Authorizing the Department of Elder Affairs to establish a home care worker registry

What it means

This bill directs the state Department of Elder Affairs to set up a registry of home care workers employed by agencies that serve the state home care program. Agencies must report each worker's name, ID number, gender, home and mailing addresses, employer, job title and completed trainings, and the registry is updated at least every 3 months. Only the name, ID number, employer and trainings are public, but unions and similar employee organizations, agencies and aging services access points can get all reported information on request. Workers pay no registry costs, and it takes effect as of July 1, 2017.

Source: official text and history of H.3821 on malegislature.gov. This describes the bill text posted there; amendments may have changed the version that was voted on.