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California Debates Higher Minimum Wage for Health Workers
California may become the first state to establish a $25 per hour minimum wage for health care workers under legislation that is advancing in the state Senate. SB 525, introduced in February by state Senator Durazo (D-Los Angeles) would apply to a broad range of low-wage home care workers, potentially including those workers that don’t […]
Read MoreCalifornia Debates Higher Minimum Wage for Health Workers
California may become the first state to establish a $25 per hour minimum wage for health care workers under legislation that is advancing in the state Senate. SB 525, introduced in February by state Senator Durazo (D-Los Angeles) would apply to a broad range of low-wage home care workers, potentially including those workers that don’t […]
Read MoreCalifornia, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Strengthen Covid Rules for Health Care Workers
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will require its 115,000 front line health care workers to be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus COVID-19 over the next two months, making it the first federal agency to mandate vaccination. Meanwhile, California, easily the largest state in the union, has enacted new guidance that will require all state […]
Read MoreState Bill Aiding Unionization in Home-Based Care Could ‘Set a Precedent’ Nationwide
Traditionally, the home-based care world has been mostly void of massive unionization efforts among its workers. But that could change soon, thanks to a new ruling out of California related to “Assembly Bill 2455,” which the state passed in 2018. The bill aims to allow home-based care workers’ contact information to be unveiled, which gives […]
Read MoreHome Health News Roundup: Paramedics Making Home Visits, Upskilling Your Workers, and more!
A Sacramento Bee article outlining health care legislation in the California state legislature notes SB 944 would expand paramedic services under health care worker supervision: Firefighter paramedics could perform services such as home visits, tuberculosis therapy and transportation to mental health or sobering centers rather than to emergency rooms. Opponents of the bill, mainly nurses’ […]
Read MoreFood as Home Health Care — California Funds Delivery of Healthy Food
The state of California is funding a three-year, $6 million project to test whether home delivery of healthy food will impact hospital readmission and long-term care referrals, according to the New York Times. Researchers from Stanford University, the University of California, and San Francisco will study whether nutritious food deliveries to 1000 patients with Type-2 […]
Read MoreMoves to Boost Home Care Pay in California, Illinois
A shortage of home care workers and nurses in states like California and Illinois is leading some to propose significant pay increases for people who provide home care for the elderly and disabled. California In California, Governor Jerry Brown, a Democrat, has proposed a 50 percent pay increase for home health nurses, as part of […]
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