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BILL · 2013–14 SESSION

HB 2646: Long-term care workers

Providing certification exemptions and training requirements for certain individual provider long-term care workers.

Summary

  • Extends a certification exemption for individual providers who provide 20 hours or less of care for one person in any calendar month from July 1, 2014, to July 1, 2016.
  • Creates a certification exemption for individual providers who only provide respite services and work less than 300 hours in a calendar year.

From the House Bill Report (HB 2646), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
  1. IntroducedJan 23, 2014
  2. Out of committeeFeb 11, 2014
  3. Passed HouseFeb 17, 2014
  4. Passed Senatestopped here
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Eileen Cody (D-34)
Introduced
January 23, 2014 in the House
Last action
March 13, 2014
Requested by
State agency
Companion bill
SB 6421
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to certification exemptions and training requirements for individual providers who work less than twenty hours per month for a single client, or who only provide limited respite services;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Eileen Cody (D-34)

5 co-sponsors (4 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Steve Tharinger D-24Paul Harris R-17Tana Senn D-41Dawn Morrell D-25Roger Freeman D-30

Votes

House · Final Passage

Passed February 17, 2014
Version voted on: HB 2646
96 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 2 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat54001
Republican42001
How each member voted

Yea (96)

Excused (2)

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History

  1. Referred to Rules.
  2. By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
  3. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  4. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  5. Minority; without recommendation.
  6. HLTH - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
  7. First reading, referred to Health Care.
  8. Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
  9. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  10. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
  11. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  12. APPH - Executive action taken by committee.
  13. APPH - Majority; do pass.
  14. First reading, referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on Health & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2646 in other sessions

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