Home health workers providing agency-directed services; employers to provide paid sick leave.
Summary
Paid sick leave; home health workers providingagency-directed services. Requires employers to provide paid sick leave to home health workers who provide agency-directed services.Under current law, employers are only required to provide paid sickleave to home health workers who provide consumer-directed services.The bill provides that "employer" includes the Commonwealth, anyof its agencies, institutions, or political subdivisions, and anypublic body.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2022
Last action Feb 15, 2022
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Feb 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (5-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 20, 2022
Committee
Assigned sub: Subcommittee #4
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104292D
lower
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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