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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S1381-2013 Actions

• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

S1381-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S1381                REVISED 1/9/13

TITLE  OF  BILL:    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

PURPOSE  OF BILL:   To authorize a comprehensive study of nursing educa-
tion programs across the state in  order  to  explore  ways  to  improve
articulation  among  nursing  education  programs. Improved articulation
models will enhance career mobility within the  nursing  profession  and
promote the recruitment and retention of nursing personnel.

SUMMARY  OF PROVISIONS:  The bill directs the Board of Regents and State
Education Department to complete an  articulation  and  career  mobility
study, in consultation with the Health Department, in regards to nursing
education  and  report to the legislature by January 1, 2015. This study
is designed to investigate  the  scope  of  nursing  education  programs
across  the  state  and,  also,  to identify and evaluate current artic-
ulation programs. The investigation should focus on the success or fail-
ure of existing articulation programs in order  to  develop  models  for
improved  articulation  and  career  mobility.  In  addition, innovative
models for nursing education programs should be developed which  encour-
age  flexibility  in  classroom  hours  in  education program schedules,
through satellite locations and at clinical practice  settings  so  that
individuals  throughout  the state have greater access to nursing educa-
tion programs.

JUSTIFICATION:  The nursing shortage in New York  State  is  well  docu-
mented.  In  fact, the nursing shortage has led to significant delays in
delivering health care services and  has  raised  health  care  industry
costs,  Steps  to  improve  the  recruitment and retention of nurses are
essential in order to meet the enormous health  care  needs  that  exist
throughout the state. The articulation and career mobility study author-
ized by this bill will be an important step towards addressing the nurs-
ing shortage.

LEGISLATIVE  HISTORY:    2001-2002:  A.4224/S.2323  - Referred to Higher
Education 2003-2004: A.7112/S.1625 - Referred to Higher Education  2005-
2006:   A.82/S.1295   -      Referred  to  Higher  Education  2007-2008:
A.374/8.4030 - Referred to Higher Education 2009-2010: A.3190-A/S.4119-A
- Referred to Assembly Higher  Education  Committee/Referred  to  Senate
Education Committee 2011-2012: S.321 - Referred to Higher Education

FISCAL  IMPLICATIONS:    Minimal  administrative  costs to the Education
Department.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately.

S1381-2013 Text

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

                                    1381

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 9, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, ADAMS, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KRUEGER -- read
    twice  and  ordered  printed,  and when printed to be committed to the
    Committee on Higher Education

  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 and leaders in nursing
  education, 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.
                                                             LBD04138-01-3

 S. 1381                             2

  universities  and  hospital-based  schools  of  nursing, 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, 2015.
    S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.