CT SB00262

Establishes a task force to study homemaker-companion agencies, including qualification criteria, complaint resolution systems, training and recruitment methods, public awareness strategies, authorized services, and national best practices.

Task force composition includes 9 members: two appointed by House Speaker (one client/relative and one Home Care Association representative), two by Senate President Pro Tempore (one agency employee and one senior citizen advocate), one each by House and Senate majority leaders, one each by House and Senate minority leaders, joint committee chairpersons on aging, Consumer Protection Commissioner, and the Long-Term Care Ombudsman.

Initial appointments must be made within 30 days of effective date; first task force meeting must occur within 60 days; administrative support provided by joint standing committee on aging.

Task force must submit final report with findings and recommendations to the joint standing committees on aging and general law by January 1, 2023, at which point the task force terminates.