Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XVII. Economic Security and Public Welfare § 205.636.Temporary COVID-19 personal care attendant; training and competency requirements; application for waiver or plan amendment

(a) “COVID-19 pandemic” means the national emergency declaration concerning COVID-19 as declared by the President of the United States and the United States Department of Health and Human Services; and

(b) “Temporary COVID-19 personal care attendant” or “PCA” means a person who is employed and received training in a skilled nursing facility under a temporary accommodation made to address work load increases and staffing shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by the suspension of federal regulatory and statutory provisions by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

(a) A minimum of eighty (80) hours of PCA duties have been completed within a skilled nursing facility under the supervision of a licensed or registered nurse; and

(b) Competency has been established by the following:

(a) Apply for any Medicaid waivers or state plan amendments necessary to implement subsection (2) of this section;

(b) Incorporate the provisions under subsection (2) of this section into the nurse aide training and competency evaluation program requirements; and

(c) Promulgate any administration regulation necessary to implement this subsection and subsection (2) of this section.