Relating to training for health care facility inspectors, and making appropriations

This bill relates to training for health care facility inspectors. The bill requires the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing (department), in consultation with the board of nursing, to establish continuing education requirements that allow a person to maintain dual certification as a certified nurse aide and a health care facility inspector. The bill requires the department to establish a health care facility inspector incentive grant program to provide funding for certified nurse aides to obtain necessary training to qualify as health care facility inspectors. The bill provides that a grant shall be up to $2,000 with grant amounts based on an applicant’s number of years of employment as a certified nurse aide and the amount of training necessary for the applicant to qualify as an inspector. The bill requires the department to establish eligibility requirements, award criteria, and application and other necessary procedures for the program. The bill establishes a health care facility inspector incentive grant program fund to support the program. The bill requires the board of directors of each community college to establish a certificate program for long-term care quality and inspection support. The bill specifies the content and structure of the program. The bill directs the board to pursue relevant state and federal grants and other funding opportunities to establish and expand the program.3. The bill provides that moneys generated in the bill are intended to cover the costs of any state mandate included in the bill. The inclusion of this specification of state funding is intended to reinstate the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state mandates included in the bill.