Direct Care Workers
Summary
Direct Care Workers; Authorizing nursing home facilities to use paid feeding assistants in accordance with specified federal law under certain circumstances; authorizing home health aides to administer certain prescription medications under certain conditions; authorizing certified nursing assistants or home health aides to perform certain tasks delegated by a registered nurse; creating the Excellence in Home Health Program within the Agency for Health Care Administration for a specified purpose; requiring certain licensees to provide specified information about their employees in a survey beginning on a specified date, etc. APPROPRIATION: $1,035,786
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 22, 2020
Last action Mar 10, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
8
Committee
9
Mar 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Feb 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/03/20, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Feb 18, 2020
Upper · Passed
Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 7 NAYS 3
upper
Feb 13, 2020
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 02/18/20, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Feb 10, 2020
Upper · Passed
Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
upper
Feb 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/04/20, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Jan 23, 2020
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/28/20, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
upper
Jan 22, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ben Albritton
RRepublican
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