Bill Text: HI HB2050 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Nurse Aides; Certification; Training Program
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-16 - (H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and M. Lee, Souki excused (2). [HB2050 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-HB2050-Amended.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 346-46, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§346-46 Certified nurse aides; training programs and recertification. The director shall:
(1) Approve training programs for nurse aides and ensure that the training programs comply with all applicable federal and state requirements;
(2) Approve and arrange for the recertification process for nurse aides who work in medicare or medicaid certified nursing facilities;
(3) Approve and
arrange for the recertification process for nurse aides who work in state-licensed
or state-certified health care settings; [and]
(4) Require recertification not less than every two
years. The number of continuing education hours required for recertification
shall not exceed twenty-four hours, except as specified by federal law[.],
which shall include multicultural health awareness and education as needed; and
(5) Require training programs and the recertification process for nurse aides to include a multicultural health awareness and education program. For the purposes of this section, "multicultural health" means the provision of health care services with the knowledge and awareness of the causes and effects of the determinants of health that lead to disparities in health status between different genders and racial and ethnic populations and the practice skills necessary to respond appropriately."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Nurse Aides; Certification; Training Program
Description:
Requires training programs, the recertification process, and continuing education for nurse aides to include a multicultural health awareness and education program. Effective July 1, 2050. (HB2050 HD1)
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