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Enrolled HB 244 Relating to certified nurse aide training; and providing for an effective date. _______________ * Section 1. AS 08.68.331 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: (c) Regulations adopted under (a)(1) of this section establishing standards for a certified nurse aide training program must require that the program (1) be conducted in a manner to ensure that clients receive safe and competent care; and (2) train a certified nurse aide to (A) form a relationship, communicate, and interact competently with a client; (B) demonstrate sensitivity to the emotional, social, and mental health needs of a client through skillful and directed interactions; (C) assist a client in reaching and maintaining independence; (D) support and promote the rights of a client; (E) demonstrate the skills of observing and monitoring a client during caregiving, as well as reporting those observations to enable the assessment of the health, physical condition, and well-being of a client; (F) demonstrate knowledge of the abilities and care needs of a client; (G) use a problem-solving approach when providing care; (H) use techniques that ensure and preserve the respect, values, choices, and dignity of a client; (I) demonstrate knowledge of client assessment and care planning best practices; (J) use effective communication skills, including while communicating with a client with psychosocial needs or Alzheimer's disease, dementia, a mental illness, an intellectual disability, or another cognitive disability or impairment; (K) provide care to a client who is cognitively impaired or has a decline in cognitive function related to dementia; and (L) demonstrate basic knowledge of Alzheimer's disease, dementia, dementia-related behaviors, and the activities of daily living; in this subparagraph, "activities of daily living" means eating, dressing, grooming, bathing, and toileting. * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2027.
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