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CS/SB 558: Certified Nursing Assistants

GENERAL BILL by Health Policy ; Burton

Certified Nursing Assistants; Authorizing nursing home facilities to allow their registered nurses to delegate certain tasks to certified nursing assistants who meet specified criteria; providing for the designation of such certified nursing assistants as qualified medication aides; requiring that medication administration be included in certain performance improvement activities tracked by nursing homes in accordance with federal regulations; providing that the time spent by certified nursing assistants performing the duties of a qualified medication aide may not be included in the computing of certain minimum staffing ratio requirements for direct care provided to residents, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2023
 Last Action: 6/16/2023 - Chapter No. 2023-250
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Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/7/2023 Senate • Filed
2/16/2023 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
2/27/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/06/23, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/6/2023 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
3/7/2023 Senate • Introduced
• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 114
3/8/2023 Senate • Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
3/16/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 03/21/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
3/21/2023 Senate • Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
• Now in Fiscal Policy
3/23/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/28/23, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building
3/28/2023 Senate • Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
3/29/2023 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
3/30/2023 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/04/23
4/4/2023 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 328
• Read 3rd time -SJ 328
• CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 328
• Immediately certified -SJ 335
4/5/2023 House • In Messages
4/28/2023 House • Bill referred to House Calendar
• Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/1/2023)
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
5/1/2023 House • Read 2nd time
• Placed on 3rd reading
• Added to Third Reading Calendar
5/2/2023 House • Read 3rd time
• CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0
5/2/2023 Senate • Ordered enrolled
6/12/2023 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
6/16/2023 • Approved by Governor
• Chapter No. 2023-250