SB 1068: Home Health Services

GENERAL BILL by Calatayud

Home Health Services; Requiring nurse registries to provide a written disclosure to clients at intake and annually thereafter; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to adopt rules; prohibiting nurse registries from using specified terms in their business names, advertising, websites, and promotional materials; providing that registered homemakers and companions are subject to initial and periodic inspections by the agency; revising the definition of the term “low-risk provider” to exclude nurse registries, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 1/5/2026 12:31 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 1013 (c1) by Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee Nurse Registries Last Action: 3/13/2026 S Died in Rules	Compare

• Citations - Statute (4)

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  400.506	Licensure of nurse registries; requirements; penalties.	Page 3 (pdf)
  400.509	Registration of particular service providers exempt from licensure; certificate of registration; regulation of registrants.	Page 5 (pdf)
  408.803	Definitions.	Page 7 (pdf)
  817.505	Patient brokering prohibited; exceptions; penalties.	Page 7 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  1/5/2026	S	• Filed
  1/12/2026	S	• Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
  1/13/2026	S	• Introduced
  3/13/2026	S	• Died in Health Policy