Nursing Assistants
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2025) [HB-905]
Requiring certain hospitals licensed in the State to establish and maintain a clinical staffing committee and to implement a clinical staffing plan; requiring each clinical staffing committee to develop a clinical staffing plan; requiring by July 1 each year, each hospital's clinical staffing committee to conduct a review of the clinical staffing plan for certain purposes; and requiring by January 1, 2027, each hospital to implement a clinical staffing plan and assign personnel in accordance with the plan.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Referred Finance on 03/17/2025
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Health Occupations - Nursing - Loan Repayment, Education, and Sunset Extension (Building Opportunities for Nurses Act of 2025) [HB-19]
Expanding the purpose of the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Nurses and Nursing Support Staff; requiring the Department to prioritize funding for nurses or nursing support staff who practice in an area with a shortage of nurses or nursing support staff or who practice in a specialty where a shortage has been identified; altering certain education requirements for licensure; repealing a certain requirement that the State Board of Nursing approve certain nursing assistant training program sites within a certain time period; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Third Reading Passed (137-1) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Certified Nursing Assistants - Licensing Requirements and Administrative Updates [HB-1125]
Exempting an individual who practices as a certain nursing assistant for less than 4 months under federal regulations from the State's certification requirement; altering the designation of, and licensure requirements for, certified nursing assistants and geriatric nursing assistants; requiring an applicant for certification as a certified nursing assistant to complete a nursing assistant competency evaluation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 818 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Certified Nursing Assistants - Licensing Requirements and Administrative Updates [SB-999]
Exempting an individual who practices as a certain nursing assistant for less than 4 months under federal regulations from the State's certification requirement; altering the designation of, and licensure requirements for, certified nursing assistants and geriatric nursing assistants; requiring an applicant for certification as a certified nursing assistant to complete a nursing assistant competency evaluation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 819 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Pathway to Nursing Pilot Program and Advisory Committee - Establishment [HB-354]
Establishing the Maryland Pathway to Nursing Pilot Program in the Maryland Higher Education Commission to support certain students in licensed practical nursing education programs, alleviate the shortage of nursing professionals by increasing graduation and licensure rates, facilitate student applications for certain financial resources, and provide financial assistance to cover certain costs; and establishing the Maryland Pathway to Nursing Advisory Committee to assist in the development of the Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Referred Rules on 04/05/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Certified Nursing Assistants – Licensing Requirements and Administrative Updates [SB-370]
Requiring a certified nursing assistant to successfully complete an approved nursing assistant training program meeting certain requirements; requiring the State Board of Nursing to provide certain notifications to geriatric nursing assistants and nursing homes regarding certain provisions of this Act; and requiring the Board to update the title of geriatric nursing assistants on the renewal of a license.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
First Reading Finance on 02/01/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Certified Nursing Assistants - Licensing Requirements and Administrative Updates [HB-531]
Requiring a certified nursing assistant to successfully complete an approved nursing assistant training program meeting certain requirements; requiring the State Board of Nursing to provide certain notifications to geriatric nursing assistants and nursing homes regarding certain provisions of this Act; and requiring the Board to update the title of geriatric nursing assistants on the renewal of a license.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Kerr
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2023
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Health Care Workforce Expansion [HB-1208]
Establishing requirements for the State Board of Nursing related to the expansion of the workforce in nursing-related fields; providing a State income tax credit for licensed practical nurses, advanced practice registered nurses, and registered nurses; establishing the Licensed Practical Nurse and Registered Nurse Preceptorship Tax Credit Fund to offset the costs of the tax credit available for the preceptorship program; establishing a workgroup to study expanding the State apprenticeship programs to the health care workforce; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 675 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
COVID-19 Response Act of 2022 [HB-1084]
Establishing and altering certain requirements related to COVID-19, including requirements related to planning by institutions of higher education, home health agencies, nursing homes, and assisted living programs, the provision of coverage by the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, the Maryland MyIR Mobile immunization record service, and reporting by the Maryland Department of Health; establishing that certain urgent care centers are not subject to the rate-setting jurisdiction of the Health Services Cost Review Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Hearing 3/14 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/17/2022
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Arizona Fifty-fifth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2022)
