The bill establishes the Commission to Study Job Training and Career Advancement for Long-term Care Health Professionals and Personnel. The commission consists of representatives of the affected agencies and health workers for the purpose of establishing a set of health practitioner job descriptions and training requirements that are simple, are logically sequential and build up into a career ladder for individuals in the field.

Finally, the bill provides for a $1,000,000 appropriation from the General Fund to provide additional respite, homemaker and home-based care services to individuals who have been placed on the department's waiting list for these services.