HB 865 Summary

• Creates section 429.501 requiring Department of Elderly Affairs to approve third-party credentialing entities to develop and administer professional certification programs for assisted living facility administrators effective July 1, 2014.

• Third-party credentialing entities must comply with National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) standards and obtain NCCA accreditation by July 1, 2014 if applying before December 31, 2013.

• Effective July 1, 2014, all assisted living facility administrators must be certified by an approved third-party credentialing entity; failure to comply subjects violators to administrative fines, with exemptions for administrators licensed under chapter 468, part II.

• Establishes a grandfather clause allowing credentialing entities to issue certifications at no cost to administrators employed or trained before July 1, 2014 through October 1, 2014.

• Amends section 429.52 to transfer administrator training requirements from the Department of Elderly Affairs to third-party credentialing entities and repeals state-run competency test and continuing education provisions effective July 1, 2014.