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- Introduced by Sen. Mark Jansen (R) on March 2, 2011, to impose licensure, regulation and fees on “in-home service agencies” that “provide home health services or private duty home care services directly or through a contractual arrangement to patients or clients”.
- Referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee on March 2, 2011.
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1) Re: 2011 Senate Bill 221 (Impose licensure mandate on home health care agencies ) by Angiltarachrn on April 19, 2011
As a private business owner whom Bill 221 affects, I am more concerned about the safety and protection of the elderly than the burden on my agency. As it stands now, anyone can open a Homecare agency without prior education, experience, or even a background check. This puts the elderly at an incredible risk for being taken advantage of, as well as abuse and neglect.
I think the only private companies that are worried about how this affects them and not the protection of our elderly probably shouldn't be in this type of business anyway, because their bottom line is their priority
So it appears that even though the state has been collapsing in on itself over the past 8 years, our legislators still don't understand the burden that excessive regulation places on private enterprises. Is this another case of crony capitalism?
Introduced in the Senate on March 2, 2011
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