COVID-19; personal care assistant and support worker hour limitations increased, personal care assistance compensation permitted for services provided by a parent or spouse during a peacetime emergency for an outbreak of COVID-19, temporary rate increases provided for personal care assistance, and money appropriated.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
May 2020
House Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 17, 2019
Last action May 5, 2020
Floor votes · House Feb 14, 2019
How they voted
61–49
Passed
Total votes 110
Feb 14, 2019
D
Democratic61
100% Yea
R
Republican49
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
2
May 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee report, to adopt as amended
lower
Apr 27, 2020
Introduced
Division action, to adopt as amended and return to Ways and Means
lower
Mar 25, 2019
Introduced
Division action, to adopt as amended and return to Health and Human Services Finance Division
lower
Feb 25, 2019
Committee
Referred by Chair to Long-Term Care Division
lower
Feb 14, 2019
Committee
Referred by Chair to Health and Human Services Finance Division
lower
Feb 14, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means
lower
Feb 14, 2019
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (61-49)
house
Jan 17, 2019
Introduced
Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Policy
lower
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jennifer Schultz
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
Co
Connie Bernardy
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
Co
Hodan Hassan
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
Co
Mary Kunesh-Podein
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
Co
Mohamud Noor
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
Co
Robert Bierman
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
Co
Sandra Masin
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
Co
Todd Lippert
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
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