Bill Summary

• Establishes a new medication aide training and permit program administered by the Michigan Department of Health, effective until January 1, 2027, allowing nurse aides to become medication aides after meeting specific requirements including 2,000 hours of prior nursing home experience and completion of an approved training program.

• Defines medication aides as individuals permitted to administer regularly scheduled medications to nursing home and skilled nursing facility residents under registered professional nurse supervision, explicitly excluding controlled substances, injectable medications, initial administrations, and as-needed medications.

• Requires medication aide training programs offered by qualified educational institutions to incorporate the National Council of State Boards of Nursing medication assistant-certified model curriculum and meet department-established standards.

• Sets annual registration and permit fees: medication aides at $64.00, medication aide trainers at $80.00, and medication aide training programs at $500.00 per site, plus $125.00 competency examination fees for aides.

• Establishes reciprocity allowing individuals with completed medication aide training from Indiana, Ohio, or Wisconsin to obtain Michigan registration upon passing a department-approved competency examination.