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Schwarzenegger is considering AB 2609, by Assembly member Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa), which would require residential care facilities for the elderly to ensure that employees of the facility who help residents self-administer medications meet certain training standards and would mandate that employees pass an examination. In addition, the legislation would require facilities caring for 16 or more residents to maintain documentation showing that a consultant pharmacist or nurse has reviewed the facility's medication management program and procedures at least twice a year (Bill text, 8/22).
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