PRINTER'S NO. 1441
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.1225
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, SANCHEZ, VENKAT, RABB, KHAN,
WAXMAN, HOHENSTEIN, RIVERA AND BOYD, APRIL 22, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 22, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 22, 1970 (P.L.378, No.122), entitled
"An act concerning nursing homes; providing for the licensing
of persons charged with the general administration of such
homes; prescribing the powers and duties of the State Board
of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators; fixing fees and
making certain acts unlawful," further providing for State
Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators, for
qualifications for admission to examination and for temporary
permits.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 3.1(a), 6(a) and 14(a) of the act of
June 22, 1970 (P.L.378, No.122), known as the Nursing Home
Administrators License Act, are amended to read:
Section 3.1. State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home
Administrators.--(a) The State Board of Examiners of Nursing
Home Administrators shall consist of fifteen members as follows:
six members shall be nursing home administrators, (two from not-
for-profit facilities, two from operated-for-profit facilities
and two from county facilities); three members who have been
actively involved with the care of chronically ill and infirm
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21 aged patients and who represent professions or occupations other
than nursing home administration, such as medicine, nursing or
hospital administration; three members representative of the
consumer; and the Secretary of Health, or his designee, the
Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection in the Office of
Attorney General, or his designee, and the Commissioner of
Professional and Occupational Affairs. No more than three
professional members of the board shall be officials or full-
time employes of State or local governments. No non-
institutional member of the board shall have any financial
interest in any nursing home. All members of the board [ shall be
citizens of the United States and ] shall be residents of this
Commonwealth.
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Section 6. Qualifications for Admission to Examination.--(a)
The board shall admit to examination for licensure as a nursing
home administrator any candidate who pays a fee established by
the board by regulation and submits evidence of good moral
character and suitability prescribed by the board, and, that he
is at least twenty-one years old[ , a citizen of the United
States, or that he has duly declared his intention of becoming a
citizen of the United States, ] and that he has completed
preliminary education satisfactory to the board.
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Section 14. Temporary Permits.--(a) In the event of unusual
circumstances affecting the administration of a nursing home,
such as death or disability of the licensed administrator, his
resignation or dismissal, or other valid reasons as determined
by the board, the board may, in its discretion, issue without
examination a temporary permit as nursing home administrator to
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30 an applicant who provides proof under oath, on forms prescribed
by the board, that he (i) meets the criteria of age[ ,
citizenship] and good moral character and suitability as
provided in this act; (ii) has been nominated to be the nursing
home administrator in this one particular facility which shall
be identified on his application; and (iii) pays the application
and license fees set by the board as a requirement for temporary
permits.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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