MEDICATION AIDE TRAINING PROGRAM                                                                     H.B. 4316 (H-2):

                                                                                                                                                                                SUMMARY OF BILL

                                                                                                                                                REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

House Bill 4316 (Substitute H-2 as reported without amendment)

Sponsor:   Representative Ben Frederick

House Committee:   Health Policy

Senate Committee:   Health Policy and Human Services

CONTENT

The bill would amend Part 219 (Nurse Aide Training and Registration Program) of the Public Health Code to do the following:

 --     Require the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) to administer a medication aide training and permit program as established in rules promulgated by the Department, until January 1, 2027.

 --     Rename the "Nurse Aide Registration Fund" as the "Nurse Aide and Medication Aide Registration Fund".

 --     Modify certain rulemaking provisions.

The bill also would add Section 21920 to Part 219 to do the following:

 --     Prohibit an individual from engaging in practice as a medication aide unless he or she held a registration to engage in that practice.

 --     Prohibit a person from offering a medication aide training program or providing training or instruction to a medication aide candidate unless the person held a permit to offer that training program or provide that training or instruction.

 --     Allow LARA to grant a registration to engage in practice as a medication aide or a permit as a medication aide trainer or a medication aide training program if certain requirements were met.

 --     Allow LARA to grant a registration to an out-of-State applicant if certain requirements were met.

 --     Prescribe certain initial and renewal application fees for a registration to practice as a medication aide and for a permit to conduct training or instruction of a medication aide candidate.

 --     Specify that Section 21920 would not apply beginning January 1, 2027.

MCL 333.21903 et al.                                                             Legislative Analyst:   Stephen Jackson

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have an indeterminate fiscal impact on LARA and no significant fiscal impact on local units of government.

The bill would require LARA to establish and administer registration, training, and permit programs for medication aides and medication aide trainers. The chart below shows the registration and permit fees that would be established by the bill through January 1, 2027: