Revises responsibilities and duties of Nursing Home Administrator's Licensing Board.

A4309

ASSEMBLY, No. 4309

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� SHANIQUE SPEIGHT

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Revises responsibilities and duties of Nursing Home
Administrator�s Licensing Board.�

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
concerning nursing home administrators and amending
P.L.1968, c.356.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.� Section 11 of P.L.1968,
c.356 (C.30:11-21) is amended to read as follows:�

���� The nursing home
administrator's licensing board shall have the following responsibilities and
duties;

���� a.� Develop, and promulgate by
regulation approved by the State Board of Control standards which must be met
by individuals in order to receive a license as a nursing home administrator,
which standards shall be designed to insure that nursing home administrators
will be individuals who are of good character and are otherwise suitable, and
who, by training, experience and education in the field of institutional
administration, are qualified to serve as nursing home administrators;

���� b.� Develop and apply
appropriate techniques, including examinations and investigations for
determining whether an individual meets such standards;

���� c.�
[
Issue
]

Within 90 days following the
submission of an application, issue
licenses to individuals determined to
meet such standards and recommend to the
[
State
Board of Control or the
]

Commissioner of
[
the
Department of Institutions and Agencies
]

Health
the revocation, suspension
,
or denial of licenses to be
issued or previously issued by the board in any case where the individual�
holding any such license is determined substantially to have failed to conform�
to the requirements of such standards;

���� d.� Establish and carry out
procedures designed to insure that individuals licensed as nursing home
administrators will, during any period that they serve� as such, comply with
the requirements of such standards;

���� e.� Receive, investigate, and
take appropriate action with respect to any charge or complaint filed with the
board to the effect that any individual licensed as a nursing home
administrator has failed to comply with the requirements of such standards;

���� f.� Conduct a continuing study
and investigation of nursing homes and administrators of nursing homes within
the state with a view to the improvement� of the standards imposed for the
licensing of such administrators and of� procedures and methods for the
enforcement of such standards with respect to� administrators of nursing homes
who have been licensed as such;

���� g.� To study and identify the
core of knowledge that should constitute minimally the training in the field of
institutional administration which should qualify an individual to serve as a
nursing home administrator;

���� h.� To study and develop model
techniques for determining whether an individual possesses such qualifications;

���� i.� To study and develop model
criteria for programs of training and to recommend such programs of training
and instruction for those desiring to pursue a career in nursing home
administration
;

����
j.� (1)� Within 15 business
days following the submission of a nursing home administrator intern training
program plan that is submitted by a nursing home to be used by the nursing home
in its facilities, or within 10 business days following the submission of an
amended plan, either approve or disapprove the plan;

����
(2)� If a nursing home
administrator intern training program plan is not approved or disapproved
within the timeframe that is established pursuant to this subsection, the
nursing home shall be permitted to implement the plan;

����
(3)� Nursing home
administrator intern training program plan instructors shall be employed by the
nursing home on a full-time basis and possess three consecutive years of
experience working as a licensed nursing home administrator in a licensed
facility, and

����
(4)� Each nursing home
administrator intern training program instructor shall be assigned no more than
four interns simultaneously during an internship period;

����
k.� To require nursing home
administrators to notify the board within six months of the next licensing
renewal date of a change in the administrator�s address or name, which shall
include a copy of the court order, marriage certificate, or other document that
authorized the change in name;

����
l.� To require an applicant
for a license to complete 1,750 hours, with no more than 50 hours completed on
a weekly basis, in a nursing home administrator intern program within a two
year period, and successfully pass a licensing examination within two attempts
or complete 50 hours of study in the subject area that resulted in examination
failure in order to retake the examination.� A request to retake an examination
shall be approved or disapproved with 15 calendar days;

����
m.� To immediately approve
the application of a licensed nursing home administrator in good standing in
another state if the applicant does not have a record of disciplinary actions;�

����
n.� To grant presumptive
eligibility for licensure approval to a licensed out-of-State applicant who is transferring
work locations from an out-of-State nursing home to an in-State nursing home,
which nursing homes are under the same ownership
.

(cf: P.L.1968, c.356, s.11)

���� 2.� This act shall take effect
immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill revises the
responsibilities and duties of the Nursing Home Administrator�s Licensing Board
(board).

���� Under the bill, the following
revisions to the board are made:� 1) within 90 days following the submission of
an application, issue licenses to nursing home administrator licensing
applicants; 2) within 15 business days following the submission of a nursing
home administrator intern training program plan that is submitted by a nursing
home to be used by the nursing home in its facilities, or within 10 business
days following the submission of an amended plan, either approve or disapprove
the plan; 3) if a nursing home administrator intern training program plan is
not approved or disapproved within the timeframe established under the bill,
the nursing home is to be permitted to implement the plan; 4) to require
nursing home administrators to notify the board within six months of the next
licensing renewal date of a change in the administrator�s address or name,
which is to include a copy of the court order, marriage certificate, or other
document that authorized the change in name; 5) to require an applicant for a
license to complete 1,750 hours, with no more than 50 hours completed on a
weekly basis, in a nursing home administrator intern program within a two year
period, and successfully pass a licensing examination within two attempts or
complete 50 hours of study in the subject area that resulted in examination
failure in order to retake the examination; 6) to immediately approve the
application of a licensed nursing home administrator in good standing in
another state if the applicant does not have a record of disciplinary actions;
and 7) to grant presumptive eligibility for licensure approval to a licensed
out-of-State applicant who is transferring work locations from an out-of-State
nursing home to an in-State nursing home, which nursing homes are under the
same ownership.