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Committe hears calls for home‑health safety measures and oversight of temporary nurse staffing agencies
Summary
Witnesses urged measures to protect home‑health workers and to allow DPH to regulate contracts by temporary nurse staffing agencies that contract with home‑health and hospice providers. Testimony described risks faced by lone workers, violent incidents in home settings, and market pressures from high‑pay temporary staffing agencies.
Two related topics received testimony before the Joint Committee on Public Health: House Bill 2364/Senate Bill 1632 (safeguards for home health care workers) and House Bill 2408/Senate Bill 1633 (authority for the Department of Public Health to address temporary nurse staffing agency contracts in home health and hospice).
Gina Ferragamo, a registered nurse with Mass General Brigham Home Care, described safety risks faced by clinicians who…
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