Revision: Jan. 2, 2020, 1:52 p.m.
SB 570 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2952
10/08
SENATE BILL 570
AN ACT relative to the reimbursement of costs of training nursing assistants.
SPONSORS: Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Giuda, Dist 2; Rep. Schamberg, Merr. 4; Rep. Woods, Merr. 23; Rep. Hennessey, Graf. 1
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires the commissioner of health and human services to adopt rules for reimbursement of the costs of training nursing assistants employed in nursing facilities to the party responsible for incurring the training costs.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2952
10/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to the reimbursement of costs of training nursing assistants.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Purpose and Findings. The general court finds that:
I. Licensed nursing assistants are the front-line providers of direct care in many settings, including hospitals and nursing homes. New Hampshire has recently seen a net loss of licensed nursing assistants, to the detriment of the staffing necessary to ensure continuity and quality of care.
II. Under federal law, including 42 C.F.R. section 483.158, federal financial participation is allowed for the reimbursement of training expenses of those nursing assistants who go to work in nursing homes. While nursing assistants might incur those costs themselves, they are often incurred by a prospective employer.
III. It is the intent of the general court to remove any unreasonable barriers to the licensure and training of nursing assistants.
2 Health Facility Licensing; Costs of Training for Nurse Assistants. Amend RSA 151:9, I(k) to read as follows:
(k) Procedures for reviewing documentation of the mandatory completion of a state approved program under RSA 326-B for assistants to nurses in facilities licensed under RSA 151:2, who may not assume the responsibility of the position of an assistant to nurses prior to completion of the appropriate course required by this chapter. Such rules shall include procedures for reimbursement through federal financial participation or otherwise of the costs of training nursing assistants to the party responsible for incurring the training costs of such nursing assistants who work in nursing homes.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.