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CS/CS/HB 607: Direct Care Workers

GENERAL BILL by Health and Human Services Committee ; Health Quality Subcommittee ; Pigman ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bush ; Daniels ; Jacquet ; Magar ; Roth ; Sabatini ; Slosberg ; Smith, D.

Direct Care Workers; Requiring a licensed home health agency that authorizes a registered nurse to delegate tasks to a certified nursing assistant or a home health aide to ensure that certain requirements are met; requiring home health aides to complete annual inservice training in medication administration and medication error prevention, in addition to existing annual inservice training requirements; creating the Excellence in Home Health Program and the Nurse Registry Excellence Program, respectively, within the agency for a specified purpose; requiring the agency to adopt rules establishing program criteria, etc. APPROPRIATION: $5,789,297

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 3/12/2020 - Chapter No. 2020-9
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/12/2019 House • Filed
11/25/2019 House • Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 49
12/4/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Health Quality Subcommittee, 12/11/19, 8:30 am, Webster Hall
12/11/2019 House • CS by Health Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 1 -HJ 329
12/16/2019 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
12/18/2019 House • Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 383
1/13/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 01/15/20, 1:00 pm, Sumner Hall
1/14/2020 House • Introduced -HJ 49
• CS by Health Quality Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 280,282
1/15/2020 House • Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -HJ 392
• Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 392
2/24/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/26/20, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
2/26/2020 House • CS/CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -HJ 677
• Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
2/27/2020 House • CS/CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time -HJ 671
• Placed on Calendar -HJ 681
3/2/2020 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/20
3/5/2020 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 754
• Amendment(s) adopted (192181) -HJ 755
• Placed on 3rd reading
3/6/2020 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 823
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 94 NAYS 12 -HJ 824
3/6/2020 Senate • In Messages
• Referred to Appropriations -SJ 521
• Received -SJ 519
3/10/2020 Senate • Withdrawn from Appropriations -SJ 599
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1676 -SJ 601
• Read 2nd time -SJ 599
• Amendment(s) adopted (707914) -SJ 620
• Placed on 3rd reading
3/11/2020 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 662
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 30 NAYS 10 -SJ 664
3/11/2020 House • In returning messages
• Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (707914) -HJ 1099
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 107 NAYS 8 -HJ 1099
• Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 1099
3/11/2020 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor -HJ 1130
• Approved by Governor -HJ 1130
3/12/2020 • Chapter No. 2020-9