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Bill reduces preceptor-hour threshold for nursing tax credit to expand clinical training capacity, sponsor says
Summary
Delegate Robin Lewis presented HB 496 to reduce the required number of preceptor clinical hours from 100 to 90, aiming to make it easier for practicing nurses to serve as preceptors; nursing boards and associations supported the change to increase the training pipeline.
Delegate Robin Lewis and nursing-education and workforce representatives told the Ways and Means Committee on Feb. 6 that House Bill 496 would reduce a preceptor clinical-hour eligibility threshold in an existing tax-credit program for nursing preceptors.
Lewis said the number of required preceptor hours (100 hours per clinical rotation) creates a barrier for practicing nurses to serve…
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