SB707 HFAT Ellington 3-2

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Delegate Ellington moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Senate Bill No. 707 -- “A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2E-11a, relating to making a nursing career pathway available to students statewide; setting forth legislative findings; requiring that a nursing career pathway workgroup be convened; charging the workgroup with developing a career pathway to address the unmet need for nursing assistants, licensed practical nurses, registered nurses, and registered nurses with a bachelor’s degree in nursing; requiring the nursing career pathway to be made available to students statewide; requiring report to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability, as requested, but at least annually, on the progress in implementing the career pathway; and requiring consideration of certain specified ideas in establishing the pathway

Adopted

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