MA S671

Bill

MA S671

Relative to the nursing home quality jobs initiative

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
07/23/2020

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation relative to the nursing home quality jobs initiative. Health Care Financing.

AI Summary

This bill aims to improve the quality of jobs in nursing homes in Massachusetts. It proposes three key provisions: 1. MassHealth (the state Medicaid program) will annually fund a rate add-on to establish a living wage, benefits, and related employee costs for direct care staff at licensed nursing homes, including certified nursing assistants, housekeeping, laundry, and dietary staff. This rate will be adjusted annually for inflation. 2. The Department of Public Health will establish a scholarship program to cover the full cost of tuition for certified nursing assistant and direct care worker training programs, including programs that provide adult basic education and English as a second language training. The department will also conduct outreach to promote the availability of these scholarships. 3. The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, through the Commonwealth Corporation, will establish a grant program to cover the cost of nursing facility worker participation in evidence-based supervisory training to improve staff satisfaction, retention, and reduce turnover.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (8)

Jo Comerford (D), Julian Cyr (D), Cindy Friedman (D), Anne Gobi (D), Eric Lesser (D), Jack Lewis (D), Michael Rodrigues (D), Walter Timilty (D),

Last Action

Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (on 07/23/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S671

(8 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S671
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S671.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1128	Relative to transfers of assets by MassHealth members	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H1159	Requiring MassHealth behavioral health care carve out contracts to be subject to the freedom of information statute	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
H1161	To protect MassHealth applicants facing undue hardship	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H598	Relative to early-onset Alzheimer's disease	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
S50	Relative to personal care attendant services	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S661	Relative to MassHealth rates	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S709	Relative to transfer of assets by MassHealth members	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S730	To require equitable access to behavioral health services for MassHealth consumers	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To

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