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1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY HEATON
1 3 A Resolution relating to the shortage of nursing home
1 4 administrators and requesting the State Board of
1 5 Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators to make
1 6 recommendations for addressing the shortage.
1 7 WHEREAS, there are fewer than 700 actively licensed
1 8 nursing home administrators in this state to serve 439
1 9 nursing facilities; and
1 10 WHEREAS, many of the licensed nursing home
1 11 administrators have retired, but have maintained an
1 12 active license; and
1 13 WHEREAS, less than 4 percent of all actively
1 14 licensed nursing home administrators in this state are
1 15 between the ages of 21 to 29, and more than 47 percent
1 16 are over the age of 50; and
1 17 WHEREAS, since the adoption of new licensure
1 18 requirements in 1999, the state has experienced a
1 19 dramatic decrease of approximately 60 percent in the
1 20 number of individuals entering the field of nursing
1 21 home administration; and
1 22 WHEREAS, a majority of licensed nursing home
1 23 administrators have indicated they would not enter the
1 24 field of nursing home administration today if they
1 25 were required to meet current education and practicum
1 26 requirements; and
1 27 WHEREAS, seventy-six percent of licensed nursing
1 28 home administrators recently surveyed identified
1 29 excessive regulation as their primary reason for
1 30 leaving the profession, and cited as an additional
2 1 reason the inability to find adequate staff amid a
2 2 shrinking pool of health care workers; NOW THEREFORE,
2 3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
2 4 That the State Board of Examiners for Nursing Home
2 5 Administrators address the shortage of nursing home
2 6 administrators in this state by reviewing current
2 7 educational and practicum requirements for nursing
2 8 home administration and comparing those requirements
2 9 with the requirements of surrounding states; and
2 10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the State Board of
2 11 Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators consider the
2 12 development of rules allowing an individual with a
2 13 four-year degree in either health, business, or human
2 14 services who has passed the national administrator
2 15 board examination to obtain a one-year temporary
2 16 nursing home administrator license and to work under
2 17 the supervision of a licensed nursing home
2 18 administrator while obtaining a permanent license.
2 19 LSB 3423HH 80
2 20 rn/cl/14
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