A03190 Summary:

BILL NOA03190A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S04119-A
 
SPONSORPheffer
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
 
Authorizes and directs the board of regents and the state education department to conduct a comprehensive study of nursing education programs across the state and develop a model for improved articulation of the education program for career mobility from one classification to another in the field of nursing; enacts the "Development of Model for Articulation and Career Mobility Act".
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A03190 Actions:

BILL NOA03190A
 
01/23/2009referred to higher education
01/06/2010referred to higher education
04/16/2010amend and recommit to higher education
04/16/2010print number 3190a
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A03190 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A03190 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         3190--A
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 23, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. PHEFFER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Higher Education -- recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Higher
          Education  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
 

        AN ACT directing the board of regents and the state education department
          to investigate the scope of nursing education programs and develop   a
          model  for  improved  articulation of the education program for career
          mobility from one classification to another
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Short title.  This act shall be known and may be cited as
     2  the "development of model for articulation and career mobility act".
     3    § 2. Legislative findings and intent. The  legislature  hereby  recog-
     4  nizes  the  need  to increase the pool of available nursing resources to
     5  meet the increased demands on the health care delivery system. The  more
     6  complex  nature  of  illnesses, constraints on reimbursement, pressuring

     7  accelerated treatment and earlier patient discharge,  the  explosion  of
     8  technology,  and  requirements for intense monitoring for quality assur-
     9  ance, may be diverting nurses  from  the  bedside  into  early  burnout,
    10  retirement  or  employment  elsewhere.  The  state's  nursing  education
    11  program, encompassing nursing assistants, licensed practical nurses  and
    12  licensed  (registered)  nurses  should  be better articulated for career
    13  mobility in order to make the  nursing  profession  more  attractive  to
    14  individuals  and  for  recruiting  and retaining qualified nurses in the
    15  health care delivery system.
    16    § 3. The board of regents  and  the  state  education  department,  in
    17  consultation with  the department of health shall:
    18    (1) investigate current education programs for nurses in all settings,
    19  such  as  high schools, vocational-technical schools, community colleges
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06621-03-0

        A. 3190--A                          2
 
     1  and universities, to identify the scope of nursing education programs in
     2  the state;
     3    (2)  ensure  that  the  investigation  of nursing programs be directed
     4  toward identifying  current  articulation  programs,  determining  which
     5  factors  contribute  to success or failure, and sharing such information
     6  with schools;
     7    (3) develop a model for articulation and  career  mobility  to  enable
     8  nurses at every level of the profession to progress to higher levels and
     9  advance their professional status by integrating into a recognized nurs-
    10  ing curriculum; and

    11    (4) develop models for innovative nursing education programs that will
    12  encourage flexibility in classroom hours, in education program schedules
    13  and  through  satellite  locations, and at clinical practice settings so
    14  that individuals throughout the state have greater access to  a  nursing
    15  education program.
    16    §  4.  The  board  of regents and the state education department shall
    17  present their final findings  and recommendations to the legislature  on
    18  January 1, 2011.
    19    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
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