Bill > S3193

Introduced Session

This bill revises the responsibilities and duties of the Nursing Home Administrator's Licensing Board (board). Under the bill, the following revisions to the board are made: 1) within 90 days following the submission of an application, issue licenses to nursing home administrator licensing applicants; 2) within 15 business days following the submission of a nursing home administrator intern training program plan that is submitted by a nursing home to be used by the nursing home in its facilities, or within 10 business days following the submission of an amended plan, either approve or disapprove the plan; 3) if a nursing home administrator intern training program plan is not approved or disapproved within the timeframe established under the bill, the nursing home is to be permitted to implement the plan; 4) to require nursing home administrators to notify the board within six months of the next licensing renewal date of a change in the administrator's address or name, which is to include a copy of the court order, marriage certificate, or other document that authorized the change in name; 5) to require an applicant for a license to complete 1,750 hours, with no more than 50 hours completed on a weekly basis, in a nursing home administrator intern program within a two year period, and successfully pass a licensing examination within two attempts or complete 50 hours of study in the subject area that resulted in examination failure in order to retake the examination; 6) to immediately approve the application of a licensed nursing home administrator in good standing in another state if the applicant does not have a record of disciplinary actions; and 7) to grant presumptive eligibility for licensure approval to a licensed out-of-State applicant who is transferring work locations from an out-of-State nursing home to an in-State nursing home, which nursing homes are under the same ownership.

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Teresa Ruiz (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee (on 05/09/2024)

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