(A)(1) In addition to any other eligibility requirement of this chapter, to be eligible to serve as a personal care aide under the integrated care delivery system, an individual must successfully complete thirty hours of pre-service training acceptable to the department of medicaid.

To maintain eligibility, each personal care aide must successfully complete six hours of in-service training acceptable to the department. Such training must be completed every twelve months.

(2) In administering the integrated care delivery system, the department shall not require a personal care aide to do either of the following:

(a) Complete more than thirty hours of pre-service training;

(b) Complete more than six hours of in-service training in a twelve-month period.

(B) The department of medicaid shall not require an individual serving as a home health aide under the integrated care delivery system to complete more hours of pre-service training or annual in-service training than required by federal law.

(C) Only the following may supervise a home health aide or personal care aide under the integrated care delivery system:

(1) A registered nurse;

(2) A licensed practical nurse under the direction of a registered nurse.

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