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Authors Valencia  
Subject Home health aides: training and certification.
Relating To relating to home health agencies.
Title An act to amend Section 1736.2 of, and to add Sections 1736.15 and 1736.16 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to home health agencies.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-06
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Status Chaptered
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2025-10-06     Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 400, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-06     Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-02     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-08-26     In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
2025-08-25     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2252.).
2025-08-20     Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-08-19     From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-07-10     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-18     Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-06-04     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-03     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1998.)
2025-05-27     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-05-14     In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-30     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-03-13     Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-02-24     Read first time.
2025-02-22     From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-21     Introduced. To print.
Versions
Chaptered     2025-10-06
Enrolled     2025-08-27
Introduced     2025-02-21
Analyses TBD
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Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license and regulate home health agencies and to certify and regulate home health aides. Under existing law, a violation of these provisions or the rules and regulations promulgated under these provisions is a misdemeanor. Existing law specifically requires an applicant for certification as a home health aide to complete, among other requirements, a training program approved by the department. Under existing law, a certification for a home health aide is renewed every two years, and to renew an unexpired certificate, the certificate holder is required to apply for renewal on a form provided by the state, as specified.