Permits home health care services agencies to employ certified nurse aides as homemaker-home health aides.

This bill allows home health care agencies in New Jersey to hire certified nurse aides as homemaker-home health aides, a role currently restricted to certified homemaker-home health aides under existing law. It directly affects licensed home health care agencies (covered under P.L.1971, c.136) and certified nurse aides who previously could not work in this specific capacity. The key provision removes a legal barrier, enabling these agencies to employ nurse aides for homemaker-home health aide duties without violating current regulations. The New Jersey Board of Nursing may create implementing rules, and the law takes effect 90 days after enactment. This change aligns home health care agency staffing rules with those already permitted for long-term care facilities.