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CS/CS/SB 1132: Personal Care Attendants

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; Health Policy ; Bean

Personal Care Attendants; Authorizing nursing home facilities to employ personal care attendants if they are participating in a certain training program developed by the Agency for Health Care Administration, in consultation with the Board of Nursing; providing limitations on such personal care attendants’ practice; requiring the agency to authorize the continuation of certain personal care attendant programs under certain circumstances; authorizing certain persons to be employed by a nursing home facility as personal care attendants for a specified period if a certain training requirement is met, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 4/22/2021 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 485 (Ch. 2021-163) -SJ 642
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/8/2021 Senate • Filed
    2/18/2021 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations -SJ 119
    3/2/2021 Senate • Introduced -SJ 118
    3/12/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/17/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    3/17/2021 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 1 -SJ 271
    • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    3/18/2021 Senate • CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 276
    3/19/2021 Senate • Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/23/21, 12:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
    3/23/2021 Senate • Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 312
    3/24/2021 Senate • Now in Appropriations
    4/14/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/19/21, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    4/19/2021 Senate • CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 17 NAYS 2 -SJ 472
    4/20/2021 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time -SJ 480
    4/21/2021 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/22/21 -SJ 642
    4/22/2021 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 641
    • Substituted CS/CS/HB 485 -SJ 642
    • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 485 (Ch. 2021-163) -SJ 642

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  • CS/CS/SB 1132, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/20/2021 at 11:39 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Appropriations (Post-Meeting) 4/21/2021 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 485 (er) Personal Care Attendants Health and Human Services Committee Identical Last Action: 6/28/2021 Chapter No. 2021-163

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    400.141 Administration and management of nursing home facilities. Page 1 (pdf)
    400.211 Persons employed as nursing assistants; certification requirement. Page 3 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 1132, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/17/2021 at 12:46 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 3/22/2021 (pdf)
    Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting) 3/24/2021 (pdf)
    Appropriations (Pre-Meeting) 4/16/2021 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 485 (c2) Personal Care Attendants Health and Human Services Committee Similar Last Action: 6/28/2021 Chapter No. 2021-163

    Committee Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    834122 - Amendment
    Delete lines 36 - 78 and insert:
    Appropriations
    (Bean)
    4/16/2021
    9:22 AM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/20/2021
    Web Page
    PDF
    816546 - Amendment
    Delete lines 37 - 61 and insert:
    Appropriations
    (Gibson)
    4/16/2021
    10:19 AM
    Withdrawn
    4/16/2021
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    3/23/2021 12:30 PM Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 8 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/19/2021 10:00 AM Appropriations 17 Yeas - 2 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    400.141 Administration and management of nursing home facilities. Page 1 (pdf)
    400.211 Persons employed as nursing assistants; certification requirement. Page 3 (pdf)

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  • SB 1132, Original Filed Version Posted 2/8/2021 at 3:30 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 3/16/2021 (pdf)
    Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 3/17/2021 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 485 Personal Care Attendants Health and Human Services Committee Identical Last Action: 6/28/2021 Chapter No. 2021-163

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    473940 - Amendment
    Delete lines 25 - 41 and insert:
    Health Policy
    (Bean)
    3/15/2021
    6:01 PM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/17/2021
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/17/2021 9:00 AM Health Policy 8 Yeas - 1 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    400.141 Administration and management of nursing home facilities. Page 1 (pdf)
    400.211 Persons employed as nursing assistants; certification requirement. Page 2 (pdf)

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