53B-26-202.  Nursing initiative — Reporting requirements — Proposals — Funding.

(1)  Every even-numbered year, the Utah Health Workforce Information Center created in Section 26B-4-705 shall:

Terms Used In Utah Code 53B-26-202

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Board: means the Utah Board of Higher Education described in Section 53B-1-402. See Utah Code 53B-1-101.5
  • Eligible program: means a program that:
(a) prepares an individual for a nursing profession;
(b) is an approved education program, as defined in Section 58-31b-102; and
(c) is offered by an institution. See Utah Code 53B-26-201
  • Full-time: means :
    (a) for an institution described in Subsection 53B-1-102(1)(a), the number of credit hours the board determines is full-time enrollment for a student; or
    (b) for an institution described in Subsection 53B-1-102(1)(b), 900 membership hours. See Utah Code 53B-26-201
  • Institution: means an institution of higher education described in Section 53B-1-102. See Utah Code 53B-26-201
  • License classification: means a classification applied to a nursing license described in Section 58-31b-301. See Utah Code 53B-26-201
  • Nursing profession: means a profession for which an individual is required to be licensed under Title 58, Chapter 31b, Nurse Practice Act. See Utah Code 53B-26-201
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Program of instruction: means the same as that term is defined in Section 53B-16-102. See Utah Code 53B-26-201
  • Region: means an economic service area described in Section 35A-2-101. See Utah Code 53B-26-201
    • (a)  project the demand, by license classification, for individuals to enter a nursing profession in each region;

    (b)  receive input from at least one medical association in developing the projections described in Subsection (1)(a); and

    (c)  report the projections described in Subsection (1)(a) to:

    (i)  the board; and

    (ii)  the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee.

    • (2)  To receive funding under this section, on or before January 5, an eligible program shall submit to the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee, through the budget process for the board, as applicable, a proposal that describes:

    (a)  a program of instruction offered by the eligible program that is responsive to a projection described in Subsection (1)(a);

    (b)  the following information about the eligible program:

    (i)  expected student enrollment;

    (ii)  attainment rates;

    (iii)  job placement rates; and

    (iv)  passage rates for exams required for licensure for a nursing profession;

    (c)  the instructional cost per full-time equivalent student enrolled in the eligible program;

    (d)  financial or in-kind contributions to the eligible program from:

    (i)  the health care industry; or

    (ii)  an institution; and

    (e)  a funding request, including justification for the request.

    (3)  The Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee shall:

    (a)  review a proposal submitted under this section using the following criteria:

    (i)  the proposal:

    (A)  contains the elements described in Subsection (2);

    (B)  expands the capacity to meet the projected demand described in Subsection (1)(a); and

    (C)  has health care industry or institution support; and

    (ii)  the program of instruction described in the proposal:

    (A)  is cost effective;

    (B)  has support from the health care industry or an institution; and

    (C)  has high passage rates on exams required for licensure for a nursing profession;

    (b)  determine the extent to which to fund the proposal; and

    (c)  make an appropriation recommendation to the Legislature on the amount of money determined under Subsection (3)(b) to the eligible program’s institution.

    (4)  An institution that receives funding under this section shall use the funding to increase the number of students enrolled in the eligible program for which the institution receives funding.

    (5)  On or before November 1 of each year, the board shall report to the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee on the elements described in Subsection (2) for each eligible program funded under this section.

    Amended by Chapter 328, 2023 General Session

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