Bill Title: Amends the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act. Provides that any home care and home health worker who functions as a personal assistant or as an individual maintenance home health worker and provides services under the Department of Human Services' Home Services Program shall complete standardized training as determined by the Department before enrollment under the Program. Provides that the training must be available in languages other than English and must be available to those who need accommodations due to disabilities. Provides that home care and home health worker training must include successful completion of the following training components: basic first aid, working with vulnerable adults, child maltreatment, OSHA universal precautions, and basic roles and responsibilities of home care and home health workers, including information about assistance with lifting and transfers for Program recipients, emergency preparedness, orientation to positive behavioral practices, fraud issues, and completion of time sheets. Provides that upon completion of the training components, the home care and home health worker must demonstrate the competency to provide assistance to Program recipients. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3729 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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