Bill Text: IL SB1750 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Amends the Personnel Code. Creates the Registered Nurse Registry Pilot Program to be administered by the Department of Central Management Services. Provides that the Department shall create and maintain an in-house registry of extra help employees for certain State operated facilities to improve staffing needs and to avoid the use of mandatory overtime. Provides that the in-house registry shall meet certain requirements. Provides that a State operated facility may appoint a Registered Nurse I or Correctional Nurse I as an extra help employee if certain conditions are met. Effective January 1, 2012.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-6)
Status: (Passed) 2011-12-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0643 [SB1750 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB1750-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Amends the Personnel Code. Creates the Registered Nurse Registry Pilot Program to be administered by the Department of Central Management Services. Provides that the Department shall create and maintain an in-house registry of extra help employees for certain State operated facilities to improve staffing needs and to avoid the use of mandatory overtime. Provides that the in-house registry shall meet certain requirements. Provides that a State operated facility may appoint a Registered Nurse I or Correctional Nurse I as an extra help employee if certain conditions are met. Effective January 1, 2012.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-6)
Status: (Passed) 2011-12-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0643 [SB1750 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB1750-Enrolled.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 Illinois Procurement Code is amended by | ||||||
5 | adding Section 1-13 as follows:
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6 | (30 ILCS 500/1-13 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 1-13. Applicability to public institutions of higher | ||||||
8 | education. | ||||||
9 | (a) This Code shall apply to public institutions of higher | ||||||
10 | education, regardless of the source of the funds with which | ||||||
11 | contracts are paid, except as provided in this Section. | ||||||
12 | (b) Except as provided in this Section, this Code shall not | ||||||
13 | apply to procurements made by or on behalf of public | ||||||
14 | institutions of higher education for any of the following: | ||||||
15 | (1) Memberships in professional, academic, or athletic | ||||||
16 | organizations on behalf of a public institution of higher | ||||||
17 | education, an employee of a public institution of higher | ||||||
18 | education, or a student at a public institution of higher | ||||||
19 | education. | ||||||
20 | (2) Procurement expenditures for events or activities | ||||||
21 | paid for exclusively by revenues generated by the event or | ||||||
22 | activity, gifts or donations for the event or activity, | ||||||
23 | private grants, or any combination thereof. |
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1 | (3) Procurement expenditures for events or activities | ||||||
2 | for which the use of specific vendors is mandated or | ||||||
3 | identified by the sponsor of the event or activity, | ||||||
4 | provided that the sponsor is providing a majority of the | ||||||
5 | funding for the event or activity. | ||||||
6 | (4) Procurement expenditures necessary to provide | ||||||
7 | artistic or musical services, performances, or productions | ||||||
8 | held at a venue operated by a public institution of higher | ||||||
9 | education. | ||||||
10 | (5) Procurement expenditures for periodicals and books | ||||||
11 | procured for use by a university library or academic | ||||||
12 | department, except for expenditures related to procuring | ||||||
13 | textbooks for student use or materials for resale or | ||||||
14 | rental. | ||||||
15 | Notice of each contract entered into by a public institution of | ||||||
16 | higher education that is related to the procurement of goods | ||||||
17 | and services identified in items (1) through (5) of this | ||||||
18 | subsection shall be published in the Procurement Bulletin | ||||||
19 | within 14 days after contract execution. The Chief Procurement | ||||||
20 | Officer shall prescribe the form and content of the notice. | ||||||
21 | Each public institution of higher education shall provide the | ||||||
22 | Chief Procurement Officer, on a monthly basis, in the form and | ||||||
23 | content prescribed by the Chief Procurement Officer, a report | ||||||
24 | of contracts that are related to the procurement of goods and | ||||||
25 | services identified in this subsection. At a minimum, this | ||||||
26 | report shall include the name of the contractor, a description |
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1 | of the supply or service provided, the total amount of the | ||||||
2 | contract, the term of the contract, and the exception to the | ||||||
3 | Code utilized. A copy of any or all of these contracts shall be | ||||||
4 | made available to the Chief Procurement Officer immediately | ||||||
5 | upon request. The Chief Procurement Officer shall submit a | ||||||
6 | report to the Governor and General Assembly no later than | ||||||
7 | November 1 of each year that shall include, at a minimum, an | ||||||
