Bill Text: IA SF2159 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the implementation of a centralized direct care workforce database.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-08 - Subcommittee: Segebart, Chelgren, and Ragan. S.J. 277. [SF2159 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF2159-Introduced.html

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Senate File 2159 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  RAGAN

                                 (COMPANION TO lsb
                                     6019hh by steckman)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the implementation of a centralized direct
  2    care workforce database.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  CENTRALIZED DIRECT CARE WORKFORCE DATABASE.  The
  1  2 department of inspections and appeals shall expand the registry
  1  3 of nurse aides established pursuant to 441 IAC 81.16(5) to
  1  4 include a database to maintain the verified education and
  1  5 training records, credentials or certifications, and experience
  1  6 of all direct care workers. The purposes of the centralized
  1  7 direct care workforce database are to increase the portability
  1  8 of direct care worker records, credentials or certifications,
  1  9 and experience across settings; lessen the burden on direct
  1 10 care workers and employers in the recruitment, selection,
  1 11 and employment of direct care workers; and provide the data
  1 12 necessary to ensure a well=prepared direct care workforce to
  1 13 meet the growing demand for these services.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 16 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 17    This bill requires the department of inspections and
  1 18 appeals to expand the registry of nurse aides to include a
  1 19 database to maintain the verified education and training
  1 20 records, credentials or certifications, and experience of all
  1 21 direct care workers. The purposes of the centralized direct
  1 22 care workforce database are to increase the portability of
  1 23 direct care worker records, credentials or certifications,
  1 24 and experience across settings; lessen the burden on direct
  1 25 care workers and employers in the recruitment, selection,
  1 26 and employment of direct care workers; and provide the data
  1 27 necessary to ensure a well=prepared direct care workforce to
  1 28 meet the growing demand for these services.
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