HB5155 Summary

• Amends the Nurse Practice Act to establish four alternative measurements of registered professional nurse education program effectiveness based on State-approved licensure examination pass rates of 75% or greater for either first-time test-takers only or all test-takers, measured either annually or as a 3-year average.

• Allows programs to remove "outliers" from pass rate calculations, defined as graduates who do not take the licensure exam within 180 days of graduation or who fail the exam a second or subsequent time; programs are responsible for tracking outliers.

• Requires registered professional nurse education programs to calculate and submit their passage rates with supporting documentation to the Board of Nursing in an annual report due October 30 each year.

• Programs meeting one of the four effectiveness measurements shall be deemed in good standing; removes the previous measurement based on passage rates of all graduates over 3 years without reference to first-time test takers.

• Requires applicants graduating on or after January 1, 2024, who do not take the licensure exam within 180 days or who fail it a second time to complete a test preparatory class or obtain remedial resources from their institution before retesting.