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 124 STAT. 667 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 ‘‘(I) are different from such standards in the other participating States; and ‘‘(II) are different from the core training com- petencies described in paragraph (3)(A); ‘‘(iv) that participating States do not reduce the number of hours of training required under applicable State law or regulation after being selected to partici- pate in the project; and ‘‘(v) that participating States recruit a minimum number of eligible health and long-term care providers to participate in the project. ‘‘(D) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall pro- vide technical assistance to States in developing written materials and protocols for such core training competencies. ‘‘(5) EVALUATION AND REPORT.— ‘‘(A) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall develop an experimental or control group testing protocol in consulta- tion with an independent evaluation contractor selected by the Secretary. Such contractor shall evaluate— ‘‘(i) the impact of core training competencies described in paragraph (3)(A), including curricula developed to implement such core training com- petencies, for personal or home care aides within each participating State on job satisfaction, mastery of job skills, beneficiary and family caregiver satisfaction with services, and additional measures determined by the Secretary in consultation with the expert panel; ‘‘(ii) the impact of providing such core training competencies on the existing training infrastructure and resources of States; and ‘‘(iii) whether a minimum number of hours of ini- tial training should be required for personal or home care aides and, if so, what minimum number of hours should be required. ‘‘(B) REPORTS.— ‘‘(i) REPORT ON INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the initial implementation of activities conducted under the demonstration project, including any avail- able results of the evaluation conducted under subpara- graph (A) with respect to such activities, together with such recommendations for legislation or administrative action as the Secretary determines appropriate. ‘‘(ii) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the completion of the demonstration project, the Sec- retary shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the evaluation conducted under subpara- graph (A), together with such recommendations for legislation or administrative action as the Secretary determines appropriate. ‘‘(6) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: ‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE HEALTH AND LONG-TERM CARE PRO- VIDER.—The term ‘eligible health and long-term care pro- vider’ means a personal or home care agency (including personal or home care public authorities), a nursing home, a home health agency (as defined in section 1861(o)), or Contracts.