HB1860
Nursing, Board of; waiver of regulations related to nursing faculty ratios.
Status:
Enacted
Latest Action:
March 18, 2025
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0084)
Chief Patron:
Cia Price (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Board of Nursing; faculty supervision of direct client care; faculty-to-student ratio.
Directs the Board of Nursing to allow nursing education programs to apply for a waiver of the student-to-faculty ratios for direct client care. Under the bill, such waiver would permit a nursing education program to increase the ratio of students to faculty engaged in direct client care from 10 students ... (More) per faculty member up to, but not to exceed, 15 students per faculty member. Current regulations permit faculty to supervise up to 10 students providing such care per faculty member without the utilization of a preceptor. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/06/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103137D
- 01/06/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- 01/14/2025 - House: Assigned sub: Health Professions
- 01/15/2025 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 01/15/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1860)
- 01/16/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/17/2025 - House: Assigned sub: Health Professions
- 01/20/2025 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 01/21/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1860)
- 01/21/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25104897D-H1
- 01/21/2025 - House: Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/2025 - House: Read first time
- 01/24/2025 - House: Read second time
- 01/24/2025 - House: Health and Human Services Substitute agreed to
- 01/24/2025 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 01/27/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 01/28/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/07/2025 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1860ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1860)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
- 03/11/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/18/2025 - Approved by Governor-Chapter 84 (Effective 07/01/25)
- 03/18/2025 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0084)
