Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with senate passage and pass a bill that establishes and creates a commission to oversee nursing home staffing and wages in Rhode Island.

Highlights:

• Establishes the Rhode Island nursing home workforce standards advisory board (Sec. 2). 

• Specifies the membership of the board to include the director of the department of labor, nursing home representatives, nursing home workers, members of community organizations (Sec. 2). 

• Specifies that the board shall advise the department of labor, recommend statewide compensation and ensure minimum standard for phone worker training programs in the state of Rhode Island (Sec. 2). 

• Requires data collection sharing between the DOH, the executive office of health and human services, and the department of labor and training (Sec. 2).

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