| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to human services; modifying community first services and supports |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 payment rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 256B.851, subdivisions |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 3, 4, 5. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 256B.851, subdivision 3, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subd. 3.Payment rates; base wage index.When initially establishing (a) Beginning |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8January 1, 2024, and every two years thereafter, the commissioner must establish the base |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9wage component values, the commissioner must use using the Minnesota-specific median |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10wage for the standard occupational classification (SOC) codes published by the Bureau of |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11Labor Statistics in the most recently available edition of the Occupational Handbook available |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12January 1, 2021. The commissioner must calculate the base wage component values as |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13follows for: |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 (1) for personal care assistance services, CFSS, extended personal care assistance services, |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15and extended CFSS., the base wage component value equals the median wage for personal |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16care aide (SOC code 31-1120); |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (2) for enhanced rate personal care assistance services and enhanced rate CFSS., the |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18base wage component value equals the product of median wage for personal care aide (SOC |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19code 31-1120) and the value of the enhanced rate under section 256B.0659, subdivision |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.2017a 256B.85, subdivision 7a; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21 (3) for qualified professional services and CFSS worker training and development., the |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22base wage component value equals the sum of 70 percent of the median wage for registered |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1.23nurse (SOC code 29-1141), 15 percent of the median wage for health care social worker |
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| 24 | 24 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 25 | 25 | | REVISOR AGW/HL 23-0066312/14/22 |
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| 26 | 26 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 27 | 27 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 28 | 28 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 29 | 29 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 30 | 30 | | H. F. No. 696 |
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| 31 | 31 | | NINETY-THIRD SESSION 2.1(SOC code 21-1099), and 15 percent of the median wage for social and human service |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.2assistant (SOC code 21-1093). |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.3 (b) The commissioner must publish on the department's website the current base wage |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.4component values. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.5 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2024. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.6 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 256B.851, subdivision 4, is amended to read: |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.7 Subd. 4.Payment rates; total wage index.(a) The commissioner must multiply the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.8base wage component values in subdivision 3 by one plus the appropriate competitive |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.9workforce factor. The product is products are the total wage component value values. The |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.10commissioner must publish on the department's website the current total wage component |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.11values. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.12 (b) For personal care assistance services, CFSS, extended personal care assistance |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.13services, extended CFSS, enhanced rate personal care assistance services, and enhanced |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.14rate CFSS, the initial competitive workforce factor is 4.7 percent. Beginning January 1, |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.152024, and every two years thereafter, the commissioner must adjust the total wage component |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.16values in this paragraph by applying an updated competitive workforce factor using the |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.17most recently available data. The commissioner must calculate the biennial update to the |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2.18competitive workforce factor after establishing the base wage component values required |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2.19in subdivision 3. The commissioner must determine the updated competitive workforce |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2.20factor by adjusting it toward the percent difference between: |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2.21 (1) the median wage for personal care aide (SOC code 39-9021); and |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2.22 (2) the weighted average wage for all other SOC codes with the same Bureau of Labor |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2.23Statistics classifications for education, experience, and training required for job competency. |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2.24 (c) For each biennial update of the competitive workforce factor under paragraph (b), |
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| 55 | 55 | | 2.25the commissioner must not increase or decrease the competitive workforce factor from its |
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| 56 | 56 | | 2.26previous value by more than three percentage points. If, after a biennial adjustment, the |
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| 57 | 57 | | 2.27competitive workforce factor is less than or equal to zero, the competitive workforce factor |
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| 58 | 58 | | 2.28must be zero. The commissioner must publish on the department's website the updated |
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| 59 | 59 | | 2.29competitive workforce factor. |
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| 60 | 60 | | 2.30 (c) (d) For qualified professional services and CFSS worker training and development, |
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| 61 | 61 | | 2.31the competitive workforce factor is zero percent. |
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| 62 | 62 | | 2.32 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2024. |
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| 63 | 63 | | 2Sec. 2. |
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| 64 | 64 | | REVISOR AGW/HL 23-0066312/14/22 3.1 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 256B.851, subdivision 5, is amended to read: |
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| 65 | 65 | | 3.2 Subd. 5.Payment rates; component values.(a) The commissioner must use the |
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| 66 | 66 | | 3.3following component values: |
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| 67 | 67 | | 3.4 (1) employee vacation, sick, and training factor, 8.71 percent; |
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| 68 | 68 | | 3.5 (2) employer taxes and workers' compensation factor, 11.56 percent; |
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| 69 | 69 | | 3.6 (3) employee benefits factor, 12.04 percent; |
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| 70 | 70 | | 3.7 (4) client programming and supports factor, 2.30 percent; |
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| 71 | 71 | | 3.8 (5) program plan support factor, 7.00 percent; |
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| 72 | 72 | | 3.9 (6) general business and administrative expenses factor, 13.25 percent; |
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| 73 | 73 | | 3.10 (7) program administration expenses factor, 2.90 percent; and |
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| 74 | 74 | | 3.11 (8) absence and utilization factor, 3.90 percent. |
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| 75 | 75 | | 3.12 (b) For purposes of implementation, the commissioner shall use the following |
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| 76 | 76 | | 3.13implementation components: |
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| 77 | 77 | | 3.14 (1) personal care assistance services and CFSS: 75.45 percent; |
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| 78 | 78 | | 3.15 (2) enhanced rate personal care assistance services and enhanced rate CFSS: 75.45 |
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| 79 | 79 | | 3.16percent; and |
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| 80 | 80 | | 3.17 (3) qualified professional services and CFSS worker training and development: 75.45 |
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| 81 | 81 | | 3.18percent. |
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| 82 | 82 | | 3.19 (c) Beginning January 1, 2026, and every two years thereafter, the implementation |
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| 83 | 83 | | 3.20components under paragraph (b) must be increased by two percentage points until the value |
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| 84 | 84 | | 3.21of each implementation component is 100 percent. |
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| 85 | 85 | | 3.22 (d) Beginning January 1, 2024, and every two years thereafter, the component value in |
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| 86 | 86 | | 3.23paragraph (a), clause (4), shall be updated for changes in the Consumer Price Index by the |
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| 87 | 87 | | 3.24difference between the most recent update and the data available six months and one day |
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| 88 | 88 | | 3.25before the scheduled update. |
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| 89 | 89 | | 3.26 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2024. |
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| 90 | 90 | | 3Sec. 3. |
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| 91 | 91 | | REVISOR AGW/HL 23-0066312/14/22 |
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