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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6560
January Session, 2021
AN ACT CONCERNING TI MELY PAYMENTS AND TR AINING FOR
PERSONAL CARE ATTEND ANTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section, (1) 1
"consumer" and "personal care attendant" have the same meanings as 2
provided in section 17b-706 of the general statutes, and (2) "timely 3
payment" means payment on a regular payment date or not later than 4
forty-eight hours after any issue delaying payment is resolved. A fiscal 5
intermediary for any of the state-funded programs set forth in section 6
17b-706 of the general statutes shall provide timely payments to a 7
personal care attendant employed by a consumer in such state-funded 8
program. 9
(b) Such fiscal intermediary shall provide clear and timely 10
communication to such personal care attendant about payment 11
discrepancies, payment confirmation or a change in consumer status 12
that may affect timely payment to the personal care attendant. Such 13
communication shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) sufficient 14
notice to allow a personal care attendant to address any issue with 15
submitted time records to receive correct payment on the personal care 16
attendant's regular payment date, (2) a specific and accessible means for 17
a personal care attendant to address an issue that may affect payment in 18 Substitute Bill No. 6560
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sufficient time for the personal care attendant to receive the correct 19
payment on his or her regular payment date, and (3) a method for a 20
personal care attendant to receive the correct payment not later than 21
forty-eight hours after a payment discrepancy has been resolved. 22
(c) A fiscal intermediary for a state-funded program that fails to make 23
timely payments to a personal care attendant in violation of the 24
provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of twenty-five dollars 25
imposed by the state agency administering the state-funded program 26
for each day timely wage payment has been delayed. 27
Sec. 2. Section 17b-706e of the general statutes is repealed and the 28
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 29
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 17b-706 to 17b-706c, 30
inclusive, where authorized by a collective bargaining agreement 31
negotiated pursuant to section 17b-706b, the [parties may contract] 32
Personal Care Attendant Workforce Council may solicit proposals for 33
the provision of training and related services to personal care 34
attendants, as defined in section 17b-706. [, at cost directly with a 35
nonprofit labor management trust authorized by 29 USC 186(c)(6).] 36
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Sec. 2 July 1, 2021 17b-706e
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 1(c), "by a" was changed to "imposed by the state agency
administering the" for clarity.
HS Joint Favorable Subst.