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BILL · 2001–02 SESSION

HB 1576: In-home long-term care

Improving the quality of in-home long-term care services provided by state funded individual providers.

Summary

  • $ The Governor is given the authority to create the ? Home Care Quality Authority @ (HCQA) made up of nine members.
  • $ The HCQA recruits and establishes referral lists of qualified in-home care workers to provide services to state funded functionally disabled persons, provides fill-in workers in cases of emergency or for respite care, verifies the qualifications and background of potential workers, provides training opportunities to workers and consumers.
  • $ The HCQA is the employer of record of individual providers, and enters into collective bargaining with independent care providers.
  • $ Employees are not considered state employees.
  • $ Both the state and the HCQA are insulated from liability due to a worker = s negligence or intentional harm to a client.
  • $ By July 30, 2003, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee is required to conduct a performance review of the HCQA.

From the House Bill Analysis (HB 1576), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 30, 2001
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Eileen Cody (D-34)
Introduced
January 30, 2001 in the House
Last action
January 14, 2002
Companion bill
SB 5652

AN ACT Relating to improving the quality of in-home long-term care services provided by state funded individual providers;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Eileen Cody (D-34)

16 co-sponsors (10 Democrats, 6 Republicans)

Tom Campbell R-2Carolyn Edmonds D-32Joe Marine R-21Laura Ruderman D-45Richard DeBolt R-20Steve Conway D-29Marc Boldt R-17John Pennington R-18Shay Schual-Berke D-33Jeannie Darneille D-27Jeff Gombosky D-3Ruth Kagi D-32Hans Dunshee D-44Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney D-46Gigi Talcott R-28Alex Wood D-3

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. First reading, referred to Health Care.

HB 1576 in other sessions

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