BILL · 2017–18 SESSION

HB 2426: Individual provider admin.

Concerning the individual provider employment administrator program.

Summary

Authorizes the Department of Social and Health Services to contract with an Individual Provider Employment Administrator (IPEA) to be the legal employer of individual providers and perform administrative functions related to providing personal care, respite care, and other services to individuals with functional disabilities.
Retains the role of the person receiving the services of an individual provider as the managing employer with the authority to select, hire, schedule, supervise, and dismiss an individual provider.
Establishes a rate-setting board and a process to set labor rates for payments to individual providers and an administrative rate to be paid to the IPEA.

From the House Bill Analysis 2018 (HB 2426), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the individual provider employment administrator program;

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

Jan 9, 2018First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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