SB 353 Indiana Senate · 2022 Regular Session

Home health aide training requirements.

Summary
Requires a registered home health aide who: (1) is employed as a home health aide; and (2) provides care to an individual who has been diagnosed with or experiences symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or a related cognitive disorder; to complete certain dementia training. Sets forth the requirements of dementia training. Requires the state department of health to: (1) identify and approve a dementia training program that meets certain requirements as an approved dementia training program; and (2) establish and implement a process for state department approval of a dementia training program. Allows a home health aide to produce a certificate of completion issued by an entity that provides approved dementia training as proof of compliance with the training requirements.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House Passage
Feb 2022
Signed into Law
Mar 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022 Signed Mar 8, 2022
Floor votes · House Feb 22, 2022

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Mar 8, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Feb 23, 2022
Introduced
Returned to the Senate without amendments
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 243: yeas 82, nays 10
lower
Feb 17, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
lower
Feb 2, 2022
Committee
Referred to the House
upper
Feb 1, 2022
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 179: yeas 49, nays 0
upper
Jan 27, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
upper
3 primary · 7 co-sponsors

Sponsors