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Special Report - Special Report - July 19, 2012
Home-care aides law may create barriers
Some agencies here are concerned I-1163's rules will shrink worker pool

By Chey Scott
Of the Journal of Business

Several Inland Northwest agencies in the long-term care industry are concerned about potentially negative and lasting effects of new training rules for home-care aides.

Last fall, Washington state voters approved Initiative 1163, which upped the number of required training hours, added criminal background checks, and created state-certification requirements for that group of care providers.

The new rules went into effect Jan. 7, and home-care agencies here say they a...


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