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Committee advances bill to register and regulate health-care staffing agencies, citing transparency and price-gouging concerns
Summary
A committee substitute to House Bill 282 that would require registration and basic standards for health-care staffing agencies passed the Senate Health and Welfare Committee and was placed on consent.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee advanced a committee substitute to House Bill 282 on Wednesday that would require health-care staffing agencies (health-care services agencies) to register with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and comply with basic standards for contracted direct-care staff.
Representative Steve Riley, sponsor of the measure, said the COVID-19 pandemic exposed and worsened staffing shortages in long-term care, assisted living and hospitals. The substitute requires registration with the cabinet, basic standards for direct-care staff, professional…
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