Takeaways

• Connecticut imposes new training, continuing education and recordkeeping requirements on homemaker-companion agencies and registries, effective 01.01.27.
• Covered agencies must provide at least eight hours of paid initial training and ongoing education.
• Covered agencies also must maintain detailed compliance records, while registries must verify worker training before placement.

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Beginning Jan. 1, 2027, homemaker-companion agencies and certain registries operating in Connecticut must comply with new training and recordkeeping requirements under Public Act No. 26-50, “An Act Requiring Training for Homemaker-Companion Agency Employees.”

Who Is Covered?

Under the new law, Connecticut homemaker-companion agencies, regardless of size, must provide paid training and continuing education to employees who provide homemaker or companion services. The law also requires homemaker-companion registries to ensure that individuals they refer for homemaker or companion services satisfy certain training requirements before being placed with consumers.

Importantly, the law does not apply to several categories of workers commonly found in the healthcare industry, including:

• Nurse’s aides;
• Home health aides;
• Personal care attendants; and
• Employees of homemaker-companion agencies who do not provide homemaker or companion services.

Therefore, hospitals, physician practices, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living providers, and many other healthcare...

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