SENATE DOCKET, NO. 776        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 268

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Gale D. Candaras

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act to provide personal care attendant orientation.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Gale D. Candaras

 

Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera

10th Hampden

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

Patricia D. Jehlen

 

Martha M. Walz

8th Suffolk

Katherine M. Clark

Fifth Middlesex

John F. Keenan

 

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

Benjamin Swan

11th Hampden


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 776        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 268

By Ms. Candaras, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 268) of Gale D. Candaras, Katherine M.  Clark, Cheryl  A. Coakley-Rivera, Sal N. DiDomenico and other members of the General Court for legislation to provide personal care attendant orientation. [Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act to provide personal care attendant orientation.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 32(b) of chapter 118G of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 official edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end the following: 

The council and 1199SEIU shall work jointly with all other interested stakeholders to establish a new personal care attendant orientation program for all persons newly hired as a personal care attendant.  Said orientation shall supplement and not replace training provided by consumers.  Said orientation may include training on independent living principles, identifying and reporting of fraud and abuse, and workers’ rights and responsibilities.   Said orientation shall be completed within four months of initial employment as a personal care attendant and shall take no longer than four hours to complete.   Persons currently employed as a personal care attendant shall be exempt from the legal requirement to complete said orientation.  Nothing in this section shall change or alter the PCA program principles of consumer direction and consumer control.