HB 349

Abstract

Advanced registered medication aides; certified nursing facilities; work group; report. Requires advanced registered medication aides who administer drugs that would otherwise be self-administered to residents in a certified nursing facility licensed by the Department of Health to register with the Board of Nursing. Under the bill, an advanced registered medication aide who is registered to administer drugs to residents in a certified nursing facility shall also be eligible to administer drugs that would otherwise be self-administered to residents in an assisted living facility. The foregoing provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025. The bill also requires the Board of Nursing to convene a work group to develop recommendations to enable such medication aides to administer drugs to residents in a certified nursing facility and to report such recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health and Human Services by November 1, 2024. Finally, the bill requires the Department of Health to promulgate regulations to authorize such medication aides to administer prescription drugs to residents in certified nursing facilities. The bill directs the Board of Nursing to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of the bill to be effective as of July 1, 2025.

Medication aides; certified nursing facilities;work group; report. Requires medication aides who administersdrugs that would otherwise be self-administered to residents in acertified nursing facility licensed by the Department of Health toregister with the Board of Nursing. Under the bill, a medication aidewho is registered to administer drugs to residents in a certifiednursing facility shall also be eligible to administer drugs that wouldotherwise be self-administered to residents in an assisted livingfacility. The foregoing provisions of the bill have a delayed effectivedate of July 1, 2025. The bill also requires the Board of Nursingto convene a work group to develop recommendations to enable suchmedication aides to administer drugs to residents in a certified nursingfacility and to report such recommendations to the Chairmen of theSenate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee onHealth, Welfare and Institutions by November 1, 2024. Finally, thebill requires the Department of Health to promulgate regulations toauthorize such medication aides to administer prescription drugs toresidents in certified nursing facilities. The bill directs the Boardof Nursing to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of thebill to be effective as of July 1, 2025.