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CS/CS/CS/HB 1059: Nursing Education Programs

GENERAL BILL by Education Committee ; Education Appropriations Subcommittee ; Select Committee On Health Care Workforce Innovation ; Pigman ; Campbell ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bracy ; Rogers ; Van Zant

Nursing Education Programs; Requires graduates of approved prelicensure nursing education programs who do not take licensure examination within specified period after graduation to complete specified course; exempts nurses who are certified by accredited program from continuing education requirements; revises requirements related to clinical training; revises calculation of required graduate passage rate for approved programs; provides additional requirements for remediation plan; authorizes board to extend probationary status for program that has demonstrated adequate progress toward its graduate passage rate goal; provides for recalculation of passage rates when students are transferred from terminated program; requires nursing education programs that prepare students for practice of professional nursing to be accredited.

Effective Date: 7/1/2014
Last Action: 4/29/2014 House - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1036 (Ch. 2014-92) -HJ 870
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/21/2014 House • Filed
3/4/2014 House • Introduced -HJ 90
3/5/2014 House • Referred to Select Committee On Health Care Workforce Innovation; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Education Committee -HJ 203
3/17/2014 House • On Committee agenda-- Select Committee On Health Care Workforce Innovation, 03/19/14, 11:30 am, Reed Hall
3/19/2014 House • CS by Select Committee On Health Care Workforce Innovation; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -HJ 339
3/21/2014 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
3/24/2014 House • Original reference(s) removed: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
• CS referred to Education Appropriations Subcommittee; Education Committee -HJ 336
• Now in Education Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 336
• CS by Select Committee On Health Care Workforce Innovation read 1st time -HJ 333
3/28/2014 House • On Committee agenda-- Education Appropriations Subcommittee, 04/01/14, 8:30 am, Morris Hall
4/1/2014 House • CS/CS by Education Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 440
4/2/2014 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS/CS by Education Appropriations Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 438
4/3/2014 House • Now in Education Committee -HJ 465
4/8/2014 House • On Committee agenda-- Education Committee, 04/10/14, 10:00 am, Reed Hall
4/10/2014 House • CS/CS/CS by- Education Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 -HJ 508
• Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS/CS/CS by Education Committee read 1st time -HJ 506
4/15/2014 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 540
4/25/2014 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/28/14
4/28/2014 House • Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/14
4/29/2014 House • Substituted CS/CS/SB 1036 -HJ 870
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1036 (Ch. 2014-92) -HJ 870