Bill Text: IL HB2637 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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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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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB2637 Introduced , by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 301/10-15
20 ILCS 2310/2310-228
20 ILCS 2310/2310-372
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.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning state government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and
Dependency Act is amended by changing Section 10-15 as follows:
(20 ILCS 301/10-15)
Sec. 10-15. Qualification and appointment of members. The
membership of the Illinois Advisory Council shall consist of:
(a) A State's Attorney designated by the President of
the Illinois State's Attorneys Association.
(b) A judge designated by the Chief Justice of the
Illinois Supreme Court.
(c) A Public Defender appointed by the President of the
Illinois Public Defenders Association.
(d) A local law enforcement officer appointed by the
Governor.
(e) A labor representative appointed by the Governor.
(f) An educator appointed by the Governor.
(g) A physician licensed to practice medicine in all
its branches appointed by the Governor with due regard for
the appointee's knowledge of the field of alcoholism and
other drug abuse and dependency.
(h) 4 members of the Illinois House of Representatives,

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2 each appointed by the Speaker and Minority Leader.
(i) 4 members of the Illinois Senate, 2 each appointed
by the President and Minority Leader.
(j) The President of the Illinois Alcoholism and Drug
Dependence Association.
(k) An advocate for the needs of youth appointed by the
Governor.
(l) The President of the Illinois State Medical Society
or his or her designee.
(m) The President of the Illinois Hospital Association
or his or her designee.
(n) The President of a statewide organization
representing registered professional nurses or advanced
practice nurses the Illinois Nurses Association or a
registered nurse designated by the President.
(o) The President of the Illinois Pharmacists
Association or a licensed pharmacist designated by the
President.
(p) The President of the Illinois Chapter of the
Association of Labor Management Administrators and
Consultants on Alcoholism.
(p-1) The President of the Community Behavioral
Healthcare Association of Illinois or his or her designee.
(q) The Attorney General or his or her designee.
(r) The State Comptroller or his or her designee.
(s) 20 public members, 8 appointed by the Governor, 3

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of whom shall be representatives of alcoholism or other
drug abuse and dependency treatment programs and one of
whom shall be a representative of a manufacturer or
importing distributor of alcoholic liquor licensed by the
State of Illinois, and 3 public members appointed by each
of the President and Minority Leader of the Senate and the
Speaker and Minority Leader of the House.
(t) The Director, Secretary, or other chief
administrative officer, ex officio, or his or her designee,
of each of the following: the Department on Aging, the
Department of Children and Family Services, the Department
of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the
Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the
Department of Revenue, the Department of Public Health, the
Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the
Department of State Police, the Administrative Office of
the Illinois Courts, the Criminal Justice Information
Authority, and the Department of Transportation.
(u) Each of the following, ex officio, or his or her
designee: the Secretary of State, the State Superintendent
of Education, and the Chairman of the Board of Higher
Education.
The public members may not be officers or employees of the
executive branch of State government; however, the public
members may be officers or employees of a State college or
university or of any law enforcement agency. In appointing

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members, due consideration shall be given to the experience of
appointees in the fields of medicine, law, prevention,
correctional activities, and social welfare. Vacancies in the
public membership shall be filled for the unexpired term by
appointment in like manner as for original appointments, and
the appointive members shall serve until their successors are
appointed and have qualified. Vacancies among the public
members appointed by the legislative leaders shall be filled by
the leader of the same house and of the same political party as
the leader who originally appointed the member.
Each non-appointive member may designate a representative
to serve in his place by written notice to the Department. All
General Assembly members shall serve until their respective
successors are appointed or until termination of their
legislative service, whichever occurs first. The terms of
office for each of the members appointed by the Governor shall
be for 3 years, except that of the members first appointed, 3
shall be appointed for a term of one year, and 4 shall be
appointed for a term of 2 years. The terms of office of each of
the public members appointed by the legislative leaders shall
be for 2 years.
(Source: P.A. 94-1033, eff. 7-1-07.)
Section 10. The Department of Public Health Powers and
Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by changing Sections 2310-228 and 2310-372 as follows:

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(20 ILCS 2310/2310-228)
Sec. 2310-228. Nursing workforce database.
(a) The Department shall, subject to appropriation and in
consultation with the Illinois Coalition for Nursing
Resources, a statewide organization representing registered
professional nurses or advanced practice nurses the Illinois
Nurses Association, and other nursing associations, establish
and administer a nursing workforce database. The database shall
be assembled from data currently collected by State agencies or
departments that may be released under the Freedom of
Information Act and shall be maintained with the assistance of
the Department of Professional Regulation, the Department of
Labor, the Department of Employment Security, and any other
State agency or department with access to nursing
workforce-related information.
(b) The objective of establishing the database shall be to
compile the following data related to the nursing workforce
that is currently collected by State agencies or departments
that may be released under the Freedom of Information Act:
(1) Data on current and projected population
demographics and available health indicator data to
determine how the population needs relate to the demand for
nursing services.
(2) Data to create a dynamic system for projecting
nurse workforce supply and demand.

