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Subcommittee backs Delegate Chin bill to give independent home-care workers collective bargaining rights
Summary
The House Labor and Commerce Subcommittee voted 5-2 to report HB 2,089, a bill from Delegate Chin that would give Medicaid-funded independent home-care providers collective bargaining rights and create a Virginia Home Care Authority, contingent on passage of a separate omnibus collective bargaining bill.
Delegate Marcus Chin introduced House Bill 2,089 to the House Labor and Commerce Subcommittee on Feb. 12, 2025, asking the panel to report the measure that would extend collective bargaining rights to Medicaid-funded independent home-care providers and create a Virginia Home Care Authority.
The bill would allow Virginia’s roughly 28,000 Medicaid-funded independent providers to organize and collectively negotiate wages, benefits and working conditions and would establish the Virginia Home Care Authority at the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) to oversee home-care quality and serve as the public employer solely…
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