SB3216ham002 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Greg Harris

Filed: 11/19/2014

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3216

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3216, AS AMENDED, with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. 1 as follows:

on page 23, by replacing lines 4 through 25 with the following:

"Any person providing services as an individual provider under the Department's Home Services Program shall submit to a criminal history background check. The Department shall promulgate rules that (i) are necessary to implement this provision; and (ii) indicate any condition or circumstance when an individual provider shall be denied employment as a result of the criminal history background check. For purposes of this paragraph, "individual provider" means a person providing services under the Home Services Program who is a personal assistant, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, certified nurse assistant, occupational therapist, physical therapist, or speech therapist and has been privately hired by the customer.

Any new person providing services as an individual provider under the Department's Home Services Program shall participate in a comprehensive in-person orientation, including fraud training.

Any person providing services as an individual provider under the Department's Home Services Program shall attend annual in-person training, including training in preventing fraud and abuse.

Individual providers shall be paid their regular hourly wage for all orientation and training hours.".