Nursing assistants; minimum age [SB-1640]
Nursing assistants; minimum age
Sponsored by: Sen. Tyler Pace
Chapter 52 on 03/23/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Certified Nursing Assistants - Licensing Requirements [SB-82]
Requiring a certified nursing assistant to meet certain federal requirements and pass a competency exam on or after October 1, 2023; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish a program to assist certified nursing assistants in meeting licensing requirements established by the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 02/22/2022
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Certified Nursing Assistants – Certificate Renewal – Training Program Requirements [HB-1193]
Altering the circumstances under which a certified nursing assistant may renew the certificate to allow the nursing assistant to provide, under certain circumstances, certain evidence of completion of a certain nursing assistant training program or a certain refresher training program as required in certain regulations adopted by the State Board of Nursing; and requiring the Board to adopt certain regulations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Adams
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/22/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
State Board of Nursing - Certified Nursing Assistant Advisory Committee - Membership and Meetings [SB-744]
Increasing the number of alternates that the State Board of Nursing is required to appoint for certain members of the Certified Nursing Assistant Advisory Committee; establishing certain qualifications for members of the advisory committee; prohibiting a member of the advisory committee from serving more than 2 consecutive full terms; requiring the State Board to fill a certain vacancy within 60 days after the date of the vacancy, to the extent practicable; altering the meeting requirements for the advisory committee; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 465 on 05/30/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Nurses - Delegation of Tasks [SB-476]
Providing that an advanced practice registered nurse is not precluded from delegating a nursing or other technical task to an assistant under certain circumstances; providing that a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse is not precluded from delegating a technical task other than a nursing task to an unlicensed individual under certain circumstances; and requiring the State Board of Nursing to adopt certain regulations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 754 on 05/30/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Certified Nursing Assistants – Certificate Renewal – Training Program Requirements [SB-13]
Altering the circumstances under which a certified nursing assistant may renew the certificate to allow the nursing assistant to provide, under certain circumstances, certain evidence of completion of a certain nursing assistant training program or a certain refresher training program as required in certain regulations adopted by the State Board of Nursing; and requiring the Board to adopt certain regulations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 161 on 05/18/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Direct Care Workforce Innovation Program [SB-307]
Establishing the Direct Care Workforce Innovation Program in the Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning within the Maryland Department of Labor; requiring the Division to provide certain matching grants to certain entities to create and expand on successful recruitment and retention strategies that address certain barriers to increasing the population of direct care workers; requiring the Governor to include a $250,000 appropriation in the annual budget bill for the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Hearing 1/21 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 12/23/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Health Occupations – Nurses – Delegation of Tasks [HB-95]
Providing that an advanced practice registered nurse is not precluded from delegating a nursing or other technical task to an assistant under certain circumstances; providing that a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse is not precluded from delegating a technical task other than a nursing task to an unlicensed individual under certain circumstances; and requiring the State Board of Nursing to adopt certain regulations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Krebs
Hearing 2/04 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/23/2021
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Board of Nursing – Criminal History Records Checks – Revised Statement [SB-134]
Requiring the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to provide a revised printed statement of an individual's State criminal history record to the State Board of Nursing if the criminal history record information is reported to the Central Repository after the date of the initial criminal history records check; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 447 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Board of Nursing – Criminal History Records Checks – Revised Statement [HB-228]
Requiring the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to provide a revised printed statement of an individual's State criminal history record to the Board if the criminal history record information is reported to the Central Repository after the date of the initial criminal history records check; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 446 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Advanced Practice Registered Nurses - Delegation of Nursing Tasks [HB-1325]
Providing that an unlicensed individual has the right to perform acts of advanced practice registered nursing under certain circumstances; requiring the State Board of Nursing to adopt certain regulations; and providing that an advanced practice registered nurse is not precluded from delegating a nursing task to an unlicensed individual.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Krebs
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/15/2019