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1999 SESSION

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HB 2228 Health regulation; nursing homes and certified nursing aides.

Introduced by: Phillip A. Hamilton | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Health regulation; nursing homes and certified nursing aides. Requires nursing homes to fully inform patients in summary form of the findings concerning the facility in federal Health Care Financing Administration surveys and inspections, if any. The bill also requires nursing aide education programs designed to prepare nurse aides for certification to be a minimum of 120 clock hours in length. Currently, these programs are 80 hours in length. The curriculum of such programs shall include, but not be limited to, communication and interpersonal skills, safety and emergency procedures, personal care skills, appropriate clinical care of the aged and disabled, skills for basic restorative services, clients’ rights, legal aspects of practice as a certified nurse aide, occupational health and safety measures, culturally sensitive care, and appropriate management of conflict. The Board of Nursing shall promulgate emergency regulations to implement the nurse aide education program provisions. The Board of Nursing must also continue to approve nurse aide programs that are in compliance with its nurse aide program regulations in effect on July 1, 1999, and to certify nurse aides who successfully complete such programs and who comply with other requirements of law or regulation, until the date on which the Board’s regulations to implement the new requirements become effective. Persons who are certified by the Board as nurse aides prior to the date on which the Board’s regulations to implement this act become effective shall be deemed to satisfy the new requirements for purposes of biennial renewal of their certification so long as such persons are in compliance with other requirements of law and regulation concerning continued employment or competence as a condition of renewal.

FULL TEXT

• 01/21/99  House: Presented & ordered printed 993203264  pdf
• 02/25/99  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2228ER)  pdf
• 04/08/99  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0783)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Senate amendments
• Senate amendments engrossed

HISTORY

• 01/21/99  House: Presented & ordered printed 993203264
• 01/21/99  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 01/26/99  House: Assigned to H. W. I. sub-committee: 1
• 01/28/99  House: Reported from H. W. I. (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/29/99  House: Read first time
• 02/01/99  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/03/99  House: Read third time and passed House (Block Vote) (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/99  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/99  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/04/99  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/04/99  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/09/99  Senate: Assigned to Ed. & Health sub-committee: Health Care
• 02/11/99  Senate: Reported from Ed. & H. with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/99  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/99  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/99  Senate: Read third time
• 02/15/99  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 02/15/99  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/15/99  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 02/15/99  Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/99  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/99  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/17/99  House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/99  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/99  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2228ER)
• 02/26/99  House: Enrolled
• 02/27/99  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/27/99  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/28/99  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 783 (effective 7/1/99)
• 04/08/99  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0783)