Rep. Greg Harris
Filed: 11/19/2014
 
 


 




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1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3216 




2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3216, AS AMENDED, 
3with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. 
41 as follows:


5on page 23, by replacing lines 4 through 25 with the following:
6 "Any person providing services as an individual provider

7under the Department's Home Services Program shall submit to a

8criminal history background check. The Department shall

9promulgate rules that (i) are necessary to implement this

10provision; and (ii) indicate any condition or circumstance when

11an individual provider shall be denied employment as a result

12of the criminal history background check. For purposes of this

13paragraph, "individual provider" means a person providing

14services under the Home Services Program who is a personal

15assistant, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse,

16certified nurse assistant, occupational therapist, physical

17therapist, or speech therapist and has been privately hired by

 
 
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1the customer.
2 Any new person providing services as an individual provider

3under the Department's Home Services Program shall participate

4in a comprehensive in-person orientation, including fraud

5training. 
6 Any person providing services as an individual provider

7under the Department's Home Services Program shall attend

8annual in-person training, including training in preventing

9fraud and abuse.
10 Individual providers shall be paid their regular hourly 
11wage
for all orientation and training hours.".