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Committee approves 1-hour dementia training for DCBS workers
Summary
The House Families and Children Committee voted unanimously to advance House Bill 479, which requires one hour of dementia training for Department for Community Based Services workers; training may be provided free by the Alzheimer’s Association or another qualifying provider and carries no fiscal note, lawmakers said.
House lawmakers on the House Standing Committee on Families and Children voted to advance House Bill 479, a measure that would require one hour of dementia training for Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) workers.
The bill’s sponsor, Representative Derek Lewis, said the requirement is straightforward and nonpartisan. “Dementia is not partisan,” Lewis told the committee, noting packets the Alzheimer’s…
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