Senate Resolution 30 PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___ 1 2 BY IVERSON 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 SENATE, That the State Board 2 4 of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators address 2 5 the shortage of nursing home administrators in this 2 6 state by reviewing current educational and practicum 2 7 requirements for nursing home administration and 2 8 comparing those requirements with the requirements of 2 9 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 3423SS 80 2 20 rn/cl/14