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HCR058.....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS NURSING SHORTAGE - STUDY - Stating findings of the Legislature regarding the current and future shortage of nurses and urging a study by the State Board of Education in consultation with the Idaho Commission on Nursing and Nursing Education. 02/22 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing 02/25 Rpt prt - to Educ 02/28 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg 03/01 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg 03/04 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote - to Senate 03/05 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff 03/13 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord 03/14 10th ord - ADOPTED - voice vote Title apvd - to House 03/14 To enrol 03/15 Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed 03/15 To Secretary of State
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 58 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 2 STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE REGARDING THE CURRENT AND FUTURE SHORTAGE 3 OF NURSES AND URGING A STUDY BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN CONSULTA- 4 TION WITH THE IDAHO COMMISSION ON NURSING AND NURSING EDUCATION. 5 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 6 WHEREAS, it is widely acknowledged that there is a nationwide shortage of 7 nurses and that the shortage will worsen in the future; and 8 WHEREAS, the state of Idaho is already facing a critical shortage and is 9 currently experiencing a staffing vacancy rate of over 20% in nursing homes; 10 and 11 WHEREAS, while the number of persons entering nursing is growing at a rate 12 of only 2.5%, the population of persons over 85 years of age is the fastest 13 growing age group, and over 75% of the population will require long-term care 14 in the next 40 years; and 15 WHEREAS, over 70% of the nurses currently licensed in Idaho are over the 16 age of 40, with the result that they will be retiring from the practice of 17 nursing just as the need for more nurses increases; and 18 WHEREAS, it is important not only to recognize the need for more nurses, 19 but to begin to make plans and adopt programs which will effectively address 20 the shortage in Idaho. 21 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses- 22 sion of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and 23 the Senate concurring therein, that the State Board of Education, in consulta- 24 tion with the Idaho Commission on Nursing and Nursing Education, should under- 25 take a strategic planning process to design a plan of action for addressing 26 the nursing shortage. The plan should address specific strategies for expand- 27 ing nurse education particularly into rural Idaho, enhancing recruitment and 28 retention efforts, carrying out ongoing health profession data collection, 29 analysis, and projections, providing incentives for attracting nurses into the 30 higher education system and encouraging nurses to get advanced degrees.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE RS 12109C1 The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to recognize the fact that there is a nationwide and statewide shortage of nursing and to recommend a strategic plan to address the shortage. The plan should include the expansion of nursing education opportunities, collecting and analyzing health profession and providing incentives to attract nurses into the higher education system. FISCAL IMPACT There is no fiscal impact to the general fund. Contact Name: Rep. Margaret Henbest Phone: 332-1130 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE HCR 58