ESSB 6019: Improving the functioning of home care rate statutes.

What this bill does

Defines the home care agency vendor rate as the sum of the portion of the vendor rate dedicated to the wages, benefits, and required employer contributions of premiums for home care agency workers who provide direct care and the home care agency administrative rate. Establishes how the portion of the vendor rate that is dedicated to wages, benefits, and required employer contributions for home care agency workers who provide direct care must be determined. Provides a maximum percentage that may be recommended for the consumer directed employer administrative rate and the home care agency administrative rate. Directs the Department of Social and Health Services to verify that home care agencies have expended funds in accordance with statute.

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Floor votes

• House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 4, 2026
  96 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 11, 2026
  49 yea · 0 nay

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