| Sec. 1. Rules. Resolved: That the Department of Health and Human |
| Services and the State Board of Nursing shall adopt rules |
| establishing a new classification of certified health care |
| workers to be named "health care attendants." In developing the |
| new classification of health care attendants, the department and |
| the State Board of Nursing shall review the requirements for |
| certification of certified nursing assistants for training, |
| certification and listing in good standing on the Maine Registry |
| of Certified Nursing Assistants pursuant to the Maine Revised |
| Statutes, Title 22, section 1812-G. The department and the State |
| Board of Nursing shall adopt rules regarding training |
| requirements and certification standards for health care |
| attendants that will qualify health care attendants to perform |
| the function of feeding patients who need assistance with eating |
| and other functions relating to patient care such as grooming and |
| dressing. In developing the training requirements and |
| certification standards, the department and State Board of |
| Nursing shall seek the advice and participation of the long-term |
| care ombudsman program and representatives of consumers and |
| providers of health care and assisted living services. The |
| certification standards for health care attendants may not |
| require completion of a course for certified nursing assistants |
| or qualification for listing in good standing on the Maine |
| Registry of Certified Nursing Assistants. Rules adopted pursuant |
| to this section are routine technical rules as defined in the |
| Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. |
