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| 1 | - | WES MOORE, Governor Ch. 881 | |
| 2 | 1 | ||
| 3 | - | – 1 – | |
| 4 | - | Chapter 881 | |
| 5 | - | (House Bill 39) | |
| 6 | 2 | ||
| 7 | - | AN ACT concerning | |
| 3 | + | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXIS TING LAW. | |
| 4 | + | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | + | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | + | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | + | amendment. | |
| 8 | + | Italics indicate opposite chamber/conference committee amendments. | |
| 9 | + | *hb0039* | |
| 8 | 10 | ||
| 9 | - | Residential Service Agencies – Reimbursement – Personal Assistance Services | |
| 10 | - | (Homecare Worker Rights Act of 2024) | |
| 11 | + | HOUSE BILL 39 | |
| 12 | + | J3 (4lr0742) | |
| 13 | + | ENROLLED BILL | |
| 14 | + | — Health and Government Operations/Finance — | |
| 15 | + | Introduced by Delegate R. Lewis | |
| 11 | 16 | ||
| 12 | - | FOR the purpose of authorizing the Maryland Department of Health to reimburse a | |
| 13 | - | residential service agency for personal assistance services only if the personal | |
| 14 | - | assistance services are provided by an individual classified as an employee; and | |
| 15 | - | generally relating to reimbursements to residential service agencies. | |
| 17 | + | Read and Examined by Proofreaders: | |
| 16 | 18 | ||
| 17 | - | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, | |
| 18 | - | Article – Health – General | |
| 19 | - | Section 19–4A–10 | |
| 20 | - | Annotated Code of Maryland | |
| 21 | - | (2023 Replacement Volume) | |
| 19 | + | _______________________________________________ | |
| 20 | + | Proofreader. | |
| 21 | + | _______________________________________________ | |
| 22 | + | Proofreader. | |
| 22 | 23 | ||
| 23 | - | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, | |
| 24 | - | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: | |
| 24 | + | Sealed with the Great Seal and presented to the Governor, for his approval this | |
| 25 | 25 | ||
| 26 | - | ||
| 26 | + | _______ day of _______________ at _________________ _______ o’clock, ________M. | |
| 27 | 27 | ||
| 28 | - | 19–4A–10. | |
| 28 | + | ______________________________________________ | |
| 29 | + | Speaker. | |
| 29 | 30 | ||
| 30 | - | (A) Except as provided by federal law, licensure under this subtitle does not | |
| 31 | - | entitle a residential service agency to reimbursement by a third party payor. | |
| 31 | + | CHAPTER ______ | |
| 32 | 32 | ||
| 33 | - | (B) THE DEPARTMENT MAY REIMBURSE A RESIDENTIAL SERVICE AGENCY | |
| 34 | - | FOR PERSONAL ASSISTA NCE SERVICES ONLY IF THE PERSONAL ASSISTA NCE | |
| 35 | - | SERVICES ARE PROVIDE D BY AN INDIVIDUAL C LASSIFIED AS AN EMPL OYEE. | |
| 33 | + | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 36 | 34 | ||
| 37 | - | ||
| 38 | - | ||
| 35 | + | Residential Service Agencies – Reimbursement – Personal Assistance Services 2 | |
| 36 | + | (Homecare Worker Rights Act of 2024) 3 | |
| 39 | 37 | ||
| 40 | - | Approved by the Governor, May 16, 2024. | |
| 38 | + | FOR the purpose of authorizing the Maryland Department of Health to reimburse a 4 | |
| 39 | + | residential service agency for personal assistance services only if the personal 5 | |
| 40 | + | assistance services are provided by an individual classified as an employee; and 6 | |
| 41 | + | generally relating to reimbursements to residential service agencies. 7 | |
| 42 | + | ||
| 43 | + | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8 | |
| 44 | + | Article – Health – General 9 | |
| 45 | + | Section 19–4A–10 10 | |
| 46 | + | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 | |
| 47 | + | (2023 Replacement Volume) 12 | |
| 48 | + | 2 HOUSE BILL 39 | |
| 49 | + | ||
| 50 | + | ||
| 51 | + | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 1 | |
| 52 | + | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 2 | |
| 53 | + | ||
| 54 | + | Article – Health – General 3 | |
| 55 | + | ||
| 56 | + | 19–4A–10. 4 | |
| 57 | + | ||
| 58 | + | (A) Except as provided by federal law, licensure under this subtitle does not 5 | |
| 59 | + | entitle a residential service agency to reimbursement by a third party payor. 6 | |
| 60 | + | ||
| 61 | + | (B) THE DEPARTMENT MAY REIMBU RSE A RESIDENTIAL SE RVICE AGENCY 7 | |
| 62 | + | FOR PERSONAL ASSISTA NCE SERVICES ONLY IF THE PERSONAL ASSISTA NCE 8 | |
| 63 | + | SERVICES ARE PROVIDE D BY AN INDIVIDUAL C LASSIFIED AS AN EMPL OYEE. 9 | |
| 64 | + | ||
| 65 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 10 | |
| 66 | + | October 1, 2025 January 1, 2026. 11 | |
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| 69 | + | ||
| 70 | + | Approved: | |
| 71 | + | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 72 | + | Governor. | |
| 73 | + | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 74 | + | Speaker of the House of Delegates. | |
| 75 | + | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 76 | + | President of the Senate. |