D.__The department may suspend the facility's ability to share staffing under this subsection if the most recent survey for either level of care indicates deficiencies that are related to resident care and that arise from the sharing of staff.

Sec. 3. Review of long-term care assessment system. The long-term care ombudsman program shall initiate a review of the long-term care assessment system being used in this State and shall submit a report with recommendations to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services by January 15, 2004. In conducting the review, the long-term care ombudsman program shall consult with consumers, consumer advocates, providers of home-based and community-based care, providers of facility-based care and the Department of Human Services. The study must consider assessments and reassessments, the living and care arrangements of the consumer at the time of the assessment and whether the consumer intends to pay privately or through an assistance program. The Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services may submit legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 121st Legislature regarding the long-term care assessment system.

Sec. 4. Study of educational requirements for certified nursing assistants. The State Board of Nursing shall study educational requirements for training certified nursing assistants and shall submit a report with recommendations by January 15, 2004 to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services. In performing the study, the State Board of Nursing shall consider appropriate levels of training and the various health care settings in which certified nursing assistants work. The Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services may submit legislation on the educational requirements for certified nursing assistants to the Second Regular Session of the 121st Legislature.

Sec. 5. Study of educational requirements for nursing home administrators. The Nursing Home Administrators Licensing Board shall study the educational requirements for nursing home administrators and shall submit a report with recommendations by January 15, 2004 to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services. In performing the study, the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing Board shall consider appropriate levels of postsecondary education and experience, including the substitution of relevant experience for some portion of the educational requirements. The Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services may submit