HB 360 — An Act establishing the Home Care Employment Standards Advisory Board; and providing for an effective date.

33-LS1241\S33-LS1241\B CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO.

360(L&C)360 IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION BY THEREPRESENTATIVE HOUSEPRAX LABORIntroduced: AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE Referred:

Finance2/20/24 Sponsor(s):Referred:

REPRESENTATIVELabor PRAXand Commerce, Finance A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED "An Act establishing the Home Care Employment Standards Advisory Board;

(2) eight10 voting members as follows:

(B) the following sevennine members appointed by the HB0360bHB0360a -1- CSHBHB 360(L&C)360 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS1241\S33-LS1241\B commissioner of health after providing public notice of a vacancy and soliciting applications for an appointment under this subparagraph:

(i) twothree members who represent personal care agencies, including at least one agency that provided at least 800,000 units of personal care services during the previous calendar year, and one agency that provides chore and respite services;services, and one agency that provides service in at least one geographic area where the department has adjusted payment rates to reflect regional differences in the cost of doing business by greater than 10 percent;

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(ii) two members, each of whom is a personal care assistant enrolled with the department or a labor representative of personal care assistants representing at least 300 personal care assistants enrolled with the department;

CSHB 360(L&C) -2- HB0360b New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS1241\S (b) A member of the board appointed under AS 44.29.905(2)(B) serves at the HB 360 -2- HB0360a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS1241\B pleasure of the commissioner, except that a member shall be removed if the member no longer meets the qualifications of the seat for which the member was appointed.

(D) the sufficiency of service levels of and the effect of service level reductions on personal care services, hourly respite services, and chore HB0360bservices, as the services pertain to wages and working cns;itio HB0360a -3- CSHBHB 360(L&C)360 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS1241\S33-LS1241\B services,(E) as the servicesadequacy pertainand toenforcement wagesof andtraining workingrequirements; conditions;

(E) the adequacy and enforcement of training requirements;

A state agency that receives a reasonable request for information or testimony from the board under this subsection shall comply with the CSHB 360(L&C) -4- HB0360b New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS1241\S request as soon as is reasonably practicable and, when the board requests direct HB 360 -4- HB0360a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS1241\B testimony for a board meeting, the head of the agency or their designee shall appear at the meeting and provide testimony.

(2) "chore services" means chore services provided under a section HB0360b -5- CSHB 360(L&C) New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS1241\S 1915(k) option under 42 U.S.C.

HB0360a -5- HB 360 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS1241\B (3) "commissioner" means the commissioner of health;

CSHB 360(L&C) -6- HB0360b New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS1241\S PRELIMINARY INTERNET WEBSITE PUBLICATION.

Notwithstanding HB 360 -6- HB0360a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS1241\B AS 44.29.940, added by sec.

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