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House panel advances fix to QMAP definition to avoid mass retraining costs
Summary
The House Health & Human Services Committee voted to send House Bill 25-1022 to the Committee of the Whole after sponsors said a drafting error left out words from the Qualified Medication Administration Personnel (QMAP) definition, which could have forced retraining of hundreds of assisted-living staff at employer expense.
House lawmakers on the House Committee on Health & Human Services moved House Bill 25-1022 forward on a unanimous voice roll call after sponsors said the bill corrects a drafting error in last year’s law about qualified medication administration personnel.
Committee members heard that the omission narrowed who would qualify as portable, prior training under Senate Bill 24-167 and could have forced employers to pay for retraining. “If we don't fix the statute so that it contains the full definition, employers will have to pay as much as $500 for each employee to…
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