HB 1225 — An Act amending the act of June 22, 1970 (P.L.378, No.122), known as the Nursing Home Administrators License Act, further providing for State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators, for qualifications for admission to examination and for temporary permits.

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                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1225
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, SANCHEZ, VENKAT, RABB, KHAN,
        WAXMAN, HOHENSTEIN, RIVERA AND BOYD, APRIL 22, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 22, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of June 22, 1970 (P.L.378, No.122), entitled
 2      "An act concerning nursing homes; providing for the licensing
 3      of persons charged with the general administration of such
 4      homes; prescribing the powers and duties of the State Board
 5      of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators; fixing fees and
 6      making certain acts unlawful," further providing for State
 7      Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators, for
 8      qualifications for admission to examination and for temporary
 9      permits.
10      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11   hereby enacts as follows:
12      Section 1.    Sections 3.1(a), 6(a) and 14(a) of the act of
13   June 22, 1970 (P.L.378, No.122), known as the Nursing Home
14   Administrators License Act, are amended to read:
15      Section 3.1.    State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home
16   Administrators.--(a)    The State Board of Examiners of Nursing
17   Home Administrators shall consist of fifteen members as follows:
18   six members shall be nursing home administrators, (two from not-
19   for-profit facilities, two from operated-for-profit facilities
20   and two from county facilities); three members who have been
21   actively involved with the care of chronically ill and infirm
 1   aged patients and who represent professions or occupations other
 2   than nursing home administration, such as medicine, nursing or
 3   hospital administration; three members representative of the
 4   consumer; and the Secretary of Health, or his designee, the
 5   Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection in the Office of
 6   Attorney General, or his designee, and the Commissioner of
 7   Professional and Occupational Affairs. No more than three
 8   professional members of the board shall be officials or full-
 9   time employes of State or local governments. No non-
10   institutional member of the board shall have any financial
11   interest in any nursing home. All members of the board [shall be
12   citizens of the United States and] shall be residents of this
13   Commonwealth.
14      * * *
15      Section 6.    Qualifications for Admission to Examination.--(a)
16   The board shall admit to examination for licensure as a nursing
17   home administrator any candidate who pays a fee established by
18   the board by regulation and submits evidence of good moral
19   character and suitability prescribed by the board, and, that he
20   is at least twenty-one years old[, a citizen of the United
21   States, or that he has duly declared his intention of becoming a
22   citizen of the United States,] and that he has completed
23   preliminary education satisfactory to the board.
24      * * *
25      Section 14.   Temporary Permits.--(a) In the event of unusual
26   circumstances affecting the administration of a nursing home,
27   such as death or disability of the licensed administrator, his
28   resignation or dismissal, or other valid reasons as determined
29   by the board, the board may, in its discretion, issue without
30   examination a temporary permit as nursing home administrator to

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 1   an applicant who provides proof under oath, on forms prescribed
 2   by the board, that he (i) meets the criteria of age[,
 3   citizenship] and good moral character and suitability as
 4   provided in this act; (ii) has been nominated to be the nursing
 5   home administrator in this one particular facility which shall
 6   be identified on his application; and (iii) pays the application
 7   and license fees set by the board as a requirement for temporary
 8   permits.
 9      * * *
10      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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