STATEMENT TO

[Second Reprint]

SENATE, No. 4139

with Assembly Floor Amendments

(Proposed by Assemblyman CONAWAY)

ADOPTED: JANUARY 10, 2022

      These Assembly amendments revise the bill to include additional provisions amending sections of P.L.2021, c.326, which allows for certified nurse aides (CNAs) issued a temporary certification under waivers issued in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, to become fully certified under State law.  Currently, temporary CNAs have until January 11, 2022 to complete certain qualification and examination requirements for full certification and to continue practicing under a temporary CNA certification.  These amendments extend to June 30, 2022, the period during which temporary CNAs will be allowed to complete the examination requirements for full certification, as well as the period during which a temporary CNA certification will be valid.