(a) A temporary healthcare staffing agency shall submit biannual reports to the commission.(b) The commission shall promulgate rules in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, to establish requirements for temporary healthcare staffing agencies to submit biannual reports. The biannual reports must include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) The name, professional licensure or certification, and assigned healthcare facility for each direct care staff;(2) The length of time the direct care staff has been assigned to each healthcare facility and the total hours worked;(3) A detailed listing of the average amount charged during each reporting period to a healthcare facility for each category of direct care staff providing services to the healthcare facility;(4) A detailed listing of the average amount paid during each reporting period to direct care staff for their services for each category of direct care staff providing services to the healthcare facility;(5) The agency's certification that each direct care staff contracted to a healthcare facility during the reporting period had a current, unrestricted license or g services to the healthcare facility;(5) The agency's certification that each direct care staff contracted to a healthcare facility during the reporting period had a current, unrestricted license or certification in good standing and met the training and continuing education standards for the position with the healthcare facility throughout the entirety of the reporting period; and(6) The agency's certification that each direct care staff contracted to a healthcare facility had successfully completed all background and abuse registry checks required by federal and state law and rule relating to the position and healthcare facility in which the direct care staff was placed or assigned during the reporting period.(c) Biannual reports required by this section are considered proprietary information that is confidential and not subject to public inspection pursuant to title 10, chapter 7, part 5. However, the commission shall annually prepare reports of aggregate data that does not identify any data specific to any temporary healthcare staffing agency.Added by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 432, s 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
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