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HOUSE BILL 39
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HB 489/23 – HGO (PRE–FILED) CF SB 197
By: Delegate R. Lewis
Requested: September 28, 2023
Introduced and read first time: January 10, 2024
Assigned to: Health and Government Operations
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Residential Service Agencies – Reimbursement – Personal Assistance Services 2
(Homecare Worker Rights Act of 2024) 3
FOR the purpose of authorizing the Maryland Department of Health to reimburse a 4
residential service agency for personal assistance services only if the personal 5
assistance services are provided by an individual classified as an employee; and 6
generally relating to reimbursements to residential service agencies. 7
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8
Article – Health – General 9
Section 19–4A–10 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2023 Replacement Volume) 12
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14
Article – Health – General 15
19–4A–10. 16
(A) Except as provided by federal law, licensure under this subtitle does not 17
entitle a residential service agency to reimbursement by a third party payor. 18
(B) THE DEPARTMENT MAY REIMBU RSE A RESIDENTIAL SERVICE AGENCY 19
FOR PERSONAL ASSISTA NCE SERVICES ONLY IF THE PERSONAL ASSISTA NCE 20
SERVICES ARE PROVIDE D BY AN INDIVIDUAL C LASSIFIED AS AN EMPL OYEE. 21
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 1
October 1, 2025. 2