HB2691 Summary

• Amends section 15-1898 to require Arizona universities and community colleges to annually report to state leadership the number of military service member credit applications received and approved, with health care programs listed separately.

• Establishes Arizona Nurse Education Investment Pilot Program providing grants through the Department of Health Services and Arizona Board of Regents to increase nursing faculty and capacity at universities and community colleges, funded through fiscal year 2025-2026.

• Creates Student Nurse Clinical Rotation and Licensed/Certified Nurse Training Pilot Program directing grants to health care institutions to expand preceptor training placements for nursing students and practicing nurses.

• Establishes Licensed Registered Nurse Transition to Practice Pilot Program providing stipends to health care institutions to implement evidence-based curricula for newly licensed nurses, with priority given to critical access hospitals and rural counties.

• Creates Preceptor Grant Program for Graduate Students offering up to $1,000 annual grants to licensed physicians, advanced practice nurses, physician assistants and dentists serving as volunteer preceptors for graduate students, with priority for rural and primary care settings.