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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
SENATE BILL 1715 By: Garvin
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to long-term care; directing
promulgation of certain rules; establishing certain
temporary curriculum for employer-based training
programs; providing for codification; and providing
an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section o f law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-1951.2 of Title 63, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering , reads as follows:
A. Not later than November 1, 202 7, the State Commissioner of
Health shall promulgate rules governing employer -based training
programs for nurse aides including, but not limited to, rules that
allow the employment of noncertified nurse aides enrolled in an
employer-based training program, subject to the conditions allowed
in such rules.
B. 1. Until November 1, 2027, an employer-based training
program for nurse aides shall consist of at least eighty -five (85)
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hours of training or the e quivalent if the facil ity is subject to
regulation by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
2. Of the total required hours of training or the equivalent as
specified in paragraph 1 of this su bsection, the program shall
include:
a. at least sixteen (16) hours of supervised practical
training that is documented and signed by the nurse
aide trainee,
b. all of the curriculum specified in 42 C.F.R., Section
483.152(b), and
c. pursuant to paragraph 3 of subsection A of Section 1-
1951 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, a minimum
of ten (10) hours of training in the care o f
Alzheimer’s patients.
C. 1. Until November 1, 202 7, an employer-based training
program for nurse aides shall consist of at least one hundred twenty
(120) hours of training or t he equivalent if the facility is not
subject to regulation by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services.
2. Of the total required hours of training or the e quivalent as
specified in paragraph 1 of this subsection , the program shall
include:
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a. at least sixteen (16) hours of supervised practical
training that is documented and signed by the nurse
aide trainee,
b. all of the curriculum specified in 42 C .F.R., Section
483.152(b),
c. pursuant to paragraph 3 of subsection A of Section 1-
1951 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes , a minimum
of ten (10) hours of training in the care of
Alzheimer’s patients,
d. completion of a restorative nurse aide training
program, and
e. the following subjects:
(1) ethics and ethical conduct,
(2) social media behavior and priva cy,
(3) organizational structure of various care provider
settings,
(4) trauma-informed care,
(5) basic legal statuses of residents or patients
including, but not limited to, guardianship,
power of attorney, advance directive, and living
will,
(6) understanding basic cultural competency and
religious preferences,
(7) resident sexuality in car e settings,
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(8) understanding state rules and regulations for
reportable incidents to the State Department of
Health and the nurse aide registry,
(9) personal liability,
(10) possible career progression, and
(11) professional soft skills including time
management, problem-solving, teamwork, stress
management, decision -making, critical thinking ,
conflict management, receiving criticism,
adaptability, and professionalism.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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