Patient lift services.
Summary
Provides that attendant care services include the use of lift equipment. Requires a personal services agency that provides lift services to have liability insurance. Provides that a client who receives attendant care services may decline assistance with any component of the attendant care services. Specifies that a client is not required to use lift equipment when lift services are provided. Requires a personal services agency that offers lift services to train each employee who provides those services. Specifies that lift services are subject to the same evaluation and training requirements as other attendant care service tasks.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
House Passage
Mar 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Mar 29, 2021
Signed Apr 19, 2021
Floor votes · House Mar 16, 2021
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Amendments
2
Apr 19, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Apr 1, 2021
Amended
Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 319: yeas 48, nays 0
upper
Mar 29, 2021
Introduced
Motion to concur filed
upper
Mar 17, 2021
Amended
Returned to the Senate with amendments
lower
Mar 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 271: yeas 98, nays 0
lower
Mar 11, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
Feb 9, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House
upper
Feb 8, 2021
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 68: yeas 48, nays 0
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
4 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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