{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-205.636","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 205.636","heading":"Temporary COVID -19 personal care attendant -- Training and competency","body":"requirements -- Application for waiver or plan amendment.\n(1) As used in this section:\n(a) \"COVID-19 pandemic\" means the national emergency declaration concerning\nCOVID-19 as declared by the President of the United States and the United States\nDepartment of Health and Human Services; and\n(b) \"Temporary COVID-19 personal care attendant\" or \"PCA\" means a person who is\nemployed and received training in a skilled nursing facility under a temporary\naccommodation made to address work load increases and staffing shortages\ncaused by the COVID-19 pandemic by the suspension of federal regulatory and\nstatutory provisions by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.\n(2) The Department for Medicaid Services shall accept the training requirements as included\nin the \"Temporary COVID-19 Personal Care Attendant memorandum\" issued April 14,\n2020, by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services that are completed by a PCA who\nis in good standing with his or her employer. The PCA shall be deemed a state registered\nnurse aide and shall be placed on the Kentucky Nurse Aide Registry if:\n(a) A minimum of eighty (80) hours of PCA duties have been completed within a\nskilled nursing facility under the supervision of a licensed or registered nurse; and\n(b) Competency has been established by the following:\n1. Through an assessment in all areas of required nurse aide training as provided\nfor in 42 C.F.R. sec. 483.152(b) by an instructor who is a licensed nur se\nconfirmed by the facility to have completed instructor training required by the\nDepartment for Medicaid Services; and\n2. Successful completion of the nurse aide examination.\n(3) The Department for Medicaid Services shall:\n(a) Apply for any Medicaid waivers or state plan amendments necessary to implement\nsubsection (2) of this section;\n(b) Incorporate the provisions under subsection (2) of this section into the nurse aide\ntraining and competency evaluation program requirements; and\n(c) Promulgate any administration regulation necessary to implement this subsection and\nsubsection (2) of this section.\nE ffective: September 9, 2021","path":["KRS Chapter 205"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=51859","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:04Z","sha256":"e73daff93c0deaa421e1b6016cead2fd7d851916b4a356edd378fdddc1d2d7f2","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-205.635","next":"us-ky/krs-205.637"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}