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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Apr 19, 2018
Notification of Your Eldercare Rights Act
This bill directs the Department of Labor to:
draft disclosures which describe the rights and liabilities of customers and providers of domestic care services,
require that any provider of domestic care services give such disclosures to each customer before entering into a contract with the customer, and
disclose to the customer whether the individual or individuals who will provide such services are employees of the provider of domestic care services or independent contractors.
The bill imposes civil penalties on a provider of domestic care services who contracts with a customer without first providing the disclosures required by this bill.
People & committees
Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] · D–PA
Legislative record
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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