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Committee reviews multiple Department of Health and DHS rules, supports assisted-living rate changes and administrative updates
Summary
The committee reviewed a bundle of Department of Health rules (home caregiver training, plumbing consolidation, massage therapy and cosmetology/body-art changes) and several DHS rules (vaccine counseling coverage, DISH audit redistribution, Medicare/Medicaid crossover billing, assisted-living cost reporting/rate adjustment); most items stood for review without objection and an assisted-living rate change was proposed to take effect retroactively to July 1 pending approvals.
Department of Health general counsel Laura Shue presented several rule packages for committee review: proposed home caregiver training amendments to comply with Act 70 of 2023 (requiring at least four hours of dementia/Alzheimer's training), consolidated plumbing licensing rules to incorporate Acts 137 and 457 of 2023, on-site wastewater system rule updates, cosmetology/body-art rules consolidation, and updates to dental hygienist practice prioritization under collaborative-care permits. Shue reported…
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