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Relating to temporary staffing agencies for nursing services
Topics:Health care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 6, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 7, 2019
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill establishes requirements for a temporary staffing agency for nursing services (agency) operating in the state. The bill requires an agency to comply with several requirements including: documenting that each temporary employee meets the minimum licensing, training, and continuing education requirements for the position in which the temporary employee will be working; not restricting the employment opportunities of its temporary employees; not, in any contract with a temporary employee or health facility, requiring the payment of liquidated damages, employment fees, or other compensation if the temporary employee is subsequently hired as a full-time employee of the health facility; documenting that each temporary employee is an employee of the agency and not an independent contractor; and retaining all agency records for five calendar years.
Read the full explanation
The bill directs the department of inspections and appeals to adopt administrative rules to administer the provisions of the bill. The bill includes definitions of terms used in the bill including health facility, temporary employee providing nursing services, and temporary staffing agency for nursing services which means an entity engaged for hire to provide or procure temporary employment in health facilities for temporary employees providing nursing services. Temporary staffing agency for nursing services does not include a person who only provides the person’s own services on a temporary basis to health facilities.
House subcommittee
Named January 15, 2020. It hasn’t reported yet.
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