SB222 Alabama 2024 Session

Updated Feb 23, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: April WeaverSenator
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2024
Title: Board of Nursing, use of funds to provide financial assistance to licensees
Summary: SB222 would allow the Alabama Board of Nursing to pay for certain mental and physical evaluations (and related online counseling) for licensees or licensing applicants, using board funds and gifts/grants, effective October 1, 2024.
What This Bill Does
The bill authorizes the Board of Nursing to provide financial assistance to defray the costs of mental and physical evaluations required for licensing. It may also fund online counseling resources, to be provided by board-approved licensed practitioners, under board rules. The board cannot control the recommendations from evaluations or counseling, nor create a private right to services or payments; funding comes from the board’s own funds and gifts/grants rather than general state funds, with administration governed by existing regulations.

Who It Affects
Licensees and licensing applicants who may receive financial assistance to cover required evaluations (and related online counseling) when such evaluations are mandated.
The Board of Nursing and board-approved licensed practitioners who administer and provide the evaluations and counseling, and who approve providers under the program.

Key Provisions
authorize the board to provide financial assistance to defray costs of required mental and physical evaluations for licensees or licensing applicants.
The board may expend funds from gifts and grants to provide this assistance for evaluations related to substance use disorder or mental/physical impairment and may contract for or provide online counseling resources under board rules.
Counseling and evaluation services must be provided by licensed practitioners approved by the board; the board cannot control evaluation recommendations or counseling advice and does not create a private right to services or payments.
Funds used come from the board’s own funds and trust, not from general state funds; disbursements follow existing regulations and procedures.
Non-substantive, technical revisions update code language and transfer rights and authority from the Board of Nurses' Examiners and Registration to the Board of Nursing.
Effective date: October 1, 2024.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.
Subjects: Occupational Licensing Boards