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Committee approves bill to extend home-care licensing, training and background checks to private-pay agencies
Summary
Sen. Clint Penzo told the committee SB120 would extend licensure, dementia-training and background-check requirements now applied to Medicaid-funded home-care providers to private-pay home-care agencies.
Sen. Clint Penzo presented SB120, which extends licensing, training and background-check requirements adopted in 2023 for Medicaid-funded home-care providers to private-pay home-care agencies.
David Cook, director of government affairs for the Alzheimer ssociation, described SB120 as "a consumer protection bill" that closes a gap in oversight. He said the 2023 law required dementia training for Medicaid providers but left private-pay agencies outside the licensure framework; SB120 would require the same mandatory training, registry screening and background checks for private-pay providers.
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