ASSEMBLY HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 4309

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  OCTOBER 15, 2026

      The Assembly Health Infrastructure Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 4309.

      This bill revises the responsibilities and duties of the Nursing Home Administrator’s Licensing Board (board).

      Under the bill, the following revisions to the board are made:  1) within 90 days following the submission of an application, issue licenses to nursing home administrator licensing applicants; 2) within 15 business days following the submission of a nursing home administrator intern training program plan that is submitted by a nursing home to be used by the nursing home in its facilities, or within 10 business days following the submission of an amended plan, either approve or disapprove the plan; 3) if a nursing home administrator intern training program plan is not approved or disapproved within the timeframe established under the bill, the nursing home is to be permitted to implement the plan; 4) to require nursing home administrators to notify the board within six months of the next licensing renewal date of a change in the administrator’s address or name, which is to include a copy of the court order, marriage certificate, or other document that authorized the change in name; 5) to require an applicant for a license to complete 1,750 hours, with no more than 50 hours completed on a weekly basis, in a nursing home administrator intern program within a two year period, and successfully pass a licensing examination within two attempts or complete 50 hours of study in the subject area that resulted in examination failure in order to retake the examination; 6) to immediately approve the application of a licensed nursing home administrator in good standing in another state if the applicant does not have a record of disciplinary actions; and 7) to grant presumptive eligibility for licensure approval to a licensed out-of-State applicant who is transferring work locations from an out-of-State nursing home to an in-State nursing home, which nursing homes are under the same ownership.