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House approves health-care assistant registry bill to track alleged abuse; sent to Senate 48-22
Summary
The House passed House Bill 127 to create a central registry for health care assistants that will record substantiated allegations of abuse, neglect or exploitation and allow employers to run background checks; sponsors said the registry is not a step toward licensure and carries a small fiscal note.
A bill to create a statewide health care assistant registry cleared the Utah House after floor debate on the scope and oversight of the proposal.
Sponsor (unnamed in the transcript) said House Bill 127 would establish a registry under the Department of Occupational Professional Licensing to collect and share information about substantiated allegations of abuse, neglect or exploitation by health care assistants. "The purpose of it is to provide a central tracking system for health…
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