In consultation with the aging and long-term services department, the authority shall: A. identify, publish a list of and periodically review online or in-person standardized training programs that meet the requirements of the Long-Term Care Facility Dementia Training Act; B. develop and periodically review required evaluation instruments that demonstrate competency and knowledge gained in training topics; C. promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of the Long-Term Care Facility Dementia Training Act, including: (1) for evaluation on the training topics for treatment and care of persons with Alzheimer's disease or dementia; and (2) requiring one hour of dementia care training to be included as part of an annual continuing education training requirement for direct care service staff members at long-term care facilities, unless additional time is necessitated to address changing standards of care; D. issue interpretative guidance as necessary to ensure compliance with the Long-Term Care Facility Dementia Training Act; E. review all long-term care facility dementia training programs related to the Long-Term Care Facility Dementia Training Act; and F. give notice of the requirements of the Long-Term Care Facility Dementia Training Act to long-term care facilities within ninety days of June 18, 2021. History: Laws 2021, ch. 111, § 4; 2023, ch. 163, § 3; § 24-17B-4, recompiled and amended as § 24A-6-4 by Laws 2024, ch. 39, § 51. Recompilations. — Laws 2024, ch. 39, § 51 recompiled and amended former 24-17B-4 NMSA 1978 as 24A-6-4 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2024. The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, substituted references to "department" with the health care authority, and required the health care authority, in consultation with the aging and long-term services department, to promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of the Long-Term Care Facility Dementia Training Act; in the section heading and introductory clause, substituted "Department" with "Authority"; and in Subsection C, added "to carry out the provisions of the Long-Term Care Facility Dementia Training Act, including" and deleted Paragraph C(3). The 2023 amendment, effective June 16, 2023, required the department of health to promulgate rules requiring dementia care training to be included as part of an annual continuing education training requirement for direct care service staff members at long-term care facilities, and revised the department's duties related to long-term care facility dementia training; in Subsection A, after "identify", deleted "approve"; in Subsection B, after "develop", deleted "or approve"; in Subsection C, added a new Paragraph C(2) and redesignated former Paragraph C(2) as Paragraph C(3); in Subsection E, deleted "oversee and approve" and added "review"; deleted former Subsection F; and redesignated former Subsection G as new Subsection F.
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