E2SHB 1694 — Addressing home care workforce shortages.

What this bill does

Expands timelines and testing opportunities for long-term care workers seeking certification as a home care aide. Expands the list of family members who are exempt from having to become home care aides and reduces the training requirements for these caregivers. Directs the Department of Social and Health Services to design a pilot project to pay spouses of persons with complex medical needs for providing care and to study the feasibility and cost of paying the parents of medically complex children under 18 years old. Directs the Department of Health to establish a database to track and understand long-term care workforce data trends.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 2, 2023
  96 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
• House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 13, 2023
  96 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 6, 2023
  47 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting

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