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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1362  FILED ON: 1/14/2025
 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2381
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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  PRESENTED BY:
  Tackey Chan
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
        Court assembled:
        The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
  An Act relative to creating accessible CNA training.
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  PETITION OF:
NAME:  DISTRICT/ADDRESS:  DATE ADDED:
Tackey Chan  2nd Norfolk  1/14/2025
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  HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1362  FILED ON: 1/14/2025
     HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2381
    By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2381) of Tackey
    Chan for legislation further regulating the training of certain employees of long term care
    facilities who provides nursing care. Public Health.
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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  In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
  (2025-2026)
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    An Act relative to creating accessible CNA training.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
    of the same, as follows:
1  Section 1. Section 72W of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022
2   Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding after “The commissioner after consultation with
3   the secretary of elder affairs and the board of registration shall establish standards for the training
4   of nurses' aides which shall include a minimum of sixty hours of training;” the following:
5   “provided that such training shall be delivered in languages other than English, including, but not
6   limited to, Spanish, Chinese and Haitian Creole; provided further that the department shall
7   determine in which languages the training shall be offered.”
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