[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3582 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3582

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the exemption 
   for home health care workers from certain provisions of that Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 19, 2007

 Ms. Woolsey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the exemption 
   for home health care workers from certain provisions of that Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Home Health Care Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938.

    (a) Home Health Workers.--Section 13(a)(15) of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(a)(15)) is amended to read as 
follows:
            ``(15) any employee employed on a casual basis in domestic 
        service employment to provide babysitting services or any 
        employee employed on a casual basis in domestic service 
        employment to provide companionship services for individuals 
        who (because of age or infirmity) are unable to care for 
        themselves (as such terms are defined and delimited by 
        regulations of the Secretary), whose employment--
                    ``(A) is irregular or intermittent, and is not 
                performed by an individual whose vocation is the 
                provision of babysitting or companionship services or 
                an individual employed by an employer or agency other 
                than the family or household using such services; and
                    ``(B) does not exceed 20 hours per week in the 
                aggregate, whether performed for one or more family or 
                household employers.''.
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