The Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on Elder Affairs held a public hearing on July 31, 2017. Several of the bills heard are of interest to home care.
The committee heard testimony on bills relating to:
- Home Care Licensure/Worker Registries:
- S.364/H. 341 An Act Strengthening the Massachusetts Home Care Program
- H. 344 An Act Relative to Consumer Protection and Home Care Services
- H. 1187 An Act relative to home health and hospice aides
- H. 2068 An Act Establishing a Home Care Aide Training Registry
- H. 2889 An Act Strengthening Home Care Services
- S.343 An Act Establishing a Home Care Aide Training Registry
- Home Care Workforce Bill (Enough Pay to Stay Initiative)
- H.350/S.352 An act Relative to Home Care
The Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts and some of its members testified on all of the bills, and you can read that testimony at the links below:
- 7/31: HCA Testimony on Worker Registry Legislation
- 7/31: HCA Testimony on H.350 Section 1: Enough Pay to Stay
- 7/31: HCA Member Testimony on H.350 Section 1: Enough Pay to Stay
- 7/31: HCA Testimony on Licensure Legislation
- 7/31: HCA Member Testimony on Licensure Legislation Part 1
- 7/31: HCA Member Testimony on Licensure Legislation
If you have any questions, or would like any further information about these legislative proposals, do not hesitate to reach out to Jake Krilovich at jkrilovich@thinkhomecare.org.
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