Health Occupations - Nursing - Loan Repayment, Education, and Sunset Extension (Building Opportunities for Nurses Act of 2025)
SB 216 updates Maryland's nursing loan repayment program by renaming it the "Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Nurses" (removing "and Nursing Support Staff" from the name). It modifies education requirements for nursing licensure, removes a requirement for the State Board of Nursing to approve training sites within a specific timeframe, and extends deadlines for several existing provisions. The bill specifically extends the termination date for the State Board of Nursing's authority under the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (Sunset Law) and prolongs tax credit expiration dates for nursing preceptorship programs. These changes primarily affect registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and other qualifying nursing professionals who participate in the loan repayment program.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Oct 9, 2024
Last action Apr 5, 2025
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MODERATE
This bill version includes additional Senate actions and committee approval, expands the program's purpose to include altering and expanding loan repayment criteria, adds new tax credit claim criteria, and modifies several sections related to nursing assistant training and certification requirements. The changes reflect legislative progress and substantive policy updates to the nursing loan repayment program.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to include altering and expanding the purpose of the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Nurses, with additional provisions for tax credit criteria and nursing assistant training site requirements.
TIMELINE
Added Senate committee report status showing favorable approval with amendments and Senate adoption on March 18, 2025.
SCOPE
Changed the bill's purpose language from 'altering' to 'altering expanding' the loan repayment program and added provisions for altering tax credit criteria.
REQUIREMENT
Added new provision to alter the effective date of certain provisions relating to certified nursing assistants.
Modified repealing and reenacting sections to include additional Health Occupations Article sections (8-206(e)(1), 8-307, 8-6A-14, 8-6B-30, 8-6C-26, 8-802) and added repeal of Section 8-6A-01(n)(2), (o), 8-6A-05(c)(5), and 8-6A-07(c).
TECHNICAL
Added formatting explanation about underlining indicating amendments and strike-through indicating deleted matter.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 19, 2025
How they voted
40–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 46
Mar 19, 2025
D
Democratic33
84% Yea
R
Republican13
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Apr 5, 2025
Committee
Referred Rules and Executive Nominations
lower
Apr 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Third Reading Passed
upper
Apr 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Favorable with Amendments {
upper
Apr 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (40-0-6)
senate
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
First Reading Finance
upper
Oct 9, 2024
Introduced
Pre-filed
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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