House Bill 3838

Digest: The Act would make new laws about a workforce standards board for some workers in the home and community-based services sector. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Establishes the Home and Community-Based Services Workforce Standards Board. Prescribes the duties of the board. Directs the board to establish minimum working standards for the home and community-based services workforce. <b>Requires the board to take certain actions before adopting proposed minimum standards. Directs certain state agencies to conduct a fiscal impact analysis to determine whether a proposed minimum standard will increase the fiscal obligations of the state, including an increase in Medicaid reimbursement rates.</b> [<i>Requires the board to submit a written report to the Legislative Assembly regarding any adopted standard that is anticipated to impact the state budget. Provides that any such standard must be ratified by the Legislative Assembly before taking effect.</i>] <b>Requires the board to report to the Legislative Assembly and to the Governor the increase in funding needed to implement the standard. Provides that a rule establishing a minimum standard may not take effect before the Legislative Assembly has appropriated funding and the board has received approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, if applicable. <b>Permits the Bureau of Labor and Industries to conduct investigations, issue subpoenas, administer oaths, obtain evidence and take testimony to make determinations regarding implementation and compliance with the minimum standards established by the board.</b> Provides remedies for allegations of violations of the minimum standards established by the board. <b>Clarifies that relief may be sought for alleged violations no sooner than 90 days after a rule establishing a minimum standard takes effect.</b> Requires the board to conduct a [<i>biennial</i>] <b>quadrennial</b> comprehensive review, including a labor market analysis to inform the board's decisions to adopt new minimum standards or revise existing standards. [<i>Permits the board to establish uniform training standards for the home and community-based services workforce and to establish a process by rule for certifying worker organizations to provide the training to workers.</i>] Requires the board to submit a biennial report to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly summarizing the results of the comprehensive review and any actions taken by the board in the prior biennium. <b>Requires the online registry administered by the Department of Human Services to include workers from the home and community-based services workforce. <b>Requires that any public hearing conducted by the board be accessible through electronic or virtual means, if possible.</b>

In the House of Representatives

• Dacia Grayber

  Sponsor

• Travis Nelson, Ben Bowman, Julie Fahey, Lesly Muñoz, Andrea Valderrama

  Chief co-sponsors

In the Senate

• Kathleen Taylor

  Sponsor

• Kayse Jama, Deb Patterson, Khanh Pham, Rob Wagner

  Chief co-sponsors

• House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

  Adopted Jun 16

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In the House of Representatives Feb 27 – Jun 27

1. Feb 27Introduced
2. Mar 4Sent to Labor and Workplace Standards
3. Mar 17Heard in Labor and Workplace Standards
4. Apr 9Heard in Labor and Workplace Standards
5. Apr 15Labor and Workplace Standards reported it without a recommendation, and that it go to Rules
6. Sent to Rules
7. Apr 28Heard in Rules
8. Jun 12Heard in Rules
9. Jun 16Rules recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
10. Sent to Ways and Means
11. Jun 27Died when the session ended