Section 608.640 - Home care employment standards board: Duties relating to investigations; power to administer oaths, take testimony and issue subpoenas; power to request information and testimony from state agencies; duty to submit report of findings and recommendations1. A home care employment standards board shall: (a) Conduct an investigation into matters relating to the wages and working conditions of home care employees in this State and the compliance of home care employers with applicable federal, state and local laws; and(b) Based on the investigation conducted pursuant to paragraph (a), develop recommendations regarding:(1) The minimum wage that may be paid to a home care employee in this State; or(2) Safe and healthful working conditions for home care employees.2. A home care employment standards board shall determine the scope of its investigation conducted pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 and the specific matters into which it will inquire, which may include, without limitation:(a) The adequacy of wage rates and other compensation policies of home care employers to ensure the provision of quality services and sufficient levels of recruitment and retention of home care employees;(b) The sufficiency of levels of recruitment and retention of home care employees;(c) The adequacy of the role of home care employees in making decisions affecting their wages and working conditions; (d) The adequacy and enforcement of training requirements for home care employees;(e) The impact of home care programs, the larger system for long-term care in this State and any efforts to reach the goal of rebalancing long-term care services toward home and community-based services on the wages and working conditions of home care employees;(f) The impact of systemic racism and economic injustice on home care employees and the adequacy of efforts to alleviate such impact through the development of career paths through partnerships between labor and management and other methods; and(g) The adequacy of payment practices and policies of the State as such practices and policies relate to the reimbursement of home care employers for the provision of services under a home care program.3. In conducting the investigation pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1, a home care employment standards board shall have the power to administer oaths, take testimony thereunder and issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers and any other materials relevant to the investigation.4. A home care employment standards board may request information relevant to the investigation conducted pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 directly from any state agency. A state agency that receives a reasonable request for information from a home care employment standards board shall comply with the request as soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving the request.5. A home care employment standards board may request direct testimony from any state agency at a meeting of the board. The head, or a designee thereof, of a state agency who receives a reasonable request for direct testimony at a meeting of a home care employment standards board shall appear at the meeting and shall comply with the request.6. Not later than 1 year after the date of the first meeting of a home care employment standards board, the board shall submit to the Director a report of its findings and recommendations.Added to NRS by 2021, 3657Added by 2021, Ch. 539,§16, eff. 10/1/2021.