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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY KINZER, BELL, BRAND, and MYERS
1 3 A Concurrent Resolution providing for the formation of a
1 4 committee by the Legislative Council to evaluate the
1 5 creation of a caregiver recruitment and retention pilot
1 6 program.
1 7 WHEREAS, a significant number of citizens of the
1 8 state of Iowa require some form of nursing assistance,
1 9 home care assistance, or some other form of direct
1 10 patient care; and
1 11 WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of citizens
1 12 requiring such assistance, and all the citizens of the
1 13 state of Iowa, that a caregiver workforce of the
1 14 highest possible quality is maintained; and
1 15 WHEREAS, the prospect of achieving and retaining a
1 16 high quality caregiver workforce will be substantially
1 17 increased through efforts to provide training,
1 18 establish and maintain educational standards of
1 19 excellence, and facilitate enhanced career
1 20 opportunities; NOW THEREFORE,
1 21 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
1 22 SENATE CONCURRING, That the Legislative Council shall
1 23 appoint a working committee to evaluate the creation
1 24 of a caregiver recruitment and retention pilot program
1 25 to establish and streamline educational standards of
1 26 excellence for nursing assistants, home care aides,
1 27 patient care technicians, and other caregivers who
1 28 provide direct care for elders, and to develop the
1 29 appropriate educational programming to ensure that
1 30 these standards are met and a quality caregiver
2 1 workforce is available. The program shall involve the
2 2 development of career opportunities for caregivers,
2 3 the establishment of educational standards of
2 4 excellence for direct caregivers in all disciplines to
2 5 replace the minimal educational standards currently
2 6 relied on in each discipline, and the streamlining of
2 7 the educational standards to facilitate cross-
2 8 training. Goals of the program shall be to:
2 9 1. Increase accessibility of educational
2 10 programming for direct caregivers, and offer
2 11 educational programming to family and other informal
2 12 caregivers.
2 13 2. Develop or modify specialization certification
2 14 program curriculum.
2 15 3. Examine the feasibility of educational
2 16 programming for volunteers and care review committee
2 17 members.
2 18 4. Focus recruitment efforts relating to family
2 19 investment plan recipients on a career of caregiving.
2 20 5. Serve as a means of abuse prevention and
2 21 intervention by providing ongoing comprehensive
2 22 training on abuse and how to care for abused patients
2 23 and residents.
2 24 The working committee shall be composed of members
2 25 of both political parties and both houses of the
2 26 General Assembly, and shall also include
2 27 representatives from the department of elder affairs,
2 28 including the nursing home ombudsman, and nursing
2 29 assistants, home care aides, patient care technicians,
2 30 and other caregivers. The committee shall assemble a
3 1 consortium of educators to establish and streamline
3 2 educational standards, consider which county or
3 3 counties in which to launch a pilot program, survey
3 4 direct caregivers to determine educational needs, and
3 5 evaluate the development of an educational programming
3 6 pilot project to be delivered through the fiber optics
3 7 network in a designated location.
3 8 The committee shall be staffed by the Legislative
3 9 Service Bureau and the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. The
3 10 committee shall begin its deliberations following the
3 11 adjournment of the 1997 Session of the General
3 12 Assembly and shall issue its report of recommendations
3 13 for establishment of a pilot program by January 1,
3 14 1998.
3 15 LSB 2789YH 77
3 16 rn/jj/8.1
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