ARIZONA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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SB 1244: caregivers; assisted living; training |
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PRIME SPONSOR: Senator Brophy McGee, LD 28 BILL STATUS: Health and Human Services
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Modifies the training program
requirements for assisted living facilities to include training that is
consistent with the training, competency and test methodology standards
developed by the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) for
in-home direct care workers (DCW). 
Specifies
that a person who has successfully completed the training and competency
requirements developed by AHCCCS for in-home DCWs satisfies the training
requirements for assisted living facility caregivers, with certain exceptions.
History
The Arizona Board of Nursing Care Institution Administrators and Assisted Living Facility Managers (Board) licenses and regulates administrators and managers of nursing care institutions and assisted living facilities. A few of the Board's responsibilities include prescribing standards for assisted living facility training programs and adopting rules for the examination and certification of assisted living facility managers. (A.R.S. § 36-446.03)
AHCCCS has instituted training and testing requirements for DCWs who provide direct care services to Arizona Long Term Care System (ALTCS) members residing in their own home. Chapter 400, Section 429 of the AHCCCS Contractors Operations Manual outlines the minimum program requirements and standards for approved programs to ensure uniformity of the training and testing of DCWs and DCW Trainers as well as the portability of testing records. The manual outlines the curriculum, training, testing and continuing education requirements.
A.R.S. § 36-446 currently defines an assisted living facility training program as including: 1) training required for assisted living facility manager certification; and 2) training required by DHS for assisted living facility caregivers.
Provisions
1. Modifies the training program for assisted living facilities to include training that is consistent with the training, competency and test methodology standards developed by AHCCCS for in-home DCWs. (Sec. 1)
2. Stipulates that the Board must prescribe rules for assisted living facility caregivers consistent with the training, competency and test methodology standards developed by AHCCCS for in-home DCWs by June 1, 2020. (Sec. 2)
3. Specifies that a person who successfully completes the training and competency requirements developed by AHCCCS for in-home DCWs satisfies the training requirements for assisted living facility caregivers, except for medication administration training required by the assisted living facility caregiver's scope of practice. (Sec. 3)
4. Makes technical changes. (Sec. 1, 2)
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8. Fifty-fourth Legislature SB 1244
9. First Regular Session Version 1: Health and Human Services
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