SHB 1142 — Standardizing basic training and certification requirements for long-term care workers who provide in-home care for their family members, including spouses or domestic partners.

What this bill does

Aligns training requirements and certification exemptions for long-term care workers providing in-home care for family members, whether such care is provided by an individual provider through the Consumer Direct Care Network, through a home care agency and paid for by WA Cares, or through the WA Cares third option, to be defined in rule by the Departmentof Social and Health Services.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 6, 2025
  88 yea · 8 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 26, 2025
  48 yea · 1 nay

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