BILL NUMBER: AB 1347	CHAPTERED  09/25/01

	CHAPTER  339
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 25, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 24, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 30, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 27, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 2, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 4, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 26, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 16, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 27, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Pescetti
   (Principal coauthor:  Senator Machado)
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Alquist, Chan, Matthews, and Robert
Pacheco)
   (Coauthor:  Senator Romero)

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2001

   An act to add Section 1263 to the Health and Safety Code, relating
to caregiver training.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1347, Pescetti.  Dementia caregiver training.
   Under existing law, the various requirements have been established
for skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities that
provide care for elderly and disabled citizens.  Existing law also
specifies the training requirements for persons employed in these
facilities.
   This bill would establish dementia-specific training and education
requirements for the certified nurse assistant staff of skilled
nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 1263 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
   1263.  (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the
Dementia Training Standards Act of 2001.
   (b) (1) Any certified nurse assistant employed by a skilled
nursing facility or intermediate care facility shall have completed
at least two hours of initial dementia-specific training  as part of
the facility's orientation program.  The training shall be completed
within the first 40 hours of employment.
   (2) The facility shall develop a dementia-specific training
component within the existing orientation program, to be implemented
no later than July 1, 2002.
   (3) The facility's modified orientation program shall be reviewed
by the department in a phasein schedule that begins no later than
July 1, 2002, and is completed no later than July 1, 2005.
   (c) Any certified nursing assistant employed by a skilled nursing
facility or intermediate care facility shall participate in a
minimum of five hours of dementia-specific in-service training per
year, as part of the facility's in-service training.
   (d) Freestanding and hospital-based pediatric skilled nursing
facilities with exclusively pediatric occupancy shall be exempt from
the requirements set forth in this section.