HB 280 DE

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This Act commits discretion over the length of certified nursing assistant training and orientation programs to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. This change will facilitate the rapid certification of National Guard members as certified nursing assistants (CNAs) by allowing the Department of Health and Social Services to establish the total required classroom and clinical training and mandatory facility-specific orientation hours. Modeled after a Minnesota initiative, eligible guard members will participate in rapid certification programs through DelTech and be deployed to provide temporary staffing in long term care facilities experiencing staffing shortages under MOUs entered will the facilities. National Guard members have served as a critical part of the state’s response efforts throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Training and deploying National Guard soldiers to work as CNAs will help relieve staffing shortages in health care settings and facilitate the transfer of patients out of Delaware’s hospitals to free up in-patient bed space.

• David Bentz · primary
• David P. Sokola Democratic · primary
• Bryan Townsend Democratic · primary
• Gerald W. Hocker Republican · primary
• Valerie Longhurst · primary
• William J. Carson Democratic · primary
• Sherry Dorsey Walker · primary
• Melissa Minor-Brown Democratic · primary
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf · primary
• Daniel B. Short Republican · primary
• Sarah McBride · primary

1. Jan 6, 2022 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House · lower
2. Jan 11, 2022 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits · lower
3. Jan 13, 2022 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES · lower
4. Jan 13, 2022 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate · upper
5. Jan 19, 2022 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits · upper
6. Jan 19, 2022 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES · upper
7. Jan 24, 2022 Signed by Governor · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Bill Text · HTML
• Bill Text · PDF