Home health aides: training and certification.
- Establishes new standards for online home health aide training programs with real-time instruction requirements.
- Requires home health aide trainers to be registered nurses with two years experience or supervised LVNs.
- Mandates 12 hours of annual in-service training for home health aide certificate renewal.
- Requires identity verification and monitoring of online training programs to prevent fraud.
Assembly Member Valencia's home health aide training legislation establishes new standards for instructor qualifications and online certification programs while modifying renewal requirements for California's home health aide workforce. The bill requires trainers to be registered nurses with two years of experience, including one year in home health care, or licensed vocational nurses under qualified RN supervision.
For online and distance learning certification programs, the legislation mandates real-time interactive instruction between trainees and approved instructors using collaborative software platforms. Programs must implement identity verification protocols, including signed affidavits from trainees, protect personal information, maintain instructor availability outside class hours, and establish procedures for technical difficulties and missed coursework. The Department of Public Health receives authority to monitor online sessions and collect program performance data.
The bill revises certificate renewal procedures by requiring home health aides to complete 12 hours of in-service training annually. Certificates expire on the holder's birthday and may be renewed within four years of expiration, provided applicants meet criminal background check requirements. The department must notify certificate holders 90 days before renewal and expiration deadlines, though failure to receive notice does not exempt holders from timely renewal obligations.
This bill was recently introduced. Email the authors to let them know what you think about it.
Introduced By
Latest Voting History
 Cecilia Aguiar-CurryD Assembly Member | Committee Member |  Not Contacted | |
 Heath FloraR Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
 Joaquin ArambulaD Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
 Mia BontaD Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
 Dawn AddisD Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted |
- Establishes new standards for online home health aide training programs with real-time instruction requirements.
- Requires home health aide trainers to be registered nurses with two years experience or supervised LVNs.
- Mandates 12 hours of annual in-service training for home health aide certificate renewal.
- Requires identity verification and monitoring of online training programs to prevent fraud.
This bill was recently introduced. Email the authors to let them know what you think about it.
Introduced By
Assembly Member Valencia's home health aide training legislation establishes new standards for instructor qualifications and online certification programs while modifying renewal requirements for California's home health aide workforce. The bill requires trainers to be registered nurses with two years of experience, including one year in home health care, or licensed vocational nurses under qualified RN supervision.
For online and distance learning certification programs, the legislation mandates real-time interactive instruction between trainees and approved instructors using collaborative software platforms. Programs must implement identity verification protocols, including signed affidavits from trainees, protect personal information, maintain instructor availability outside class hours, and establish procedures for technical difficulties and missed coursework. The Department of Public Health receives authority to monitor online sessions and collect program performance data.
The bill revises certificate renewal procedures by requiring home health aides to complete 12 hours of in-service training annually. Certificates expire on the holder's birthday and may be renewed within four years of expiration, provided applicants meet criminal background check requirements. The department must notify certificate holders 90 days before renewal and expiration deadlines, though failure to receive notice does not exempt holders from timely renewal obligations.
Latest Voting History
Cecilia Aguiar-CurryD Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Heath FloraR Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Joaquin ArambulaD Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Mia BontaD Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Dawn AddisD Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted |