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Committee hears bill to move county correctional nurses into Group 4 retirement
Summary
Lawmakers and county officials urged the Joint Committee on Public Service to reclassify county correctional nurses to Group 4 retirement, citing high clinical acuity, staff assaults, recruitment and retention problems and a limited statewide fiscal impact.
The Joint Committee on Public Service heard testimony supporting House Bill 2980, which would reclassify county correctional nurses and certain other in‑house medical staff into Group 4 retirement status.
Proponents told the committee the work of correctional nurses places them in frequent, high‑risk contact with inmates who have complex medical and behavioral health needs, and that reclassification would improve recruitment and retention.
Representative Altrino, the bill sponsor, said he filed H.2980 and submitted written testimony. He described long experience working with correctional nursing staff and said nurses “are just as important as our correction officers”…
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