NURSE AIDE REGISTRATION                                                   H.B. 5089 (S-2):

                                                                                         SUMMARY OF BILL

                                                                         REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

House Bill 5089 (Substitute S-2 as reported)

Sponsor:  Representative Ann Bollin

House Committee:  Health Policy

Senate Committee:  Health Policy and Human Services

CONTENT

The bill would amend Part 219 (Nurse Aide Training and Registration Program) of the Public Health Code to do the following:

-- Modify the requirements an applicant must meet to be granted registration as a nurse aide by the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA).

-- Require LARA to allow an applicant to complete a nurse aide competency examination online or through remote means, or at a nursing care facility that proctored the examination.

-- Require LARA to allow a testing vendor to contract with the staff of a nursing care facility to proctor a nurse aide competency examination.

-- Prohibit LARA from denying a person a permit as a nurse aide training program because the program allowed individuals to complete curricula online or through remote means, or counted the time and individual had worked performing skills necessary of a nurse aide as time in training.

-- Specify that the online competency examination and the line curricula would not apply to training or testing required under Federal regulations.

MCL 333.21911                                     Legislative Analyst:  Stephen P. Jackson

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

Date Completed:  4-25-22                          Fiscal Analyst:  Elizabeth Raczkowski

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.