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House rejects bill to require workers' compensation for most home-based disability services
Summary
HB94 would have removed a long-standing exemption and required families who employ home‑based aides (self‑administered services) to provide workers' compensation for employees working more than five hours per week; the bill failed on final passage, 32 yes to 40 no.
Representative Edwards presented House Bill 94 to modify the Workers' Compensation Act so that most employees providing home- and community-based services under the state's DSPD (Division of Services for People with Disabilities) programs would be covered by workers' compensation. Edwards said the self-administered services program now serves nearly 1,500 individuals with disabilities on a…
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