Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01344 Compare Versions

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5	5	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1344
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10	10	Referred to Committee on AGING
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13	13	Introduced by:
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19	19	AN ACT CONCERNING HOMEMAKER -COMPANION AGENCIES.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
21	21	Assembly convened:
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23	23	Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than December 1
24	24	31, 2025, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, in consultation 2
25	25	with the Commissioners of Public Health, Social Services, 3
26	26	Developmental Services and Mental Health and Addiction Services, 4
27	27	shall develop a list of approved homemaker-companion agency 5
28	28	employee training programs appropriate for use by homemaker-6
29	29	companion agencies when providing mandatory employee training 7
30	30	pursuant to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section. The 8
31	31	list of approved homemaker-companion agency employee training 9
32	32	programs shall be limited to programs concerning (1) cardiopulmonary 10
33	33	resuscitation and first aid, (2) communication, (3) maintenance of a clean 11
34	34	and safe environment, including, but not limited to, best practices 12
35	35	relating to dressing, bathing and toileting assistance, (4) identification 13
36	36	and reporting of abuse and neglect, (5) identification and reporting of 14
37	37	changes in a homemaker-companion agency client's condition and 15
38	38	service needs, (6) differentiation between medical and nonmedical care, 16
39	39	and (7) providing nonmedical services to a person with Alzheimer's 17
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46	46	disease or dementia. 18
47	47	(b) (1) Each homemaker-companion agency, as defined in section 20-19
48	48	670 of the general statutes, shall provide not less than ten paid hours of 20
49	49	initial training to each new employee not later than ninety days after a 21
50	50	new employee's start of employment. Such initial training shall include, 22
51	51	but need not be limited to, programs relating to the topics described in 23
52	52	subdivisions (1), (3), (4) and (5) of subsection (a) of this section and, if 24
53	53	the new employee will provide services to persons with Alzheimer's 25
54	54	disease or dementia, subdivision (7) of subsection (a) of this section. 26
55	55	(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of this 27
56	56	subsection, a homemaker-companion agency shall not require a new 28
57	57	employee who (A) is currently certified in cardiopulmonary 29
58	58	resuscitation, (B) has completed a course in first aid, and (C) submits 30
59	59	proof of such certification and completion to complete initial training 31
60	60	relating to cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid. 32
61	61	(c) On and after January 1, 2026, each homemaker-companion agency 33
62	62	shall provide annually not less than ten paid hours of continuing 34
63	63	education to each employee. Such continuing education shall be 35
64	64	comprised of programs on the list of approved homemaker-companion 36
65	65	agency employee training programs developed pursuant to subsection 37
66	66	(a) of this section. Each homemaker-companion agency shall ensure that 38
67	67	each employee completes every program on such list at least once every 39
68	68	two calendar years. 40
69	69	(d) Upon completion of any employee training conducted pursuant 41
70	70	to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, each homemaker-companion 42
71	71	agency and employee shall complete a form, in a form and manner 43
72	72	prescribed by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, attesting that 44
73	73	the employee completed such training. Such form shall include the 45
74	74	names of the homemaker-companion agency and employee, the 46
75	75	training programs completed by the employee and the signatures of a 47
76	76	representative of the homemaker-companion agency and the employee. 48
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83	83	(e) Not later than January 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, each 49
84	84	homemaker-companion agency shall (1) submit to the Department of 50
85	85	Consumer Protection, in a form and manner prescribed by the 51
86	86	commissioner, an attestation in which such homemaker-companion 52
87	87	agency agrees to adhere to the training requirements described in this 53
88	88	section, (2) maintain a list of training programs used by such 54
89	89	homemaker-companion agency, including content summaries of such 55
90	90	programs, and (3) maintain a paper or electronic copy of all forms 56
91	91	relating to current employees submitted pursuant to subsection (d) of 57
92	92	this section. 58
93	93	Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 20-672 of the general statutes is 59
94	94	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 60
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96	96	(b) Each application for a certificate of registration as a homemaker-62
97	97	companion agency shall be accompanied by a fee of [three hundred 63
98	98	seventy-five] four hundred fifty dollars. 64
99	99	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
100	100	sections:
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102	102	Section 1 from passage New section
103	103	Sec. 2 July 1, 2025 20-672(b)
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105	105	Statement of Purpose:
106	106	To (1) require the Commissioner of Consumer Protection to develop a
107	107	list of approved training programs for homemaker-companion agency
108	108	employees, (2) require homemaker-companion agencies to provide not
109	109	less than ten hours of (A) initial training to new employees, and (B)
110	110	continuing education to current employees, and (3) increase the
111	111	registration fee for homemaker-companion agencies from three
112	112	hundred seventy-five dollars to four hundred fifty dollars.
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114	114	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
115	115	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
116	116	underlined.]
117	117	Raised Bill No. 1344
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