Sen. Brian Crain, R-Tulsa, promised a bill proposing a task force to look at possible amendments to the state’s Home Care Act would get a hearing in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee.
The task force, if approved by the state House and Senate, and approved by the Governor, would study possible amendments to be considered by the legislature in future years -- meaning that any legislative changes would not be considered until early 2016.
Crain’s comments came during the committee’s hearing on Monday of Interim Study 14S-11, a study the classification of home health care workers by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.
The study was requested by Sen. Patrick Anderson, R-Enid.
“I will make a commitment to you that (a bill proposing a task force to examine the Home Care Act) get a hearing before the (Senate Health and Human Services) committee, Crain told Lori Waken, with the Home Care Association of America – Oklahoma Chapter and assistant administrator at Grace Care, a private duty home health care provider.
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