HB4658 Summary

• Transfers regulation of nurse agencies from Department of Labor to Department of Public Health and increases professional liability insurance requirements to $1,000,000 per incident and $3,000,000 in aggregate.

• Establishes $2,000 application fee for nurse agency licensure with collected fees deposited into the Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund for nursing scholarships.

• Prohibits nurse agencies from entering into non-compete agreements with nurses and certified nurse aides and caps service rates at 130% of regional average hourly wage.

• Requires licensees to submit attestations detailing contracted shifts, missed shifts, and fulfilled shifts for renewal, and allows license denial for failure to develop contingency staffing plans.

• Classifies knowingly employing workers with fraudulently obtained credentials as negligent hiring grounds for license suspension or revocation, and increases civil penalties for violations to $10,000 per occurrence.