Senate Bill S4119

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                 4119--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 13, 2009
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Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, DUANE, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KRUEGER, OPPEN-
  HEIMER,  THOMPSON  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
  to be committed to the Committee on Education --  recommitted  to  the
  Committee  on  Education  in  accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
  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:

  Section 1. Short title.  This act shall be known and may be  cited  as
the "development of model for articulation and career mobility act".
  S  2.  Legislative  findings and intent. The legislature hereby recog-
nizes the need to increase the pool of available  nursing  resources  to
meet  the increased demands on the health care delivery system. The more
complex nature of illnesses, constraints  on  reimbursement,  pressuring
accelerated  treatment  and  earlier patient discharge, the explosion of
technology, and requirements for intense monitoring for  quality  assur-
ance,  may  be  diverting  nurses  from  the bedside into early burnout,
retirement  or  employment  elsewhere.  The  state's  nursing  education
program,  encompassing nursing assistants, licensed practical nurses and
licensed (registered) nurses should be  better  articulated  for  career
mobility  in  order  to  make  the nursing profession more attractive to
individuals and for recruiting and retaining  qualified  nurses  in  the
health care delivery system.
  S  3.  The  board  of  regents  and the state education department, in
consultation with  the department of health shall:
  (1) investigate current education programs for nurses in all settings,
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.
                                                           LBD06621-02-0
              

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and universities, to identify the scope of nursing education programs in
the state;
  (2)  ensure  that  the  investigation  of nursing programs be directed
toward identifying  current  articulation  programs,  determining  which
factors  contribute  to success or failure, and sharing such information
with schools;
  (3) develop a model for articulation and  career  mobility  to  enable
nurses at every level of the profession to progress to higher levels and
advance their professional status by integrating into a recognized nurs-
ing curriculum; and
  (4) develop models for innovative nursing education programs that will
encourage flexibility in classroom hours, in education program schedules
and  through  satellite  locations, and at clinical practice settings so
that individuals throughout the state have greater access to  a  nursing
education program.
  S  4.  The  board  of regents and the state education department shall
present their final findings  and recommendations to the legislature  on
January 1, 2011.
  S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.