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.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 210 ILCS 85/7, 210 ILCS 85/10, 210 ILCS 85/14, 110 ILCS 975/5, 35 ILCS 5/232
Engrossed: 210 ILCS 85/7, 210 ILCS 85/10, 210 ILCS 85/14, 110 ILCS 975/5, 35 ILCS 5/232
Enrolled: 210 ILCS 85/7, 210 ILCS 85/10, 210 ILCS 85/14, 110 ILCS 975/5
Public Act: 210 ILCS 85/7, 210 ILCS 85/10, 210 ILCS 85/14, 110 ILCS 975/5