Illinois House of Representatives, |
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1 | 2 each appointed
by the Speaker and Minority Leader.
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2 | (i) 4 members of the Illinois Senate, 2 each appointed | ||||||
3 | by the President
and Minority Leader.
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4 | (j) The President of the Illinois Alcoholism and Drug | ||||||
5 | Dependence
Association.
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6 | (k) An advocate for the needs of youth appointed by the | ||||||
7 | Governor.
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8 | (l) The President of the Illinois State Medical Society | ||||||
9 | or his or her
designee.
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10 | (m) The President of the Illinois Hospital Association | ||||||
11 | or his or her
designee.
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12 | (n) The President of a statewide organization | ||||||
13 | representing registered professional nurses or advanced | ||||||
14 | practice nurses the Illinois Nurses Association or a | ||||||
15 | registered nurse
designated by the President.
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16 | (o) The President of the Illinois Pharmacists | ||||||
17 | Association or a licensed
pharmacist designated by the | ||||||
18 | President.
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19 | (p) The President of the Illinois Chapter of the | ||||||
20 | Association of Labor
Management Administrators and | ||||||
21 | Consultants on Alcoholism.
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22 | (p-1) The President of the Community Behavioral | ||||||
23 | Healthcare Association
of Illinois or his or her designee.
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24 | (q) The Attorney General or his or her designee.
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25 | (r) The State Comptroller or his or her designee.
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26 | (s) 20 public members, 8 appointed by the Governor, 3 |
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1 | of whom shall be
representatives of alcoholism or other | ||||||
2 | drug abuse and dependency treatment
programs and one of | ||||||
3 | whom shall be a representative of a manufacturer or
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4 | importing distributor of alcoholic liquor licensed by the | ||||||
5 | State of Illinois,
and 3 public members appointed by each | ||||||
6 | of the President and Minority Leader of
the Senate and the | ||||||
7 | Speaker and Minority Leader of the House. | ||||||
8 | (t) The Director, Secretary, or other chief | ||||||
9 | administrative officer, ex officio, or his or her designee, | ||||||
10 | of each of the following: the Department on Aging, the | ||||||
11 | Department of Children and Family Services, the Department | ||||||
12 | of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the | ||||||
13 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the | ||||||
14 | Department of Revenue, the Department of Public Health, the | ||||||
15 | Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the | ||||||
16 | Department of State Police, the Administrative Office of | ||||||
17 | the Illinois Courts, the Criminal Justice Information | ||||||
18 | Authority, and the Department of Transportation. | ||||||
19 | (u) Each of the following, ex officio, or his or her | ||||||
20 | designee: the Secretary of State, the State Superintendent | ||||||
21 | of Education, and the Chairman of the Board of Higher | ||||||
22 | Education.
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23 | The public members may not be officers or employees of the | ||||||
24 | executive branch
of State government; however, the public | ||||||
25 | members may be officers or employees
of a State college or | ||||||
26 | university or of any law enforcement agency. In
appointing |
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1 | members, due consideration shall be given to the experience of
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2 | appointees in the fields of medicine, law, prevention, | ||||||
3 | correctional activities,
and social welfare. Vacancies in the | ||||||
4 | public membership shall be filled for the
unexpired term by | ||||||
5 | appointment in like manner as for original appointments, and
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6 | the appointive members shall serve until their successors are | ||||||
7 | appointed and
have qualified. Vacancies among the public | ||||||
8 | members appointed by the
legislative leaders shall be filled by | ||||||
9 | the leader of the same house and of the
same political party as | ||||||
10 | the leader who originally appointed the member.
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11 | Each non-appointive member may designate a representative | ||||||
12 | to serve in his
place by written notice to the Department. All | ||||||
13 | General Assembly members shall
serve until their respective | ||||||
14 | successors are appointed or until termination of
their | ||||||
15 | legislative service, whichever occurs first. The terms of | ||||||
16 | office for
each of the members appointed by the Governor shall | ||||||
17 | be for 3 years, except that
of the members first appointed, 3 | ||||||
18 | shall be appointed for a term of one year,
and 4 shall be | ||||||
19 | appointed for a term of 2 years. The terms of office of each of
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20 | the public members appointed by the legislative leaders shall | ||||||
21 | be for 2 years.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 94-1033, eff. 7-1-07 .)
