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Senate adopts amendment to let home‑health agencies decline repeat patients who pose safety risks, passes S.189
Summary
On the Senate floor an amendment to S.189 was adopted that lets home‑health agencies decline subsequent admissions or visits to individuals previously discharged for staff‑safety reasons when risks cannot be mitigated; S.189 then passed third reading by voice vote.
Senator from Chittenden Southeast offered and the Senate adopted an amendment to S.189 to give home‑health agencies discretion to decline subsequent admissions or visits when an individual previously discharged from service posed a safety risk and the behavior cannot be mitigated. The senator said the change emerged from the Senate Health and Welfare Committee in response to rising incidents of violence against home‑health workers and noted support from the Department of Disabilities, Aging and…
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