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Working group expands training and reporting recommendations; DPH portal changes and rate incentives remain unresolved
Summary
The group agreed to include hospice agencies in training requirements and to add a requirement that agencies ‘‘establish a system’’ for prompt incident reporting, but state budget and portal‑design questions left the proposed rate enhancement and data-capture details undecided.
The working group discussed proposed changes to Section 2 of the law to include hospice agencies in workplace-safety training, to preserve training content consistent with federal guidance, and to require an agency-level system for prompt reporting of incidents.
Tracy (Co-chair; head of the Connecticut Association for Health Care at Home) summarized the proposed revisions: add hospice to the training requirement and amend the staff-reporting language to "establish a system for staff to promptly report incidents of violence or potential threats." The recommended curricula cited during the meeting referenced CDC, NIOSH and OSHA materials as model guidance.
Members debated whether the current statutory phrase "monthly staff meetings" should be retained, replaced, or broadened. Several participants said the law’s original legislative‑intent clarification already…
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