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GA HB1427
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/22/2022
Primary Sponsor
Angela Moore
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AI Summary
- Requires all home health aides, whether employees or independent contractors, to maintain current cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification
- Mandates home health agencies ensure a backup home health aide is available at all times in case the scheduled aide is unable to or fails to report for work
- Requires home health agencies to carry liability insurance coverage for claims of negligence or willful misconduct by their home health aides
- Holds home health agencies responsible for negligence or willful misconduct by home health aides—including independent contractors—that results in property damage or personal injury to a patient
- Expands the Georgia Long-term Care Background Check Program to explicitly include home health aides employed by or contracted with a home health agency, and adds regulatory requirements for proper screening, training, and supervision of those aides
Legislative Description
TLC Act; enact
Last Action
House Second Readers
2/28/2022
Committee Referrals
Human Relations and Aging2/24/2022
Full Bill Text
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