LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE

SENATE, No. 3939

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

221st LEGISLATURE

 

DATED: SEPTEMBER 2, 2025

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Synopsis:

Requires New Jersey Board of Nursing to establish Nursing Scribe Program.

Type of Impact:

One-time State expenditure increase.

Agencies Affected:

Department of Law and Public Safety.

 

 

Office of Legislative Services Estimate

Fiscal Impact

One-time

 

State Expenditure Increase

Up to $75,000

 

 

 

 

 

·         The Office of Legislative Services (OLS) concludes that this bill would increase one-time State costs incurred by the Board of Nursing in the Department of Law and Public Safety by up to $75,000 in order to develop the curriculum guidelines for the Nurse Scribe Program. 

 

BILL DESCRIPTION

 

      This bill requires the New Jersey Board of Nursing, in conjunction with schools of nursing approved by the board, to establish the Nursing Scribe Program.  Under the bill, the board is to promulgate regulations establishing curriculum guidelines for a nurse scribe course and is directed to authorize schools of nursing approved by the board to grant academic credit to nursing students who successfully complete the nurse scribe course. 

 

 

FISCAL ANALYSIS

 

EXECUTIVE BRANCH

 

      None received

OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES

 

      The OLS concludes that this bill would increase one-time State costs incurred by the Board of Nursing by up to $75,000 in order to develop the curriculum guidelines for the Nurse Scribe Program.  This estimate assumes that one full-time equivalent staff member, earning no more than $90,000, could fulfill this task in six months or less. 

      Among other things, the board currently accredits nursing schools and ensures that the school’s curriculum meets certain organizational and content standards.  Therefore, as an expansion of the board’s existing responsibilities, the OLS does not anticipate any additional costs under the bill in order for the board to approve a school’s Nurse Scribe Program.

 

 

Section:

Human Services

Analyst:

Sarah Schmidt

Principal Research Analyst

Approved:

Thomas Koenig

Legislative Budget and Finance Officer

 

 

This legislative fiscal estimate has been produced by the Office of Legislative Services due to the failure of the Executive Branch to respond to our request for a fiscal note.

 

This fiscal estimate has been prepared pursuant to P.L.1980, c.67 (C.52:13B-6 et seq.).