SB 412
Home care aides.
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Bill overview
This bill updates requirements for home care aides in California. Beginning January 1, 2027, home care organizations must ensure their aides receive additional training focused on the specific needs of clients with dementia, in addition to existing training on client rights, safety, and daily living assistance. The bill also clarifies that local agencies will not be required to reimburse the state for costs associated with this expanded training requirement.
Key provisions
- Requires home care organizations to provide annual training to aides on the special care needs of clients with dementia.
- Specifies a minimum of five hours of entry-level training for new aides, covering orientation, safety, and basic procedures.
- Mandates a minimum of five hours of annual training for all aides, including client rights, daily living needs, and abuse prevention.
- Allows for completion of training through online programs.
- Clarifies that no state reimbursement is required for local agencies due to the creation of new training requirements.
Who is affected
- Home care organizations
- Home care aides
- Clients receiving home care services
- California state government
- Local agencies
Notable changes
- Adds a new requirement for training on the special care needs of dementia patients.
- Expands the scope of annual training to include dementia-specific care.
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SB412:v95#DOCUMENT
Bill Start
Senate Bill No. 412
CHAPTER 414
An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 1796.44 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.
[ Approved by Governor October 06, 2025. Filed with Secretary of State October 06, 2025. ]
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 412, Limón. Home care aides.
Existing law, the Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act, requires a home care organization, as defined, to ensure that an affiliated home care aide completes specified training requirements prior to providing home care services, including annual training related to the aide’s clients’ rights and safety and how to provide for a client’s daily living needs. A violation of the act is a misdemeanor.
This bill would, beginning on January 1, 2027, additionally require a home care organization to ensure that a home care aide completes, prior to providing home care and annually thereafter, training related to the special care needs of clients with dementia. Because the bill creates new crimes by expanding the act to include additional requirements for home care organizations, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES
Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 1796.44 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
1796.44.
(a) A licensee shall ensure that prior to providing home care services, an affiliated home care aide shall complete the training requirements specified in this section.
(b) An affiliated home care aide shall complete a minimum of five hours of entry-level training prior to presence with a client, as follows:
(1) Two hours of orientation training regarding their role as home care aide and the applicable terms of employment.
(2) Three hours of safety training, including basic safety precautions, emergency procedures, and infection control.
(c) In addition to the requirements in subdivision (b), an affiliated home care aide shall complete a minimum of five hours of annual training. The annual training shall relate to core competencies and be population specific, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following areas:
(1) Clients’ rights and safety.
(2) How to provide for, and respond to, a client’s daily living needs.
(3) How to report, prevent, and detect abuse and neglect.
(4) How to assist a client with personal hygiene and other home care services.
(5) If transportation services are provided, how to safely transport a client.
(d) The entry-level training and annual training described in subdivisions (b) and (c) may be completed through an online training program.
(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
SEC. 2.
Section 1796.44 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:
1796.44.
(a) A licensee shall ensure that prior to providing home care services, an affiliated home care aide shall complete the training requirements specified in this section.
(b) An affiliated home care aide shall complete a minimum of five hours of entry-level training prior to presence with a client, as follows:
(1) Two hours of orientation training regarding their role as home care aide and the applicable terms of employment.
(2) Three hours of safety training, including basic safety precautions, emergency procedures, and infection control.
(c) In addition to the requirements in subdivision (b), an affiliated home care aide shall complete a minimum of five hours of annual training. The annual training shall relate to core competencies and be population specific, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following areas:
(1) Clients’ rights and safety.
(2) How to provide for, and respond to, a client’s daily living needs.
(3) How to report, prevent, and detect abuse and neglect.
(4) How to assist a client with personal hygiene and other home care services.
(5) If transportation services are provided, how to safely transport a client.
(6) The special care needs of clients with dementia.
(d) The entry-level training and annual training described in subdivisions (b) and (c) may be completed through an online training program.
(e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2027.
SEC. 3.
No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.