Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-491g: Health and safety training curriculum and system for reporting incidences of violence or potential threats of violence in conjunction with monthly assessments with direct care staff by home health care agencies, home health aide agencies and hospice agencies. Evidence required for reimbursement. Rate enhancement for timely reporting of workplace violence incident.

(a) Each home health care agency, home health aide agency and hospice agency, as such terms are defined in section 19a-490, shall (1) (A) adopt and implement a health and safety training curriculum for home care workers that is consistent with the health and safety training curriculum for such workers that is endorsed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, including, but not limited to, training to recognize hazards commonly encountered in home care workplaces and applying practical solutions to manage risks and improve safety, and (B) provide annual staff training consistent with such health and safety curriculum; and (2) establish a system by which staff may promptly report an incidence of violence or potential threat of violence in conjunction with monthly safety assessments conducted with direct care staff, which assessments may occur through in-person or virtual staff meetings or other communication methods, including, but not limited to, electronic mail, text messages, telephone calls, a hotline or a reporting portal.

(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall require any home health care agency, home health aide agency and hospice agency that receives reimbursement for services rendered under the Connecticut medical assistance program, as defined in section 17b-245g, to provide evidence of adoption and implementation of such health and safety training curriculum pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section, or, at the commissioner's discretion, an alternative workplace safety training program applicable to such agency to obtain reimbursement for services provided under the medical assistance program.

(c) The commissioner may, within available appropriations, provide a rate enhancement under the Connecticut medical assistance program for any home health care agency, home health aide agency or hospice agency for timely reporting of any workplace violence incident. For purposes of this section, “timely reporting” means reporting such incident not later than seven calendar days after its occurrence to the Department of Social Services and the Department of Public Health.