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Committee advances nursing workforce package, narrows some transfers and revises funding
Summary
The Senate Health Committee released a substitute that merges S2675 into S1949, adjusts oversight and funding for CNAs and the New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing (NJCCN), allocates $500,000 for transition‑to‑practice efforts and makes evaluations permissive rather than mandatory.
The Senate Health Committee released a substitute for S1949 that merges provisions of S2675 and revises how the state supports and regulates the nursing workforce. The substitute removes certain transfers of certified nurse aide (CNA) oversight from the Department of Health to the Board of Nursing, retools a residency/residency program into a "transition to practice" program, and reduces some maximum support allocations for participating facilities.
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