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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

     

     Introduced By: Senators DiPalma, Goldin, Euer, and Nesselbush

     Date Introduced: March 01, 2018

     Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 40-8 of the General Laws entitled "Medical Assistance" is hereby

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amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     40-8-33. Parents as CNA caregivers for their children.

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     The department of human services shall promulgate regulations to compensate parents

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(or persons to become parents) who are certified nursing assistant (CNA) caregivers for their

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children. The department shall submit recommendations on maintaining or expanding the

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program in FY 2020 to the senate president on or before January 1, 2019. Out of monies not

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otherwise appropriated, the general assembly shall appropriate the sum of three hundred thousand

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dollars ($300,000) for the fiscal year 2018-2019 for parents to be compensated as CNA

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caregivers for their children.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

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     This act would permit payments to parents who serve as certified nursing assistant

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caregiver for their children.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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