Establishes the essential worker health care program to provide nursing home workers with high quality, affordable health coverage.
The bill establishes the essential worker health care program within the Department of Social and Health Services to provide nursing home workers with high quality, affordable health coverage through participating nursing home employers. Employers must operate at least one nursing home licensed under Medicaid and enter into a memorandum of understanding with the department. Employers must offer health care benefits through a qualified health fund, which must include at least two distinct and unrelated employers.
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