PRINTER'S NO. 1905
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1268
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY J. WARD, LANGERHOLC, AUMENT, MENSCH, PITTMAN,
COLLETT, REGAN, PHILLIPS-HILL, ARGALL, BROWNE, FONTANA,
MARTIN, KILLION, MUTH, STEFANO, BREWSTER AND BARTOLOTTA,
AUGUST 31, 2020
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, AUGUST 31, 2020
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 9, 1997 (P.L.169, No.14), entitled "An
act providing for Statewide nurse aide training programs
relating to nursing facilities," providing for findings;
further providing for definitions; providing for
certification of COVID-19 temporary nurse aides; and making
an editorial change.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The findings and declarations immediately
preceding the enacting clause of the act of June 9, 1997
(P.L.169, No.14), known as the Nurse Aide Resident Abuse
Prevention Training Act, are repealed:
[The General Assembly finds and declares that nurse aides in
this Commonwealth are required to successfully complete a State-
approved training and evaluation in order to be employed as a
nurse aide in a skilled nursing facility or nursing facility in
this Commonwealth. Further, it is recognized that the purpose of
the training, as mandated by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1987 (Public Law 100-203, 101 Stat. 1330), is to ensure
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