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Committee weighs technical fix to home-care rate statutes aimed at ensuring parity for caregivers
Summary
SB 6019 would update home care rate statutes to require that agency vendor rates include a vendor portion dedicated to wages/benefits, cap administrative rates at 20%, and require DSHS verification; unions and agency providers testified with differing emphases and asked for an updated fiscal note.
The committee heard Senate Bill 6019 on Jan. 22, a proposed substitute intended to clarify how home care agency vendor rates are calculated and to reinforce parity between individual providers and agency employees.
Julie Tran, committee staff, explained the substitute would: define the home care agency vendor rate as the sum of an…
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