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23 | Section 10. The Department of Public Health Powers and | ||||||
24 | Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||||
25 | amended by changing Sections 2310-228 and 2310-372 as follows:
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1 | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-228)
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2 | Sec. 2310-228. Nursing workforce database. | ||||||
3 | (a) The Department shall, subject to appropriation and in | ||||||
4 | consultation with the Illinois Coalition for Nursing | ||||||
5 | Resources, a statewide organization representing registered | ||||||
6 | professional nurses or advanced practice nurses the Illinois | ||||||
7 | Nurses Association , and other nursing associations, establish | ||||||
8 | and administer a nursing
workforce database. The database shall | ||||||
9 | be assembled from data currently collected by State agencies or | ||||||
10 | departments that may be released under the Freedom of | ||||||
11 | Information Act and shall be maintained with the
assistance of | ||||||
12 | the Department of Professional Regulation, the Department of
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13 | Labor, the Department of Employment Security,
and any other | ||||||
14 | State agency or department with access to nursing
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15 | workforce-related information.
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16 | (b) The objective of establishing the database shall be to | ||||||
17 | compile the following data related to the nursing
workforce | ||||||
18 | that is currently collected by State agencies or departments | ||||||
19 | that may be released under the Freedom of Information Act: | ||||||
20 | (1) Data on current and projected population | ||||||
21 | demographics and available health indicator data to | ||||||
22 | determine how the population needs relate to the demand for | ||||||
23 | nursing services. | ||||||
24 | (2) Data to create a dynamic system for projecting | ||||||
25 | nurse workforce supply and demand. |
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1 | (3) Data related to the development of a nursing | ||||||
2 | workforce that considers the diversity, educational mix, | ||||||
3 | geographic distribution, and number of nurses needed | ||||||
4 | within the State. | ||||||
5 | (4) Data on the current and projected numbers of nurse | ||||||
6 | faculty who are needed to educate the nurses who will be | ||||||
7 | needed to meet the needs of the residents of the State. | ||||||
8 | (5) Data on nursing education programs within the State | ||||||
9 | including number of nursing programs, applications, | ||||||
10 | enrollments, and graduation rates. | ||||||
11 | (6) Data needed to develop collaborative models | ||||||
12 | between nursing
education and practice to identify | ||||||
13 | necessary competencies,
educational strategies, and models | ||||||
14 | of professional practice. | ||||||
15 | (7) Data on nurse practice setting, practice | ||||||
16 | locations, and specialties.
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17 | (c) To accomplish the objectives set forth in subsection | ||||||
18 | (b),
data compiled by the Department into a database may be
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19 | used
by the Department, medical institutions and societies, | ||||||
20 | health care facilities and associations of health care | ||||||
21 | facilities, and nursing programs to assess current and | ||||||
22 | projected nursing workforce shortfalls and
develop strategies | ||||||
23 | for overcoming them. Notwithstanding any other provision of | ||||||
24 | law, the Department may not disclose any data that it compiles | ||||||
25 | under this Section in a manner that would allow the | ||||||
26 | identification of any particular health care professional or |
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1 | health care facility.
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2 | (d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed as requiring | ||||||
3 | any health care facility to file or submit any data, | ||||||
4 | information, or reports to the Department or any State agency | ||||||
5 | or department.
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6 | (e) No later than January 15, 2006, the Department shall | ||||||
7 | submit a
report to the Governor and to the members of the | ||||||
8 | General Assembly regarding the
development of the
database and | ||||||
9 | the effectiveness of its use.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 93-795, eff. 1-1-05.)
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11 | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-372)
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12 | Sec. 2310-372. Stroke Task Force.
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13 | (a) The Stroke Task Force is created within the Department | ||||||
14 | of Public Health.
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15 | (b) The task force shall be composed of the following | ||||||
16 | members:
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17 | (1) Nineteen members appointed by the Director of | ||||||
18 | Public Health
from nominations submitted to the Director by | ||||||
19 | the following organizations, one
member to represent each | ||||||
20 | organization: the American Stroke Association;
the | ||||||
21 | National Stroke Association; the Illinois State Medical | ||||||
22 | Society; the
Illinois
Neurological Society; the Illinois | ||||||
23 | Academy of Family Physicians; the Illinois
Chapter of the | ||||||
24 | American College of Emergency Physicians; the Illinois | ||||||
25 | Chapter
of
the American College of Cardiology; a statewide |
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1 | organization representing registered professional nurses | ||||||
2 | or advanced practice nurses the Illinois Nurses | ||||||
3 | Association ; the
Illinois
Hospital and Health Systems | ||||||
4 | Association; the Illinois Physical Therapy
Association; | ||||||
5 | the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association; the Illinois | ||||||
6 | Rural
Health Association; the Illinois Chapter of AARP; the | ||||||
7 | Illinois Association of
Rehabilitation Facilities; the | ||||||
8 | Illinois Life Insurance Council; the Illinois
Public | ||||||
9 | Health Association; the Illinois Speech-Language Hearing | ||||||
10 | Association;
the American Association of Neurological | ||||||
11 | Surgeons; and the
Illinois
Health Care Cost Containment | ||||||
12 | Council.
