SB 5700 — Requiring training for long-term care providers on the needs of the LGBTQ population.

S-3374.1SUBSTITUTES-1096.1SENATE SENATE BILL 5700State of Washington65th Legislature2018Legislature2017 Regular SessionBy Senate Health & Long Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Ranker, Rivers, Liias, Pedersen, Darneille, Chase, and Kuderer)READKudererRead FIRSTfirst TIMEtime 01/17/18.AN02/03/17. ACT Relating to training long-term care providers on the needs of the LGBTQ population;

Referred to Committee on Health Care.AN ACT Relating to training long-term care providers on the needs of the LGBTQ population;

((This requirement applies beginning July 1, 2012.))(2) Of the twelve hours of continuing education training required by subsection (1) of this section, at least one hour must provide cultural competency training on issues relating to the LGBTQ population as follows:(a) Long-termAll long-term care workers exemptwho fromare certificationlicensed underon RCWthe 18.88B.041(1)(a)(i)(B)effective anddate of this section must complete the training by the time of their next license renewal or August 1, 2018, whichever comes later;(b) All long-term care workers who arebecome licensed onafter the effective date of this section must complete the one-time training by theirthe nexttime continuingof educationtheir duefirst datelicense afterrenewal;(c) August 1, 2019;(b) After completing the one-time training, long-term care workers are not required to take the one-time training again until the departmenttraining approvespartnership makes changes to the curriculum.

If there are approved changes in the curriculumtraining basedis uponchanged, revised department competencies, all long-term care workers must take the new curriculum asbefore setthe forthend inof the Washingtonlong-term administrativecare code.(3)worker's next renewal period.(3) Completion of continuing education as required in this section is a prerequisite to maintaining home care aide certification under chapter 18.88B RCW.(((3))) (4) Unless voluntarily certified as a home care aide under chapter 18.88B RCW, subsectionsubsections (1) and (2) of this section does((does)) do not apply to:(a) An individual provider caring only for his or her biological, step, or adoptive parent or child;(b) Registered nurses and licensed practical nurses licensed under chapter 18.79 RCW;(c) ((Before January 1, 2016, a long-term care worker employed by a community residential service business;(d))) A person working as an individual provider who provides twenty hours or less of care for one person in any calendar month;

((and))(b)and(b) Requires comprehensive instruction by qualified instructors;instructors.(((5))) (6) Individual providers under RCW 74.39A.270 shall be compensated for training time required by this section.(((6))) (7) The department of health shall adopt rules to implement subsections (1) and (2) of this section.(((7))) (8) The department shall adopt rules to implement subsection (((2))) (3) of this section.NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 70.128 RCW to read as follows:(1) Adult family home licensees must complete one hour of cultural competency training relating to issues relating to the LGBTQ population.

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TheIf department must approve the training curriculum,is program,changed, andall instructors required by this section, and develop a form licensees may use for self-reporting completion of this requirement.(2) The training required by this section must be completed as follows:(a) All nursing homeowners or administratorsoperators who are licensed on the effective date of this section must completetake the one-timenew trainingcurriculum bybefore the timeend of thetheir home'slicense's next license renewal afterperiod.--- AugustEND 1,--- 2019;(b) After completing the one-time training, nursing homeowners or administrators are not required to take the training again until the department approves changes to the curriculum.

If there are approved changes in the curriculum based upon revised department competencies, all nursing homeowners or administrators, and all long-term care workers, must take the new curriculum as set forth in the Washington administrative code.--- END ---