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Subcommittee bars per-visit pay for home health, adopts funding for BOLI enforcement
Summary
The Ways and Means Human Services Subcommittee approved amendments to SB 1168 to prohibit per-visit compensation for home health and hospice workers and added a $159,362 general fund appropriation to the Bureau of Labor and Industries for enforcement staff.
The Ways and Means Human Services Subcommittee on June 12, 2025, approved amendments to Senate Bill 1168 to prohibit home health agencies and hospice programs from paying staff on a per-visit basis and added funding to enforce the change.
The bill expands the prohibition on per-visit pay beyond nurses to include home health care staff and hospice staff, listing home care workers, direct care workers, physicians, nurse practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists, volunteers and certain supervisors. The Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) is given enforcement responsibility under the measure.
A dash A3 amendment adopted by the subcommittee adds $159,362…
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