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Committee approves 1-hour dementia training for DCBS workers
Summary
The House Committee on Families and Children voted unanimously to recommend House Bill 479, which would require one hour of dementia training for Department for Community Based Services employees, with training available free through the Alzheimer’s Association or other approved providers.
The House Committee on Families and Children on Feb. 20 voted to give House Bill 479 a favorable recommendation, approving a requirement that Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) employees complete one hour of dementia training.
Sponsor Rep. Derek Lewis said the bill is nonpartisan and aimed at improving frontline…
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