Bill Sponsors: IL SB3636 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly
Bill Title: Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires a hospital to provide a plan of correction to the Department of Public Health within 60 days if the hospital demonstrates a pattern or practice of failing to substantially comply with specified requirements or with the hospital's written staffing plan. Allows the Department to impose specified fines on a hospital for failing to comply with written staffing plans for nursing services or plans of correction. Requires money from fines to be deposited into the Hospital Licensure Fund (instead of the Long Term Care Provider Fund). Contains provisions concerning staffing plans. Amends the Nursing Education Scholarship Law. Provides that the Department of Public Health may award a total of $500,000 annually in nursing education scholarships. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for taxpayers who are employed during the taxable year as nurse educators. Provides that the credit shall be equal to 2.5% of the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income for the taxable year. Effective immediately, except that provisions amending the Hospital Licensing Act take effect on the first day of the first full calendar month that begins 6 months after the Act becomes law.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3636 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3636 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
