Health care facility employees.
HB 1385 provides an exception to one of the disqualifying conditions that would typically prevent a nurse aide or other unlicensed employee from working in a health care facility. This bill directly affects individuals seeking employment or currently employed in these roles, potentially broadening eligibility for some.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Jan 13, 2025
Signed Apr 16, 2025
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This bill removes the detailed exception for peer recovery coaches from the list of disqualifying conditions for employing nurse aides. Previously, individuals with felony convictions related to controlled substances could still work as nurse aides if they were certified peer recovery coaches with no pending charges and no new convictions. The new version eliminates this exception entirely, meaning anyone with such a felony conviction within the past five years is now automatically ineligible, regardless of peer recovery coach certification.
Scope change
The bill narrows the eligibility criteria for nurse aide employment by removing an exception that previously allowed peer recovery coaches with certain controlled substance felony convictions to be employed.
ELIGIBILITY
Removed the exception allowing peer recovery coaches with felony convictions related to controlled substances to be employed as nurse aides, provided they had no pending charges and no new convictions after certification.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 24, 2025 · House Feb 3, 2025
How they voted
47–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 50
Mar 24, 2025
D
Democratic10
80% Yea
R
Republican40
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
10
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Apr 16, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Apr 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President of the Senate
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by the Speaker
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 352: yeas 91, nays 2
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 269: yeas 47, nays 0
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Amendment #2 (Crider) prevailed; voice vote
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 68: yeas 88, nays 0
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
lower
2 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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