| 16 | | - | Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2012) (a) There is established a task force to study whether registries, as defined in section 20-670 of the general statutes, should be responsible for the payment of unemployment insurance and workers' compensation coverage for the individuals supplied, referred or placed by such registries. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, an examination of (1) the impact that requiring such registries to be responsible for such payments would have on the availability of individuals to provide care for consumers in need of homemaker or companion services, as defined in section 20-670 of the general statutes, and (2) the ways in which other states register or regulate such registries. |
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| 28 | + | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2013) For purposes of chapter 567 of the general statutes, a homemaker-companion agency, as defined in section 20-670 of the general statutes, registry, as defined in section 20-670 of the general statutes, or homemaker-home health aide agency, as defined in section 19a-490 of the general statutes, shall be deemed the employer of an individual such agency or registry supplied or referred to a consumer to provide (1) homemaker services, as defined in section 20-670 of the general statutes, (2) companion services, as defined in section 20-670 of the general statutes, or (3) homemaker-home health aide services, as defined in section 19a-490 of the general statutes, and such agency or registry shall be liable for the payment of unemployment contributions for such individual during the duration of time he or she provides said services to the consumer. |
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| 18 | | - | (b) The task force shall consist of the following members: |
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| 30 | + | Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2013) For purposes of chapter 558 of the general statutes, a homemaker-companion agency, as defined in section 20-670 of the general statutes, registry, as defined in section 20-670 of the general statutes, or homemaker-home health aide agency, as defined in section 19a-490 of the general statutes, shall be deemed the employer of an individual such agency or registry supplied or referred to a consumer to provide (1) homemaker services, as defined in section 20-670 of the general statutes, (2) companion services, as defined in section 20-670 of the general statutes, or (3) homemaker-home health aide services, as defined in section 19a-490 of the general statutes, and such agency or registry shall be responsible for the payment of wages to such individual during the duration of time he or she provides said services to the consumer. |
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| 52 | | - | (g) Not later than January 1, 2013, the task force shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2013, whichever is later. |
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| 64 | + | (iv) Is a salaried officer or paid member of any police department or fire department; |
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| 66 | + | (v) Is a volunteer police officer, whether the officer is designated as special or auxiliary, upon vote of the legislative body of the town, city or borough in which the officer serves; |
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| 68 | + | (vi) Is an elected or appointed official or agent of any town, city or borough in the state, upon vote of the proper authority of the town, city or borough, including the elected or appointed official or agent, irrespective of the manner in which he or she is appointed or employed. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed as affecting any existing rights as to pensions which such persons or their dependents had on July 1, 1927, or as preventing any existing custom of paying the full salary of any such person during disability due to injury arising out of and in the course of his or her employment; |
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| 70 | + | (vii) Is an officer or enlisted person of the National Guard or other armed forces of the state called to active duty by the Governor while performing his or her active duty service; or |
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| 72 | + | (viii) Is elected to serve as a probate judge for a probate district established in section 45a-2. |
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| 74 | + | (B) "Employee" shall not be construed to include: |
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| 76 | + | (i) Any person to whom articles or material are given to be treated in any way on premises not under the control or management of the person who gave them out; |
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| 78 | + | (ii) One whose employment is of a casual nature and who is employed otherwise than for the purposes of the employer's trade or business; |
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| 80 | + | (iii) A member of the employer's family dwelling in his house; but, if, in any contract of insurance, the wages or salary of a member of the employer's family dwelling in his house is included in the payroll on which the premium is based, then that person shall, if he sustains an injury arising out of and in the course of his employment, be deemed an employee and compensated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; |
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| 82 | + | (iv) [Any] Except as provided in section 3 of this act, any person engaged in any type of service in or about a private dwelling provided he is not regularly employed by the owner or occupier over twenty-six hours per week; |
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| 84 | + | (v) An employee of a corporation who is a corporate officer and who elects to be excluded from coverage under this chapter by notice in writing to his employer and to the commissioner; or |
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| 86 | + | (vi) Any person who is not a resident of this state but is injured in this state during the course of his employment, unless such person (I) works for an employer who has a place of employment or a business facility located in this state at which such person spends at least fifty per cent of his employment time, or (II) works for an employer pursuant to an employment contract to be performed primarily in this state. |
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