Personal Care Attendants
Summary
Personal Care Attendants; Authorizes nursing home facilities to employ personal care attendants if certain training requirement is met; requires AHCA, in consultation with Board of Nursing, to develop certain training program; provides minimum requirements for such program; provides certain requirements & prohibitions applicable to personal care attendants; authorizes certain persons to be employed by nursing home facility as personal care attendants for specified period if certain training requirement is met; defines "personal care attendants."
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
Signed into Law
Jun 2021
Introduced Mar 18, 2021
Signed Jun 24, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Apr 26, 2021 · House Apr 22, 2021
How they voted
28–7
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 36
Apr 26, 2021
D
Democratic15
46% Nay
R
Republican21
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
47
Key actions
13
Committee
15
Amendments
1
Jun 24, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Apr 26, 2021
Upper · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 32 NAYS 7
upper
Apr 22, 2021
Committee
Referred to Appropriations
upper
Apr 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
CS passed as amended; YEAS 106, NAYS 11
lower
Apr 21, 2021
Lower · Passed
Amendment 091923 adopted
lower
Apr 16, 2021
Introduced
Amendment 091923 filed
lower
Mar 29, 2021
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Mar 25, 2021
Introduced
CS Filed
lower
Mar 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Mar 24, 2021
Lower · Passed
Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Mar 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
lower
Mar 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Now in Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Mar 22, 2021
Committee
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Mar 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Original reference removed: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
lower
Mar 18, 2021
Introduced
CS Filed
lower
Mar 18, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
lower
Mar 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
Favorable with CS by Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
lower
Mar 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
Added to Finance & Facilities Subcommittee agenda
lower
Feb 8, 2021
Lower · Passed
Now in Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
lower
Feb 8, 2021
Committee
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Feb 8, 2021
Committee
Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
lower
Feb 8, 2021
Committee
Referred to Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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