Second Regular Session
               Seventieth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 16-0353.01 Kristen Forrestal x4217SENATE BILL 16-078
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Martinez Humenik,  Todd
 
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Primavera,  Singer, Vigil, Roupe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Senate Committees
 House Committees
 
 
 Business, Labor, & Technology
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning continuing competency requirements for
            administrators of assisted living facilities.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note:  This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
       passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
       applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
       http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            The bill requires an operator of an assisted living facility to ensure
       that the administrator of the facility completes 30 credits of continuing
       competency every 2 years. The operator must maintain records on the
       facility premises as proof of the fulfillment of the competency
       requirements. The department of public health and environment is
       required to promulgate rules concerning the competency requirements.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 25-27-104.3 as
       follows:
            25-27-104.3.  Administrators - continuing competency - rules.
       An operator of an assisted living facility shall ensure that the
       administrator of the facility completes thirty credits of
       continuing competency every two years. The operator shall
       maintain records on the assisted living residence premises as
       proof of fulfillment of the competency requirements in a form
       and manner prescribed by the department. The department shall
       promulgate rules to establish the continuing competency
       requirements, which must include at least one credit hour for
       ethics and at least one credit hour concerning employee
       management.
            SECTION 2.  Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
       takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the
       ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August
       10, 2016, if adjournment sine die is on May 11, 2016); except that, if a
       referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the
       state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act
       within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect
       unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in
       November 2016 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the
       official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.