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Health (Amendment) (Professional Home Care) Bill 2020
- Sponsor
- Colm Burke · Fine Gael
- Introduced
- 21 Jul 2020
- Last updated
- 2 May 2025
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Amends Health Act 2007 to establish regulatory framework for professional home care providers serving adults aged 18+, including standards on training, contracts, complaints and abuse prevention.
- Extends HIQA's functions to set national standards for professional home care based on HSE 2008 guidelines, covering safety, medication handling, money management and care planning.
- Requires Social Services Inspectorate to establish registry of professional home carers and gives Minister power to make regulations applying to professional home care undertakings.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage33rd Dáil21 Jul 2020
- Second Stage33rd Dáil21 Jul 2020
- Committee Stage33rd Dáil1 May 2025
Debates
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