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 124 STAT. 665 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 ‘‘(E) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. ‘‘(F) STATE TANF PROGRAM.—The term ‘State TANF program’ means the temporary assistance for needy fami- lies program funded under part A of title IV. ‘‘(G) TRIBAL COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—The term ‘Tribal College or University’ has the meaning given that term in section 316(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)). ‘‘(b) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT TO DEVELOP TRAINING AND CER- TIFICATION PROGRAMS FOR PERSONAL OR HOME CARE AIDES.— ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO AWARD GRANTS.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities that are States to conduct demonstration projects for purposes of developing core training competencies and certification programs for personal or home care aides. The Secretary shall— ‘‘(A) evaluate the efficacy of the core training com- petencies described in paragraph (3)(A) for newly hired personal or home care aides and the methods used by States to implement such core training competencies in accordance with the issues specified in paragraph (3)(B); and ‘‘(B) ensure that the number of hours of training pro- vided by States under the demonstration project with respect to such core training competencies are not less than the number of hours of training required under any applicable State or Federal law or regulation. ‘‘(2) DURATION.—A demonstration project shall be con- ducted under this subsection for not less than 3 years. ‘‘(3) CORE TRAINING COMPETENCIES FOR PERSONAL OR HOME CARE AIDES.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The core training competencies for personal or home care aides described in this subparagraph include competencies with respect to the following areas: ‘‘(i) The role of the personal or home care aide (including differences between a personal or home care aide employed by an agency and a personal or home care aide employed directly by the health care con- sumer or an independent provider). ‘‘(ii) Consumer rights, ethics, and confidentiality (including the role of proxy decision-makers in the case where a health care consumer has impaired deci- sion-making capacity). ‘‘(iii) Communication, cultural and linguistic com- petence and sensitivity, problem solving, behavior management, and relationship skills. ‘‘(iv) Personal care skills. ‘‘(v) Health care support. ‘‘(vi) Nutritional support. ‘‘(vii) Infection control. ‘‘(viii) Safety and emergency training. ‘‘(ix) Training specific to an individual consumer’s needs (including older individuals, younger individuals with disabilities, individuals with developmental Evaluation. Deadline.