Bill Text: IA HSB72 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the requirements for nurse aide training and testing programs provided by or in a nursing facility.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2017-02-09 - Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 264. [HSB72 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HSB72-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
72
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
FRY)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
requirements
for
nurse
aide
training
and
1
testing
programs
provided
by
or
in
a
nursing
facility.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NURSE
AIDE
TRAINING
AND
TESTING
PROGRAMS
1
PROVIDED
BY
OR
IN
A
NURSING
FACILITY.
Pursuant
to
chapter
2
249A,
the
department
of
human
services
shall
adopt
rules
3
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
provide
policies
and
procedures
4
governing
the
department
of
inspections
and
appeals,
as
the
5
designated
department
to
approve
nurse
aide
training
and
6
testing
programs
provided
by
or
in
a
nursing
facility.
The
7
rules
shall
provide
for
all
of
the
following:
8
1.
The
utilization
of
online
course
curricula
to
meet
the
9
required
minimum
of
thirty
hours
of
classroom
instruction
and
10
the
required
minimum
of
fifteen
hours
of
laboratory
experience.
11
2.
A
definition
of
clock
hours
for
the
purposes
of
meeting
12
the
required
minimum
of
seventy-five
clock
hours
of
training
13
to
include
classroom
instruction,
prior
equivalent
experience,
14
or
both.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
directs
the
department
of
human
services
(DHS)
to
19
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
Code
chapter
17A
to
provide
policies
20
and
procedures
governing
the
department
of
inspections
21
and
appeals,
as
the
designated
department
to
approve
nurse
22
aide
training
and
testing
programs
provided
by
or
in
a
23
nursing
facility,
to
provide
for
both
of
the
following:
The
24
utilization
of
online
course
curricula
to
meet
the
required
25
minimum
of
30
hours
of
classroom
instruction
and
the
required
26
minimum
of
15
hours
of
laboratory
experience
and
the
definition
27
of
clock
hours
for
the
purposes
of
meeting
the
required
minimum
28
of
75
clock
hours
of
training
to
include
classroom
instruction,
29
prior
equivalent
experience,
or
both.
30
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