BILL REQ. #:  H-3067.2 

     AN ACT Relating to delaying the implementation date for peer mentoring for long-term care workers; and amending RCW 74.39A.330.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 74.39A.330 and 2007 c 361 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
     Long-term care workers shall be offered on-the-job training or peer mentorship for at least one hour per week in the first ninety days of work from a long-term care worker who has completed at least twelve hours of mentor training and is mentoring no more than ten other workers at any given time. This requirement applies to long-term care workers who begin work on or after ((January 1, 2010)) July 1, 2011.