SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2170, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 250864
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11 Senator Peaden moved the following amendment:
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18 Section 11. Subsections (1) and (4) of section
19 400.211, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
20 400.211 Persons employed as nursing assistants;
21 certification requirement.--
22 (1) To serve as a nursing assistant in any nursing
23 home, a person must be certified as a nursing assistant under
24 part II of chapter 464, unless the person is a registered
25 nurse, a or practical nurse, or a certified geriatric
26 specialist certified or licensed in accordance with part I of
27 chapter 464 or an applicant for such licensure who is
28 permitted to practice nursing in accordance with rules adopted
29 by the Board of Nursing pursuant to part I of chapter 464.
30 (4) When employed by a nursing home facility for a
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SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2170, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 250864
1 certification, shall submit to a performance review every 12
2 months and must receive regular inservice education based on
3 the outcome of these such reviews. The inservice training
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5 (a) Be sufficient to ensure the continuing competence
6 of nursing assistants, must be at least 12 18 hours per year,
7 and may include hours accrued under s. 464.203(7) s.
8 464.203(8);
9 (b) Include, at a minimum:
10 1. Techniques for assisting with eating and proper
11 feeding;
12 2. Principles of adequate nutrition and hydration;
13 3. Techniques for assisting and responding to the
14 cognitively impaired resident or the resident with difficult
15 behaviors;
16 4. Techniques for caring for the resident at the
17 end-of-life; and
18 5. Recognizing changes that place a resident at risk
19 for pressure ulcers and falls; and
20 (c) Address areas of weakness as determined in nursing
21 assistant performance reviews and may address the special
22 needs of residents as determined by the nursing home facility
23 staff.
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25 Costs associated with this training may not be reimbursed from
26 additional Medicaid funding through interim rate adjustments.
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