Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05804 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/17/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5804
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 1396
 *01396*
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5804 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 1396

*01396*

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES 

Introduced by:

REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTRONIC VISIT VERIFICATION FOR HOME CARE PROVIDERS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 17b of the general statutes be amended to prohibit the Department of Social Services from mandating the use of a universal electronic visit verification system for home care providers who already have a system in place to verify visits by home care workers. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To avoid unnecessary duplication and burdensome state regulation in the provision of home care services.