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BILL · 2025–26 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 1926

HB 1926: Home care aides

Regarding training and testing of home care aides.

Summary

  • Requires the Department of Health to develop a plan to integrate testing into the home care aide training process and conduct necessary rulemaking.
  • Removes the time frame for home care aides to become certified and instead requires the Department of Health to adopt rules to establish a certification time frame.
  • Requires the home care aide examination to be conducted at training sites in addition to testing sites.
  • Requires, subject to appropriation, that home care aide testing be available in qualified facility and community-based home care aide training programs by July 1, 2028, and conducted by facility and community trainers.
  • Requires, subject to appropriation, that individual providers represented by an exclusive bargaining representative receive testing by a training partner affiliate.

From the House Bill Report (HB 1926), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 10, 2025
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Joe Timmons (D-42)
Introduced
February 10, 2025 in the House
Last action
January 12, 2026
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
HB 1926, SHB 1926

AN ACT Relating to training and testing of home care aides;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Joe Timmons (D-42)

4 co-sponsors (3 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Joe Schmick R-9Gerry Pollet D-46Clyde Shavers D-10Nicole Macri D-43

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SHB 1926)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. Referred to Appropriations. (SHB 1926)
  4. Referred to Appropriations.
  5. PEW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 1926)
  6. PEW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  7. PEW - Executive action taken by committee.
  8. First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce.

HB 1926 in other sessions

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

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