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(3) Data related to the development of a nursing
workforce that considers the diversity, educational mix,
geographic distribution, and number of nurses needed
within the State.
(4) Data on the current and projected numbers of nurse
faculty who are needed to educate the nurses who will be
needed to meet the needs of the residents of the State.
(5) Data on nursing education programs within the State
including number of nursing programs, applications,
enrollments, and graduation rates.
(6) Data needed to develop collaborative models
between nursing education and practice to identify
necessary competencies, educational strategies, and models
of professional practice.
(7) Data on nurse practice setting, practice
locations, and specialties.
(c) To accomplish the objectives set forth in subsection
(b), data compiled by the Department into a database may be
used by the Department, medical institutions and societies,
health care facilities and associations of health care
facilities, and nursing programs to assess current and
projected nursing workforce shortfalls and develop strategies
for overcoming them. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Department may not disclose any data that it compiles
under this Section in a manner that would allow the
identification of any particular health care professional or

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health care facility.
(d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed as requiring
any health care facility to file or submit any data,
information, or reports to the Department or any State agency
or department.
(e) No later than January 15, 2006, the Department shall
submit a report to the Governor and to the members of the
General Assembly regarding the development of the database and
the effectiveness of its use.
(Source: P.A. 93-795, eff. 1-1-05.)
(20 ILCS 2310/2310-372)
Sec. 2310-372. Stroke Task Force.
(a) The Stroke Task Force is created within the Department
of Public Health.
(b) The task force shall be composed of the following
members:
(1) Nineteen members appointed by the Director of
Public Health from nominations submitted to the Director by
the following organizations, one member to represent each
organization: the American Stroke Association; the
National Stroke Association; the Illinois State Medical
Society; the Illinois Neurological Society; the Illinois
Academy of Family Physicians; the Illinois Chapter of the
American College of Emergency Physicians; the Illinois
Chapter of the American College of Cardiology; a statewide

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organization representing registered professional nurses
or advanced practice nurses the Illinois Nurses
Association; the Illinois Hospital and Health Systems
Association; the Illinois Physical Therapy Association;
the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association; the Illinois
Rural Health Association; the Illinois Chapter of AARP; the
Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities; the
Illinois Life Insurance Council; the Illinois Public
Health Association; the Illinois Speech-Language Hearing
Association; the American Association of Neurological
Surgeons; and the Illinois Health Care Cost Containment
Council.
(2) Five members appointed by the Governor as follows:
one stroke survivor; one licensed emergency medical
technician; one individual who (i) holds the degree of
Medical Doctor or Doctor of Philosophy and (ii) is a
teacher or researcher at a teaching or research university
located in Illinois; one individual who is a minority
person as defined in the Business Enterprise for
Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act;
and one member of the general public.
(3) The following ex officio members: the chairperson
of the Senate Public Health Committee; the minority
spokesperson of the Senate Public Health Committee; the
chairperson of the House Health Care Committee; and the
minority spokesperson of the House Health Care Committee.

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The Director of Public Health shall serve as the
chairperson of the task force.
If a vacancy occurs in the task force membership, the
vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the initial
appointment.
(c) Task force members shall serve without compensation,
but nonpublic members shall be reimbursed for their reasonable
travel expenses incurred in performing their duties in
connection with the task force.
(d) The task force shall adopt bylaws; shall meet at least
3 times each calendar year; and may establish committees as it
deems necessary. For purposes of task force meetings, a quorum
is the number of members present at a meeting. Meetings of the
task force are subject to the Open Meetings Act. The task force
must afford an opportunity for public comment at its meetings.
(e) The task force shall advise the Department of Public
Health with regard to setting priorities for improvements in
stroke prevention and treatment efforts, including, but not
limited to, the following:
(1) Developing and implementing a comprehensive
statewide public education program on stroke prevention,
targeted to high-risk populations and to geographic areas
where there is a high incidence of stroke.
(2) Identifying the signs and symptoms of stroke and
the action to be taken when these signs or symptoms occur.
(3) Recommending and disseminating guidelines on the

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treatment of stroke patients, including emergency stroke
care.
(4) Ensuring that the public and health care providers
and institutions are sufficiently informed regarding the
most effective strategies for stroke prevention; and
assisting health care providers in using the most effective
treatment strategies for stroke.
(5) Addressing means by which guidelines may be revised
to remain current with developing treatment methodologies.
(f) The task force shall advise the Department of Public
Health concerning the awarding of grants to providers of
emergency medical services and to hospitals for the purpose of
improving care to stroke patients.
(g) The task force shall submit an annual report to the
Governor and the General Assembly by January 1 of each year,
beginning in 2003. The report must include, but need not be
limited to, the following:
(1) The task force's plans, actions, and
recommendations.
(2) An accounting of moneys spent for grants and for
other purposes.
(Source: P.A. 92-710, eff. 7-19-02.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.