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