Committee advances resolution to study abuse registry for at‑risk care workers

Representative Hilton, the bill’s sponsor, told the House Committee on Human Relations & Aging that House Resolution 816 would create a House study committee to examine “at‑risk populations and [an] abuse registry” and to review models used in Tennessee, Kentucky and Texas.

The measure, as introduced, would have created an 11‑member study committee. Committee members approved amendments during the meeting to reduce the panel to eight members, cut the number of House members from five to three, reduce nonlegislative members from six to five, strike two listed nonmember positions (lines 30–31) and remove a provision allowing compensation for nonmembers (lines 64–68). Representative Frey moved to accept the amendments, and the motion was seconded; the committee passed the resolution as amended by voice vote.

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