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| 7 | - | General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6560 | |
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| 6 | + | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6560 | |
| 8 | 7 | January Session, 2021 | |
| 8 | + | LCO No. 4245 | |
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| 11 | + | Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES | |
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| 14 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 15 | + | (HS) | |
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| 14 | - | AN ACT CONCERNING TI MELY PAYMENTS AND TR AINING FOR | |
| 15 | - | PERSONAL CARE ATTEND ANTS. | |
| 20 | + | AN ACT CONCERNING TI MELY PAYMENTS TO PER SONAL CARE | |
| 21 | + | ATTENDANTS. | |
| 16 | 22 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 17 | 23 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 19 | 25 | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section, (1) 1 | |
| 20 | 26 | "consumer" and "personal care attendant" have the same meanings as 2 | |
| 21 | 27 | provided in section 17b-706 of the general statutes, and (2) "timely 3 | |
| 22 | 28 | payment" means payment on a regular payment date or not later than 4 | |
| 23 | 29 | forty-eight hours after any issue delaying payment is resolved. A fiscal 5 | |
| 24 | 30 | intermediary for any of the state-funded programs set forth in section 6 | |
| 25 | 31 | 17b-706 of the general statutes shall provide timely payments to a 7 | |
| 26 | 32 | personal care attendant employed by a consumer in such state-funded 8 | |
| 27 | 33 | program. 9 | |
| 28 | 34 | (b) Such fiscal intermediary shall provide clear and timely 10 | |
| 29 | 35 | communication to such personal care attendant about payment 11 | |
| 30 | 36 | discrepancies, payment confirmation or a change in consumer status 12 | |
| 31 | 37 | that may affect timely payment to the personal care attendant. Such 13 | |
| 32 | - | communication shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) sufficient 14 | |
| 33 | - | notice to allow a personal care attendant to address any issue with 15 | |
| 34 | - | submitted time records to receive correct payment on the personal care 16 | |
| 35 | - | attendant's regular payment date, (2) a specific and accessible means for 17 | |
| 36 | - | a personal care attendant to address an issue that may affect payment in 18 Substitute Bill No. 6560 | |
| 38 | + | communication shall include, but not be limited to, (1) sufficient notice 14 | |
| 39 | + | to allow a personal care attendant to address any issue with submitted 15 Raised Bill No. 6560 | |
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| 43 | - | sufficient time for the personal care attendant to receive the correct 19 | |
| 44 | - | payment on his or her regular payment date, and (3) a method for a 20 | |
| 45 | - | personal care attendant to receive the correct payment not later than 21 | |
| 46 | - | forty-eight hours after a payment discrepancy has been resolved. 22 | |
| 43 | + | LCO No. 4245 2 of 2 | |
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| 45 | + | time records to receive correct payment on the personal care attendant's 16 | |
| 46 | + | regular payment date, (2) a specific and accessible means to address an 17 | |
| 47 | + | issue that may affect payment in sufficient time to receive the correct 18 | |
| 48 | + | payment on the personal care attendant's regular payment date, and (3) 19 | |
| 49 | + | a method for a personal care attendant to receive the correct payment 20 | |
| 50 | + | not later than forty-eight hours after a payment discrepancy has been 21 | |
| 51 | + | resolved. 22 | |
| 47 | 52 | (c) A fiscal intermediary for a state-funded program that fails to make 23 | |
| 48 | 53 | timely payments to a personal care attendant in violation of the 24 | |
| 49 | 54 | provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of twenty-five dollars 25 | |
| 50 | - | imposed by the state agency administering the state-funded program 26 | |
| 51 | - | for each day timely wage payment has been delayed. 27 | |
| 52 | - | Sec. 2. Section 17b-706e of the general statutes is repealed and the 28 | |
| 53 | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 29 | |
| 54 | - | Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 17b-706 to 17b-706c, 30 | |
| 55 | - | inclusive, where authorized by a collective bargaining agreement 31 | |
| 56 | - | negotiated pursuant to section 17b-706b, the [parties may contract] 32 | |
| 57 | - | Personal Care Attendant Workforce Council may solicit proposals for 33 | |
| 58 | - | the provision of training and related services to personal care 34 | |
| 59 | - | attendants, as defined in section 17b-706. [, at cost directly with a 35 | |
| 60 | - | nonprofit labor management trust authorized by 29 USC 186(c)(6).] 36 | |
| 55 | + | by a state-funded program for each day timely wage payment has been 26 | |
| 56 | + | delayed. 27 | |
| 61 | 57 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following | |
| 62 | 58 | sections: | |
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| 64 | 60 | Section 1 from passage New section | |
| 65 | - | Sec. 2 July 1, 2021 17b-706e | |
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| 67 | - | Statement of Legislative Commissioners: | |
| 68 | - | In Section 1(c), "by a" was changed to "imposed by the state agency | |
| 69 | - | administering the" for clarity. | |
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| 71 | - | HS Joint Favorable Subst. | |
| 62 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 63 | + | To require timely payments for personal care attendants in state-funded | |
| 64 | + | programs. | |
| 65 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except | |
| 66 | + | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not | |
| 67 | + | underlined.] | |
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