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Committee sends workforce-standards board bill to Ways and Means after lengthy Q&A over scope and cost
Summary
The committee adopted dash 7 amendments to House Bill 38 38, creating a Home and Community Based Services Workforce Standards Board with broad authority to establish minimum workforce standards; the measure now goes to Ways and Means because the fiscal analysis identified multi‑million dollar staffing and implementation costs.
On June 12 the House Committee on Rules adopted the dash 7 amendment to House Bill 38 38, which would establish a Home and Community Based Services Workforce Standards Board within the Department of Consumer and Business Services to develop and adopt minimum standards for home‑ and community‑based care workers. After extended questioning on enforcement, costs and board authority, the committee moved the measure to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation and referred it to the joint committee on Ways and Means.
The dash 7 amendment establishes an 11‑member board with specified membership categories (public members appointed by the governor, labor and employer representatives, service recipients and state agency representatives), requires the board to examine compensation, schedules and working conditions and to adopt…
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