Bill Text: IL HB5984 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that in order to increase the number of nurses who work or specialize in the area of women's health care graduating from approved institutions, requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to establish and administer a tuition assistance program for students accepted for enrollment at approved institutions or for advanced training in the nursing profession in the field of women's health at approved institutions. Requires applicants to have an immediate financial need for the tuition assistance and to be full-time students. Provides that it shall be lawful to condition the tuition assistance upon the recipient's executing an agreement with the Commission to commit at least 5 years of his or her professional career to working in the area of women's health care. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-15 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5984 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB5984-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB5984 Introduced 2/10/2010, by Rep. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 947/65.90 new
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that in order to increase the number of nurses who work or specialize in the area of women's health care graduating from approved institutions, requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to establish and administer a tuition assistance program for students accepted for enrollment at approved institutions or for advanced training in the nursing profession in the field of women's health at approved institutions. Requires applicants to have an immediate financial need for the tuition assistance and to be full-time students. Provides that it shall be lawful to condition the tuition assistance upon the recipient's executing an agreement with the Commission to commit at least 5 years of his or her professional career to working in the area of women's health care. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is
amended by adding Section 65.90 as follows:
(110 ILCS 947/65.90 new)
Sec. 65.90. Women's health care nurse tuition assistance
program.
(a) In this Section:
"Approved institution" means a public community college,
private junior college, hospital based diploma in nursing
program, or public or private college or university located in
this State that has approval from the Department of Financial
and Professional Regulation for an associate degree in nursing
program, associate degree in applied sciences in nursing
program, hospital-based diploma in nursing program,
baccalaureate degree in nursing program, graduate degree in
nursing program, or certificate in practical nursing program.
"Full time student" means a student enrolled for at least
12 hours per term or as otherwise determined by the approved
institution.
"Tuition" means the established charges of an approved
institution for instruction at that institution.

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(b) In order to increase the number of nurses who work or
specialize in the area of women's health care graduating from
approved institutions, the Commission shall establish and
administer a tuition assistance program for students accepted
for enrollment at approved institutions or for advanced
training in the nursing profession in the field of women's
health at approved institutions.
(c) Applicants for tuition assistance under this Section
must be residents of this State who show immediate financial
need and who have been accepted for enrollment at an approved
institution or for advanced training in the nursing profession
in the field of women's health at an approved institution.
Applicants must be full-time students.
(d) It shall be lawful to condition any tuition assistance
under this Section upon the recipient's executing an agreement
with the Commission to commit at least 5 years of his or her
professional career to working in the area of women's health
care.
(e) The Commission shall adopt those rules that are
necessary for the implementation and administration of this
Section.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.