Introduced
by
To impose a registration mandate on “medication aides” in nursing homes and similar facilities, with requirements that an applicant work as a nurse’s aide for at least 2,000 hours in a nursing home, pass a state-approved course and test, and more. “Medication aide” is defined as a person who administers “regularly scheduled medications to residents of a nursing home or skilled nursing facility while under the supervision of a registered professional nurse or licensed practical nurses”.
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Passed in the House 56 to 48 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Human Services
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
