President Biden has chosen Dennis McDonough to lead to Department of Veterans Affairs. The Department aims to implement several pieces of legislation, including expanding the program that provides benefits to VA caregivers.
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The Equal Pay and Living Wage Act (the Act), currently before the Alaska Legislature as Alaska Senate Bill 16, seeks several significant changes to Alaska’s minimum wage, pay equity and employment discrimination law. The Act was introduced on January 22, 2021. If enacted, it would create the most comprehensive overhaul of Alaska’s anti-discrimination laws in at least 10 years. read more The 2021 Home Care Benchmarking Survey is now open! Home Care Pulse relies on home care providers, like you, to give information and feedback on what the last year has looked like for your agency. The survey will be open during February and March, and if you complete the survey before the early bird deadline of February 28, you'll receive the largest discount possible on your pre-order of the 2021 Study—$325 off. HCAOA congratulates the more than 100 member agencies that have been recognized as Home Care Pulse Award winners, including 2021 Best of Home Care Leader in Excellence, Provider of Choice, and Employer of Choice. Click here for the full list of agencies recognized. Be Wise, Immunize was launched by the Partnership for Medicaid Home-Based Care to spread awareness and information about the COVID-19 vaccine. The campaign provides home care workers trustworthy information about the COVID-19 vaccine. It is essential that home care aides receive the vaccine to protect themselves, their families, and their clients. This website outlines facts about the vaccine and why it is safe to receive. Visit bewiseimmunize.com to learn the facts about the COVID-19 vaccine. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) provides forgivable emergency loans to small and mid-size businesses. Many home care agencies have utilized PPP loans to stay in business during the continued pandemic. In 2020, more than $600 million dollars were dispersed to home care businesses. A new round of PPP loans (“second draw”) will offer additional funding to harder-hit businesses. VIRGINIA: Home Care Workers at Risk Without Medicaid Rate Increase, Lawmakers and Providers Say2/3/2021 Virginia’s minimum wage hike — from $7.25 an hour to $9.50 an hour — takes effect on May 1. If Medicaid rates for personal care services don’t keep pace with the higher minimum wage, it will be “financially unsustainable for home care agencies to provide services to Medicaid recipients. We are encouraging our colleagues in the General Assembly to step up and fully fund Medicaid reimbursement rates for home care workers,” Lucas and Aird said. read more House Bill 6100, filed last week on behalf of the Department of Consumer Protection, would expand background checks of prospective caregivers and ban medical terms in home care agency business names and advertising. As it did last year concerning a similar bill, HCAOA Connecticut is opposed to substituting state and national criminal background checks, which require fingerprinting by state police and the FBI, for comprehensive background checks. This would involve a costly, detailed and time-consuming process, delaying placement of caregivers with clients, putting elderly consumers at risk and harming HCAs. The bill also prohibits employment of persons convicted of one of several crimes. As an alternative, HCAOA Connecticut is proposing comprehensive background checks be conducted by a pre-employment background screening services company that include a search of an online federal database, and to allow HCAs to accurately describe nonmedical, supportive services that ensure a safe and healthy environment for a person who may have memory challenges. A public hearing on the bill before the General Law Committee will be held next week. HCAOA Connecticut is urging members to submit testimony and contact their legislators about the bill. |
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