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13 | (2) Five members appointed by the Governor as follows: | ||||||
14 | one stroke
survivor; one licensed emergency medical | ||||||
15 | technician; one individual who (i)
holds the degree of | ||||||
16 | Medical Doctor or Doctor of Philosophy and (ii) is a
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17 | teacher
or researcher at a teaching or research university | ||||||
18 | located in Illinois; one
individual
who is a minority | ||||||
19 | person as defined in the Business Enterprise for | ||||||
20 | Minorities,
Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act; | ||||||
21 | and one member of the general
public.
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22 | (3) The following ex officio members: the chairperson | ||||||
23 | of the Senate
Public Health Committee; the minority | ||||||
24 | spokesperson of the Senate Public Health
Committee; the | ||||||
25 | chairperson of the House Health Care Committee; and the
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26 | minority spokesperson of the House Health Care Committee.
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1 | The Director of Public Health shall serve as the | ||||||
2 | chairperson of the task
force.
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3 | If a vacancy occurs in the task force membership, the | ||||||
4 | vacancy shall be filled
in the
same manner as the initial | ||||||
5 | appointment.
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6 | (c) Task force members shall serve without compensation, | ||||||
7 | but nonpublic
members shall be reimbursed for their reasonable | ||||||
8 | travel expenses incurred in
performing their
duties in | ||||||
9 | connection with the task force.
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10 | (d) The task force shall adopt bylaws; shall meet at least | ||||||
11 | 3 times each
calendar
year; and may establish committees as it | ||||||
12 | deems necessary. For purposes of
task force
meetings, a quorum | ||||||
13 | is the number of members present at a meeting. Meetings of
the | ||||||
14 | task
force are subject to the Open Meetings Act. The task force | ||||||
15 | must afford an
opportunity for
public comment at its meetings.
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16 | (e) The task force shall advise the Department of Public | ||||||
17 | Health with regard
to
setting priorities for improvements in | ||||||
18 | stroke prevention and treatment efforts,
including,
but not | ||||||
19 | limited to, the following:
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20 | (1) Developing and implementing a comprehensive | ||||||
21 | statewide public
education program on stroke prevention, | ||||||
22 | targeted to high-risk populations and
to
geographic areas | ||||||
23 | where there is a high incidence of stroke.
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24 | (2) Identifying the signs and symptoms of stroke and | ||||||
25 | the action to be
taken
when these signs or symptoms occur.
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26 | (3) Recommending and disseminating guidelines on the |
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1 | treatment of stroke
patients, including emergency stroke | ||||||
2 | care.
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3 | (4) Ensuring that the public and health care providers | ||||||
4 | and institutions
are
sufficiently informed regarding the | ||||||
5 | most effective strategies for stroke
prevention;
and | ||||||
6 | assisting health care providers in using the most effective | ||||||
7 | treatment
strategies
for stroke.
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8 | (5) Addressing means by which guidelines may be revised | ||||||
9 | to remain
current with developing treatment methodologies.
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10 | (f) The task force shall advise the Department of Public | ||||||
11 | Health concerning
the
awarding of grants to providers of | ||||||
12 | emergency medical services and to hospitals
for the
purpose of | ||||||
13 | improving care to stroke patients.
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14 | (g) The task force shall submit an annual report to the | ||||||
15 | Governor and the
General
Assembly by January 1 of each year, | ||||||
16 | beginning in 2003. The report must include,
but
need not be | ||||||
17 | limited to, the following:
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18 | (1) The task force's plans, actions, and | ||||||
19 | recommendations.
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20 | (2) An accounting of moneys spent for grants and for | ||||||
21 | other purposes.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 92-710, eff. 7-19-02.)
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23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
24 | becoming law.
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