Assembly Bill A3945

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the educational preparation for practice of professional nursing

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A3945 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2145
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง6905, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2079, S1074
2011-2012: A1977, S2553
2013-2014: A3103, S628, S5924
2017-2018: A1842, S3520

2015-A3945 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires registered professional nurses to attain a baccalaureate degree in nursing within ten years of their initial licensure; provides exemptions for those currently licensed or enrolled in nursing programs.

2015-A3945 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3945

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            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:

  Section 1. The legislature hereby finds and  declares  that  with  the
increasing  complexity  of  the  American  healthcare system and rapidly
expanding technology, the  educational  preparation  of  the  registered
professional  nurse  must  be  expanded. The nurse of the future must be
prepared to partner with multiple  disciplines  as  a  collaborator  and
manager  of  the complex patient care journey. Shorter lengths of stays,
higher patient acuity, and more sophisticated  technologies  and  proce-
dures  are  increasing  the  complexity  of patient care - which in turn
places great  demands  on  nursing  competencies.  Other  countries  are
responding  to these changes by requiring the baccalaureate degree as an
entry requirement for nursing  licensure  while  other  professions  are
demanding  master  and  doctoral  degrees  as their entry point. Several
recent research studies clearly demonstrate the  added  value  of  addi-
tional  education  in  relation  to improved patient outcomes; one study
demonstrates that each ten percent increase in the number  of  baccalau-
reate  prepared  nurses  results  in a five percent decrease in surgical
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
              

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