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Relating to the minimum per hour wage provided to home health aides under the Medicaid program, and making an appropriation
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 17, 2021
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary The state will change how it pays home health agencies that use Medicaid to care for people. These agencies will now receive enough money to ensure home health aides earn at least $15.20 per hour. Money from the state's general fund will be used to cover these higher wages for the 2021-2022 period.1
Read the official explanation
This bill provides that for FY 2021-2022, the department of human services (DHS) shall continue to reimburse home health agencies utilizing the Medicare low utilization payment adjustment (LUPA) methodology with state geographic wage adjustments, but shall adjust the labor and adjusted wage rate portions of the LUPA methodology to provide a minimum per hour wage of $15.20 to home health aides. The bill also appropriates a sufficient amount from the general fund of the state to DHS for FY 2021-2022 to provide the minimum hourly rate to home health aides under the Medicaid program as specified in the bill.
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