US Congress House Bill 5969 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 28-1)
Status: Introduced on June 19 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-09-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Ensuring Access to Affordable and Quality Companion Care Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, with respect to the exemption from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements of domestic service employment to provide companionship services for individuals who because of age or infirmity are unable to care for themselves, to provide detailed definitions of "companionship services" and "domestic service employment." Excludes from companionship services those relating to the care and protection of the aged or infirm which require and are performed by trained medical personnel. Extends the exemption to third-party employment of an employee to provide companionship services to such individuals, including non-medical in-home personal care or household work related to their care. Defines "third-party employment" to mean employees who provide companionship services while employed by an employer or agency other than the family or household using their services, whether or not such an employee is assigned to more than one household or family in the same workweek when providing such services. Exempts from the Act's maximum hour requirements third-party employment in domestic service of an employee who resides in the household in which the services are provided.

Ensuring Access to Affordable and Quality Companion Care Act

Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]
Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Sen. Jeff Flake [R-AZ]	Rep. John Fleming [R-LA]
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Trey Gowdy [R-SC]	Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]
Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Jack Kingston [R-GA]
Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. Kristi Noem [R-SD]	Rep. Ron Paul [R-TX]	Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]
Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]
Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Jean Schmidt [R-OH]	Rep. Adrian Smith [R-NE]	Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]
Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-09-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
2012-06-27	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4067)
2012-06-19	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

SB3280 (Related) 2012-06-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB3066 (Related) 2011-11-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/5969/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr5969/BILLS-112hr5969ih.pdf