Amendment ID: S2378-115-R1

Redraft Amendment 115

Home Care Agency Rates & Worker Wages

Messrs. Welch and O'Connor move to amend the bill in Section 2A, in item 9110-1635, by inserting the following words:- “provided further, that the department of elder affairs, in consultation with the executive office of health and human services shall require that each home care and home health agency receiving funds from the item submit a spending plan fully accounting for the uses of said funds, including the rate add-on funds for hourly rate increases, other categories of worker compensation and other related eligible costs; provided further, that not later than July 1, 2020, the department shall provide a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the impact of funds from this item on wages for the workforce at the home care and home health agencies receiving rate adjustments.”