Pennsylvania HB 1490: An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rates and distribution systems, further providing for rates to be just and reasonable; and providing for water and sewer authorities in cities of the second class.

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PRINTER'S NO. 1744
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1490
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY VENKAT, KOSIEROWSKI, KUZMA, MULLINS, BOROWSKI,
PROBST, GIRAL, HILL-EVANS, MADDEN, SANCHEZ, CERRATO, WAXMAN,
DONAHUE, MALAGARI, HOWARD, JAMES, CIRESI AND WARREN,
MAY 19, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, MAY 21, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of May 22, 1951 (P.L.317, No.69), entitled "An
act relating to the practice of professional nursing;
providing for the licensing of nurses and for the revocation
and suspension of such licenses, subject to appeal, and for
their reinstatement; providing for the renewal of such
licenses; regulating nursing in general; prescribing
penalties and repealing certain laws," providing for
Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner Pilot Program.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of May 22, 1951 (P.L.317, No.69), known
as The Professional Nursing Law, is amended by adding a section
to read:
Section 8.10. Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner Pilot
Program. -- (a) The board shall establish the Certified
Registered Nurse Practitioner Pilot Program to allow an eligible
certified registered nurse practitioner to receive an additional
certification to practice as an independent practitioner in a
health professional shortage area.
(b) A certified registered nurse practitioner shall be
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eligible to participate in the program if the certified
registered nurse practitioner meets all of the following
criteria:
(1) The certified registered nurse practitioner holds a
current license to practice in this Commonwealth.
(2) The certified registered nurse practitioner received no
disciplinary action or has no pending disciplinary action within
the five (5) years immediately preceding the date of the
certified registered nurse practitioner's application under
paragraph (4).
(3) The certified registered nurse practitioner engaged in
the practice of professional nursing in collaboration with a
physician for a period of not less than three (3) years and not
less than three thousand six hundred (3,600) hours in accordance
with a collaborative or written agreement with a physician and
the practice occurred in a primary care setting within the five
(5) years immediately preceding the date of the certified
registered nurse practitioner's application under paragraph (4).
(4) The certified registered nurse practitioner submits an
application with the board on a form prescribed by the board and
pays a fee established by the board. The application shall
attest that the certified registered nurse practitioner meets
the criteria to participate in the program under paragraph (3)
and shall be signed by a current or former collaborating
physician under paragraph (3). If the certified registered nurse
practitioner is unable to obtain the signature required under
this paragraph, the board may accept any other documentation
attesting that the certified registered nurse practitioner meets
the criteria to participate in the program under paragraph (3).
(c) While practicing in a health professional shortage area
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under the program, a certified registered nurse practitioner
may:
(1) practice in accordance with section 8.2 without a
collaborative agreement; and
(2) prescribe medical therapeutic or corrective measures in
accordance with section 8.3 without a collaborative agreement.
(d) In order to continue to participate in the program, a
certified registered nurse practitioner shall be subject to
biennial renewal and shall submit a renewal application on a
form prescribed by the board, pay a fee established by the board
and complete ten (10) hours of continuing education approved by
the board in patient safety and risk management. The renewal
application under this subsection shall attest that the
certified registered nurse practitioner completed the continuing
education required under this subsection. The continuing
education required under this subsection shall be in addition to
the continuing education required under section 8.1(c).
(e) While practicing in a health professional shortage area
under the program, the clinical practice of a certified
registered nurse practitioner shall be limited to primary care,
including family practice, internal medicine, gynecology or
pediatrics. A certified registered nurse practitioner shall
immediately notify the board in writing if the certified
registered nurse practitioner changes practice settings or
provides care in an area that is not a health professional
shortage area. A certified registered nurse practitioner who
fails to provide the notice required under this subsection or
who is found to be practicing outside of the practice settings
or health professional shortage area specified in the notice
shall not be authorized to continue