This Act commits discretion over the length of certified nursing assistant training and orientation programs to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. This change will facilitate the rapid certification of National Guard members as certified nursing assistants (CNAs) by allowing the Department of Health and Social Services to establish the total required classroom and clinical training and mandatory facility-specific orientation hours. Modeled after a Minnesota initiative, eligible guard members will participate in rapid certification programs through DelTech and be deployed to provide temporary staffing in long-term care facilities experiencing staffing shortages under MOUs entered will the facilities. National Guard members have served as a critical part of the state’s response efforts throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Training and deploying National Guard soldiers to work as CNAs will help relieve staffing shortages in healthcare settings and facilitate the transfer of patients out of Delaware’s hospitals to free up in-patient bed space.
House Bill 280
Legislative Highlights
House Bill 334 with House Amendment 2 + Senate Amendment 1
This bill permits healthcare providers who are licensed in a state other than Delaware to deliver healthcare services by telehealth and telemedicine only if a healthcare provider-patient relationship has been established in accordance with § 6003 of Title 24. […]
House Bill 415
This Act sets forth the procedures by which a health care provider licensed in another state may provide health care services in this State, including the process by which the Division of Professional Regulation must grant a temporary license. […]
House Bill 442 with House Amendment 1
Delaware’s per capita health care spending consistently ranks in the top ten highest spending states and has historically outpaced economic growth in Delaware. Enhanced transparency and shared accountability for spending and quality targets have been used to accelerate changes in […]