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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1075
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 5580
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT CONCERNING PA YROLL SERVICE PROVID ERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) As used in this subsection, 1
"personal care attendant" and "consumer" have the same meanings as 2
provided in section 17b-706 of the general statutes. 3
(b) On and after July 1, 2021, no person submitting a response to a 4
request for proposals for the provision of payroll services for the 5
employment of personal care attendants, as defined in section 17b-706 6
of the general statutes, shall be deemed qualified to submit a response 7
unless such person, either during the prequalification process or in the 8
submitted response, demonstrates an ability to provide payroll services 9
in a manner that meets or exceeds the following requirements: 10
(1) Provision of clear and timely communication to the personal care 11
attendant directly about pay discrepancies, payment confirmation or a 12
change in consumer status, including providing (A) sufficient notice 13
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problem with the submitted time records which would impact the 15
amount of pay the personal care attendant will receive on the date of 16
payment, and (B) the personal care attendants with a specific and 17
accessible method to address any problems in sufficient time to correct 18
the problem and receive the correct amount on the payment date. As 19
used in this subdivision, "sufficient notice" means a period of time that 20
permits the personal care attendant to respond and correct any 21
problems in time to receive the correct payment on the date of payment; 22
(2) Provision of a timely method for personal care attendants to 23
receive pay between payroll cycles when a pay discrepancy has been 24
resolved at least twenty-four hours after the date of payment. As used 25
in this subdivision, "timely method" means payment not later than 26
forty-eight hours after the resolution of the pay discrepancy; and 27
(3) An expanded telephonic and computer -based in-home 28
scheduling, tracking and billing system that is capable of showing 29
whether a personal care attendant's timesheet has been approved or 30
there is a problem with such timesheet. 31
(c) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may adopt 32
regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the 33
general statutes to implement the provisions of this section. 34
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2021 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To impose additional requirements on responders to a request for
proposals for the provision of payroll services for the payment of wages
of personal care attendants.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]