Bill Text: HI HB264 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Nurse Aides; Certification; Training Program
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-22 - Referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 3 [HB264 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2013-HB264-Introduced.html
|
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
264 |
|
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
|
|
|
STATE OF HAWAII |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
||
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. (a) 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]; provided that the number of continuing education
hours required for recertification shall not exceed twenty-four hours, except
as specified by federal law[.], and 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.
(b) 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 according to gender or among 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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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, 2013.
|
INTRODUCED BY: |
_____________________________ |
|
|
|
Report Title:
Nurse Aides; Certification; Training Program
Description:
Requires training programs, the recertification process, and continuing education for nurse aides to include multicultural health awareness and education. Effective July 1, 2013.
The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
