(1) An entity that seeks to administer the program in a community shall submit an application to the state department in accordance with rules adopted by the state board, in consultation with the state department and the health sciences facility. At a minimum, the application must specify the basic elements and procedures that the entity shall use in administering the program. Basic program elements must include the following:
The specific training each nurse employed by the entity must receive to provide home nursing services through the program, which training must meet or exceed the visiting nurse training requirements established by rule of the state board;
The protocols the entity must follow in administering the program, which protocolsat a minimum must comply with the program protocols established by rule of the state board;
The management information system the entity must use in administering the program, which at a minimum must comply with the management information system requirements established by rule of the state board;
The reporting and evaluation system the entity must use in measuring the effectiveness of the program in assisting low-income, first-time mothers, which at a minimum must meet the reporting and evaluation requirements specified by rule of the state board;
An annual report to both the health sciences facility and the community in which theentity administers the program that reports on the effectiveness of the program within the community and is written in a manner that is understandable for both the health sciences facility and members of the community.
Any program application submitted pursuant to this section must demonstrate strong,bipartisan public support for and a long-time commitment to operation of the program in the community.
The state department shall initially review the applications received pursuant to thissection and submit to the health sciences facility for review those applications that include the basic program elements as required by the rules adopted by the state board. Following its review, the health sciences facility shall submit to the state board a list of the applying entities that the health sciences facility recommends to administer the program in communities throughout the state.
Source: L. 2013: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 13-1117), ch. 169, p. 569, § 4, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 25-31-106 as it existed prior to 2013.