SB 24-167

Senate Bill 24-167 requires assisted living facilities in Colorado to ensure that their direct care workers undergo specific health and safety training. This includes taking a tuberculosis test, getting fit-tested for respiratory masks, and completing specialized direct care training. Workers will receive certificates upon completion of the training, which they can use at other assisted living residences. The bill was signed into law by the governor on June 6, 2024, and it will take effect on January 1, 2025. This means that starting next year, all new direct care workers in assisted living facilities must meet these requirements to provide services to residents.

Official Summary

The act authorizes the department of public health and environment to require each operator of an assisted living residence (operator) to require each direct care worker who provides direct care services to residents of an assisted living residence (direct care worker) to: Take a tuberculosis test; and Undergo fit testing for a respiratory mask. The act requires each operator to require each direct care worker to complete direct care training to provide specific services to residents. The individual or entity that provides training is required to provide each trained direct care worker with a certificate of completion of training that may be presented to another assisted living residence to consider for the purposes of satisfying the residence's training requirements. For a direct care worker who has been issued a certificate of completion, an operator may require an employee to complete new training or may require the completion of a competency test prior to the employee providing direct care services. APPROVED by Governor June 6, 2024 EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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