HB1138

The amendment BROADENS the definition of "non-medical home care agency" by removing the "for consideration" requirement and instead defining it as any entity that "as a regular part of a business" provides such services, and EXPANDS the scope of covered services to include transportation while REDUCING training requirements from ten hours to eight hours total (with the Alzheimer's/dementia component remaining at two hours and other training reduced from eight to six hours). The changes also add new licensing requirements including professional liability insurance and late renewal fees, making the regulatory framework more comprehensive.

The amendment NARROWED the definition of non-medical home care services by requiring that agencies provide "two or more of" the listed services (rather than any single service) and removed transportation from the list of qualifying services. The amendment also added specificity to client eligibility (must be at least eighteen years old), clarified that home care aides must be compensated for their work, and added a timeline requirement that training be completed "during the first six months of employment or during the first six months of a contract for" services.

The amendment converted the bill from its working "engrossed" version to its final "enrolled" version by removing formatting markup (underscores and overstrikes indicators) and updating the bill section numbering from 26.607.27 to 26.607.28, but made no substantive changes to the licensing requirements, penalties, training standards, or other regulatory provisions for non-medical home care agencies.