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Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
Filed: 3/23/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 211
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 211 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Task |
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| Forces on State Employed Nurses Act.
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| Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: |
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| "Facility" means a correctional facility, youth |
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| correctional facility, State-operated developmental center, |
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| State-operated mental health facility or Illinois Veterans |
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| Home. |
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| "Nurse" means any advanced practice nurse or registered |
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| professional nurse, as defined in the Nursing and Advanced |
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| Practice Nursing Act, who receives an hourly wage and has |
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| direct responsibility to carry out nursing care or related |
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| duties.
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| Section 10. Facility Task Forces on State Employed Nurses. |
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| (a) A Facility Task Force on State Employed Nurses is |
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| created in each facility funded under the Department of |
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| Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the |
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| Department of Human Services, or the Department of Veterans' |
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| Affairs. The purpose of each Facility Task Force is minimizing |
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| mandatory overtime in Illinois' 24 hour direct care facilities. |
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| (b) Each Facility Task Force shall consist of the following |
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| members: |
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| (1) Labor relations personnel or personnel staff, or |
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| both, in the facility. |
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| (2) Representatives of the Illinois Nurses Association |
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| employed in the facility. |
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| (3) Administrative staff of the facility. |
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| (c) Each Facility Task Force shall meet quarterly to |
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| discuss options to reduce the amount of overtime, as well as |
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| nurse staffing levels, including but not limited to creating an |
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| interagency pool of nurses with part-time and traveling |
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| registered nurses with intent to hire as State employed nurses. |
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| (d) Each Facility Task Force shall report its findings to |
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| the agency under which the facility is funded within 30 days of |
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| each Facility Task Force meeting. |
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| (e) Each Facility Task Force shall have its first meeting |
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| by July 1, 2007 or within 60 days after adjournment of the 2007 |
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| regular legislative session.
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| Section 15. State Task Force on State Employed Nurses. |
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| (a) A State Task Force on State Employed Nurses is created |
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| to address the issue of minimizing mandatory overtime in |
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| Illinois' 24 hour direct care facilities. The State Task Force |
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| shall review the reports received by each agency as a result of |
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| the Facility Task Force meetings. |
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| (b) The State Task Force shall consist of the following |
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| members: |
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| (1) Representatives of the Department of Corrections. |
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| (2) Representatives of the Department of Juvenile |
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| Justice. |
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| (3) Representatives of the Department of Human |
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| Services. |
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| (4) Representatives of the Department of Veterans' |
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| Affairs. |
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| (5) Four legislative members, appointed one each by the |
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| President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, |
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| the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the |
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| Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. |
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| (6) At least one representative from the Governor's |
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| staff. |
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| (7) Representatives from the Illinois Nurses |
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| Association. |
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| (8) Representatives of the administrative staff from |
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| within the facilities. |
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| (c) The State Task Force shall convene meetings twice each |