HB 385 — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO GRANTS FOR NURSE PRECEPTORS.

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JonesHuxtable GiltnerReps. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE AMENDMENT NO.

1Berry, TOGorman, HOUSEGray, BILLHeffernan, NO.Snyder-Hall, Jones Giltner, Burns, K.

385Johnson, AMENDNeal, HouseRoss BillLevin, No.Michael Smith, Kamela Smith;

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SYNOPSIS1. This Amendment to House Bill No.

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This2. Amendment also makes a technical correction.

An advanced practice registered nurse.

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A physician’s assistant or physician’s associate.

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A physician.

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The individual has a valid, unencumbered license, practices in a comparable practice focus, and has demonstrated competencies in the area of practice to which the student is assigned.

(2) “Preceptorship” means an uncompensated learning experience in which a preceptor is used to accomplish faculty-directed clinical experiences for a student enrolled in an in-state pre-licensure training program approved by the Board of Nursing.

A qualifying preceptorship for an candidate pursuing an advanced practice nursing degree is a minimum of 100 clinical hours per semester.

A qualifying preceptorship for a candidate pursuing a nursing degree is a minimum of 80 hours per semester.

(3) “Program administrator” means the Delaware Nurses Workforce Institute or a nonprofit organization with a similar mission and capacity to administer the program under this subchapter as determined by the Department of Health and Social Services.

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06/10/202604/29/2026 11:3701:31 AMPM 0081530148(b) The program administrator shall establish a program through which hospitals and clinical facilities for acute care, long-term care, public health, ambulatory care, home care, and hospice may apply to receive financial, material, and technical support from the program administrator to implement or continue preceptorship programs for individuals licensed or pursuing education that would enable an individual to become licensed under Chapter 19 of Title 24 as a registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, or advanced practice registered nurse.

(c) The program administrator must establish and update, as necessary, eligibility and participation requirements for a preceptorship program under this section.

At a minimum, participation requirements for hospitals and clinical facilities must include a guarantee by the hospital or clinical facility that the hospital or clinical facility will provide nursing students with a consistent preceptor assignment and provide structured preceptorship planning.

(d) To participate in the program under this section, a hospital or clinical facility must submit an application to the program administrator, in a form as prescribed by the program administrator.

Participation in the program may be limited as funding permits.

(e) Funding in an amount annually appropriated by the General Assembly shall be made to the program administrator for the purpose of administering the program under this section.

The majority of this must be disbursed to the hospitals and clinical facilities approved for participation in the program, but the program administrator may use a reasonable portion to cover the administrative and overhead costs of administering the program.

(f) Preceptorship programs granted funding under this section by the program administrator must complete an annual survey provided by the program administrator to collect data on utilization, nursing placements, and outcomes of the preceptorship programs.