8 | annual summary of the monthly information reported to the Chief | ||||||
9 | Procurement Officer. | ||||||
10 | (c) Procurements made by or on behalf of public | ||||||
11 | institutions of higher education for any of the following shall | ||||||
12 | be made in accordance with the requirements of this Code to the | ||||||
13 | extent practical as provided in this subsection: | ||||||
14 | (1) Contracts with a foreign entity necessary for | ||||||
15 | research or educational activities, provided that the | ||||||
16 | foreign entity either does not maintain an office in the | ||||||
17 | United States or is the sole source of the service or | ||||||
18 | product. | ||||||
19 | (2) Procurements of FDA-regulated goods, products, and | ||||||
20 | services necessary for the delivery of care and treatment | ||||||
21 | at medical, dental, or veterinary teaching facilities | ||||||
22 | utilized by the University of Illinois or Southern Illinois | ||||||
23 | University. | ||||||
24 | (3) Contracts for programming and broadcast license | ||||||
25 | rights for university-operated radio and television | ||||||
26 | stations. |
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1 | (4) Procurements required for fulfillment of a grant. | ||||||
2 | Upon the written request of a public institution of higher | ||||||
3 | education, the Chief Procurement Officer may waive | ||||||
4 | registration, certification, and hearing requirements of this | ||||||
5 | Code if, based on the item to be procured or the terms of a | ||||||
6 | grant, compliance is impractical. The public institution of | ||||||
7 | higher education shall provide the Chief Procurement Officer | ||||||
8 | with specific reasons for the waiver, including the necessity | ||||||
9 | of contracting with a particular vendor, and shall certify that | ||||||
10 | an effort was made in good faith to comply with the provisions | ||||||
11 | of this Code. The Chief Procurement Officer shall provide | ||||||
12 | written justification for any waivers. By November 1 of each | ||||||
13 | year, the Chief Procurement Officer shall file a report with | ||||||
14 | the General Assembly identifying each contract approved with | ||||||
15 | waivers and providing the justification given for any waivers | ||||||
16 | for each of those contracts. Notice of each waiver made under | ||||||
17 | this subsection shall be published in the Procurement Bulletin | ||||||
18 | within 14 days after contract execution. The Chief Procurement | ||||||
19 | Officer shall prescribe the form and content of the notice. | ||||||
20 | (d) Notwithstanding this Section, a waiver of the | ||||||
21 | registration requirements of Section 20-160 does not permit a | ||||||
22 | business entity and any affiliated entities or affiliated | ||||||
23 | persons to make campaign contributions if otherwise prohibited | ||||||
24 | by Section 50-37. The total amount of contracts awarded in | ||||||
25 | accordance with this Section shall be included in determining | ||||||
26 | the aggregate amount of contracts or pending bids of a business |
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1 | entity and any affiliated entities or affiliated persons. | ||||||
2 | (e) Notwithstanding subsection (e) of Section 50-10.5 of | ||||||
3 | this Code, the Chief Procurement Officer, with the approval of | ||||||
4 | the Executive Ethics Commission, may permit a public | ||||||
5 | institution of higher education to accept a bid or enter into a | ||||||
6 | contract with a business that assisted the public institution | ||||||
7 | of higher education in determining whether there is a need for | ||||||
8 | a contract or assisted in reviewing, drafting, or preparing | ||||||
9 | documents related to a bid or contract, provided that the bid | ||||||
10 | or contract is essential to research administered by the public | ||||||
11 | institution of higher education and it is in the best interest | ||||||
12 | of the public institution of higher education to accept the bid | ||||||
13 | or contract. For purposes of this subsection, "business" | ||||||
14 | includes all individuals with whom a business is affiliated, | ||||||
15 | including, but not limited to, any officer, agent, employee, | ||||||
16 | consultant, independent contractor, director, partner, | ||||||
17 | manager, or shareholder of a business. The Executive Ethics | ||||||
18 | Commission may promulgate rules and regulations for the | ||||||
19 | implementation and administration of the provisions of this | ||||||
20 | subsection (e). | ||||||
21 | (f) As used in this Section: | ||||||
22 | "Grant" means non-appropriated funding provided by a | ||||||
23 | federal or private entity to support a project or program | ||||||
24 | administered by a public institution of higher education and | ||||||
25 | any non-appropriated funding provided to a sub-recipient of the | ||||||
26 | grant. |
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1 | "Public institution of higher education" means Chicago | ||||||
2 | State University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State | ||||||
3 | University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | ||||||
4 | University, Northern Illinois University, Southern Illinois | ||||||
5 | University, University of Illinois, and Western Illinois | ||||||
6 | University. | ||||||
7 | (g) This Section is repealed on December 31, 2014.
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