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A03945 Summary:

A03945 Actions:

A03945 Committee Votes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Farrell      
DATE:05/25/2016AYE/NAY:34/0  Action: Favorable         
Farrell
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Gantt
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Saladino
Aye
Glick
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Duprey
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Corwin
Aye
Perry
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Colton
Aye
Walter
Aye
Cook
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Wright
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Markey
Aye
Moya
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Aye
Ramos
Aye
Braunstein
Aye

A03945 Floor Votes:

A03945 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3945
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 28, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. MORELLE, JAFFEE, PERRY, MAGNARELLI, ROSENTHAL,
          CUSICK, GUNTHER, ORTIZ, PAULIN, LAVINE, TITONE,  DINOWITZ,  GOTTFRIED,
          MILLER,  BENEDETTO,  BRONSON,  BROOK-KRASNY,  GALEF, COLTON, BRINDISI,
          SKARTADOS, McDONALD, STIRPE, GOLDFEDER, SEPULVEDA, FAHY -- Multi-Spon-
          sored by -- M. of A.  ABINANTI,  BARCLAY,  BRAUNSTEIN,  CAHILL,  COOK,
          CURRAN, CYMBROWITZ, DenDEKKER, ENGLEBRIGHT, FINCH, FITZPATRICK, HEAST-
          IE,  HOOPER,  JOHNS,  KOLB, LIFTON, LUPARDO, MAGEE, MALLIOTAKIS, McDO-
          NOUGH, MONTESANO,  NOLAN,  PRETLOW,  RAIA,  RAMOS,  RIVERA,  ROBINSON,
          RUSSELL, SCHIMEL, TEDISCO, TENNEY, ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred
          to the Committee on Higher Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the educational prepa-
          ration for practice of professional nursing
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The legislature hereby finds and  declares  that  with  the
     2  increasing  complexity  of  the  American  healthcare system and rapidly
     3  expanding technology, the  educational  preparation  of  the  registered
     4  professional  nurse  must  be  expanded. The nurse of the future must be
     5  prepared to partner with multiple  disciplines  as  a  collaborator  and
     6  manager  of  the complex patient care journey. Shorter lengths of stays,
     7  higher patient acuity, and more sophisticated  technologies  and  proce-
     8  dures  are  increasing  the  complexity  of patient care - which in turn
     9  places great  demands  on  nursing  competencies.  Other  countries  are
    10  responding  to these changes by requiring the baccalaureate degree as an
    11  entry requirement for nursing  licensure  while  other  professions  are
    12  demanding  master  and  doctoral  degrees  as their entry point. Several
    13  recent research studies clearly demonstrate the  added  value  of  addi-
    14  tional  education  in  relation  to improved patient outcomes; one study
    15  demonstrates that each ten percent increase in the number  of  baccalau-
    16  reate  prepared  nurses  results  in a five percent decrease in surgical
    17  patient deaths. Therefore, the  legislature  finds  that  expanding  the
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04729-01-5
        A. 3945                             2
 
     1  educational  requirements for the profession of nursing, while maintain-
     2  ing the multiple entry points into the  profession,  is  needed.    This
     3  legislation  affects  future  nurses graduating from associate degree or
     4  diploma nursing programs who would be required to obtain a baccalaureate
     5  in  nursing  within  ten  years of initial licensure. All current nurses
     6  licensed in New York and students in programs preparing  for  registered
     7  professional  nursing  are  to  be exempt from the new requirement. This
     8  legislation is mirrored after the progressive education requirement  for
     9  teachers  in  New York state. Numerous regulatory and accrediting bodies
    10  have recommended this change as a means to address sophisticated patient
    11  care needs resulting from shorter lengths of  stay,  higher  acuity  and
    12  more sophisticated interventions. This proposal is the result of a grow-
    13  ing  body  of  research  evidence  that  additional education results in
    14  better patient outcomes. Therefore by requiring the baccalaureate degree
    15  for continued registration  as  a  registered  professional  nurse  this
    16  legislation  seeks  to  be  responsive  to meet the increasingly complex
    17  health care needs of the residents of New York state.
    18    § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 6905 of the education law, as amended by
    19  chapter 994 of the laws of 1971 and such section as renumbered by  chap-
    20  ter 50 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as follows:
    21    (2)  Education: have received an education, and a diploma or degree in
    22  professional nursing, in accordance with the commissioner's regulations,
    23  and in order to  continue  to  maintain  registration  as  a  registered
    24  professional  nurse  in  New  York  state, have attained a baccalaureate
    25  degree in nursing within ten years of initial  licensure  in  accordance
    26  with  the commissioner's regulations. The department, in its discretion,
    27  may issue a conditional registration to a licensee who fails to complete
    28  the baccalaureate degree but who agrees to meet the additional  require-
    29  ment  within one year. The fee for such a conditional registration shall
    30  be the same as, and in addition to, the fee for the triennial  registra-
    31  tion.  The  duration  of  such conditional registration shall be for one
    32  year and may be extended, with the payment of a fee, for  no  more  than
    33  one  additional  year.  Any  licensee who is notified of the denial of a
    34  registration for failure to complete the additional educational require-
    35  ments and who practices as a registered professional nurse without  such
    36  registration  may  be  subject  to  disciplinary proceedings pursuant to
    37  section sixty-five hundred ten of this title;
    38    § 3. The provisions of this act shall not apply to:
    39    a. any student entering  a  generic  baccalaureate  program  preparing
    40  registered professional nurses after the effective date of this act;
    41    b. any student currently enrolled in, or having an application pending
    42  in,  a  program  preparing registered nurses as of the effective date of
    43  this act;
    44    c. any person already licensed as a registered professional  nurse  or
    45  any  unlicensed  graduate professional nurse who is eligible to take the
    46  National Council Licensure Examination as of the effective date of  this
    47  act.
    48    §  4.  This  act shall take effect immediately and the commissioner of
    49  education is authorized to promulgate any rule or  regulation  necessary
    50  to implement the provisions of this act.