Bill > SB00093

This bill, titled the Rural Health Transformation Program Act, aims to expand healthcare access by implementing changes related to the regulation and practice of nurse's aides and by enacting the Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact. Key provisions include redefining "nurse's aide" to encompass registered nurse's aides providing services under a nurse's supervision within institutions, expanding the grounds for complaints against nurse's aides to include illegal, incompetent, or negligent conduct, abuse, neglect, misappropriation of property, and fraud, and allowing for the summary suspension of a nurse's aide's practice in advance of a final adjudication. The bill also mandates specific training hours for nurse's aides, including specialized training for challenging behaviors and mental health screenings, and establishes that the Commissioner of Public Health can take action against a nurse's aide for failing to fulfill obligations related to funds received from the Rural Health Transformation Program. Furthermore, the bill enacts the Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact, which allows for the mutual recognition of emergency medical services (EMS) personnel licenses among member states, facilitating the cross-border practice of EMTs, Advanced EMTs, and paramedics, and requires criminal history record checks for applicants seeking licensure or certification in certain healthcare professions.

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