HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 5516 FILED ON: 11/10/2022
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 5388
Section 115 contained in the engrossed Bill relating to economic growth and relief for the Commonwealth (see House, No. 5374), which had been returned by His Excellency the Governor with recommendation of amendment (for message, see Attachment C of House, No. 5390). November 17, 2022. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)
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An Act relative to providing certain nurses' aides the option of taking the nurses’ aide certification exam in a language other than English.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to provide certain nurses' aides the option of taking the nurses’ aide certification exam in a language other than English, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 72W of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the third paragraph the following paragraph:-
A nurses’ aide who receives their training and works in a facility whose resident population is predominantly non-English speaking, shall be offered the option to take the nurses’ aide certification exam in a language other than English, including, but not limited to, Spanish and Chinese; provided, however, that the department shall determine which languages the exam shall be offered in.