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7		-	General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1075
8		-	January Session, 2021
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12		-	AN ACT CONCERNING PA YROLL SERVICE PROVID ERS FOR THE
13		-	EMPLOYMENT OF PERSON AL CARE ATTENDANTS.
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	6	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1075
	7	+	January Session, 2021
	8	+	LCO No. 5580
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	11	+	Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
	12	+	AND ELECTIONS
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	15	+	Introduced by:
	16	+	(GAE)
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	21	+	AN ACT CONCERNING PA YROLL SERVICE PROVID ERS.
14	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
15	23		Assembly convened:
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17		-	Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) As used in this ~~section~~, 1
	25	+	Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) As used in this subsection, 1
18	26		"personal care attendant" and "consumer" have the same meanings as 2
19	27		provided in section 17b-706 of the general statutes. 3
20	28		(b) On and after July 1, 2021, no person submitting a response to a 4
21	29		request for proposals for the provision of payroll services for the 5
22		-	employment of personal care attendants ~~shall be deemed qualified to~~ 6
23		-	submit a response ~~unless such person, either during the prequalification~~ 7
24		-	process or in the ~~submitted response, demonstrates an ability to provide~~ 8
25		-	payroll services ~~in a manner that meets or exceeds the following~~ 9
26		-	requirements: 10
	30	+	employment of personal care attendants, as defined in section 17b-706 6
	31	+	of the general statutes, shall be deemed qualified to submit a response 7
	32	+	unless such person, either during the prequalification process or in the 8
	33	+	submitted response, demonstrates an ability to provide payroll services 9
	34	+	in a manner that meets or exceeds the following requirements: 10
27	35		(1) Provision of clear and timely communication to the personal care 11
28	36		attendant directly about pay discrepancies, payment confirmation or a 12
29	37		change in consumer status, including providing (A) sufficient notice 13
30		-	prior to the date of payment with specific information about any 14
	38	+	prior to the date of payment with specific information about any 14 Raised Bill No. 1075
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31	44		problem with the submitted time records which would impact the 15
32	45		amount of pay the personal care attendant will receive on the date of 16
33		-	payment, and (B) the personal care attendant with a specific and 17
34		-	accessible method to address any problems in sufficient time to correct 18 Substitute Bill No. 1075
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	46	+	payment, and (B) the personal care attendants with a specific and 17
	47	+	accessible method to address any problems in sufficient time to correct 18
41	48		the problem and receive the correct amount on the payment date. As 19
42	49		used in this subdivision, "sufficient notice" means a period of time that 20
43	50		permits the personal care attendant to respond and correct any 21
44	51		problems in time to receive the correct payment on the date of payment; 22
45	52		(2) Provision of a timely method for personal care attendants to 23
46	53		receive pay between payroll cycles when a pay discrepancy has been 24
47	54		resolved at least twenty-four hours after the date of payment. As used 25
48	55		in this subdivision, "timely method" means payment not later than 26
49	56		forty-eight hours after the resolution of the pay discrepancy; and 27
50	57		(3) An expanded telephonic and computer -based in-home 28
51	58		scheduling, tracking and billing system that is capable of showing 29
52	59		whether a personal care attendant's timesheet has been approved or 30
53	60		there is a problem with such timesheet. 31
54	61		(c) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may adopt 32
55		-	regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the 33
56		-	general statutes, to implement the provisions of this section. 34
	62	+	regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the 33
	63	+	general statutes to implement the provisions of this section. 34
57	64		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
58	65		sections:
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60	67		Section 1 July 1, 2021 New section
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62		-	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
63		-	In Subsec. (a), "subsection" was changed to "section" for accuracy and in
64		-	Subsec. (b), a reference to section 17b-706 of the general statutes was
65		-	deleted for consistency with standard drafting conventions.
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67		-	GAE Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO
	69	+	Statement of Purpose:
	70	+	To impose additional requirements on responders to a request for
	71	+	proposals for the provision of payroll services for the payment of wages
	72	+	of personal care attendants.
	73	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	74	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	75	+	underlined.]
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