Maddy summaryHB 548 exempts certain health care facilities from licensing moratoriums and specific regulatory requirements. It specifically applies to facilities operating on a membership-based model or accepting direct payments from patients (not covered by insurance), excluding nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities. The bill removes barriers to new licenses and capacity increases for these direct-pay facilities while requiring them to provide a patient bill of rights. It also directs the health department to study direct-pay health care models. This policy change directly affects non-nursing-home facilities using membership or direct-payment business models.
Rep. Mark McLean
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Maddy summaryHB 1190 adopts the Interstate Social Work Licensure Compact, allowing licensed social workers to practice across multiple states with a single license issued by their home state. This change aims to reduce the burden of obtaining separate licenses for each state while improving public access to social work services, including through telehealth. The bill establishes a commission to oversee the agreement and ensures that social workers remain accountable to the laws of the state where their clients are located. It also includes specific provisions to support military families and facilitate the sharing of disciplinary information among member states.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires employers with 15 or more employees to clearly communicate their policies on unused paid time off and to provide workers with regular accounts of their accrued balances. It mandates that when an employee leaves due to a business closure, ownership change, or termination without a reasonable expectation of return, any unused vacation, holiday, or personal time must be paid out as wages, excluding sick days. The law also allows employees to agree in writing to transfer their unused paid time off to a new employer following a change in ownership instead of receiving cash payment. These rules are designed to apply to companies offering paid earned time and will become effective on January 1, 2025.