HI HB702

Appropriates unspecified general fund amounts for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates for in-home care services including homemaker, personal care, and private duty nursing

Requires the Department of Human Services to obtain maximum federal matching funds for the appropriated state expenditures

Addresses findings that current Medicaid reimbursement rates are too low for providers to serve Medicaid clients, with direct care worker wages falling below the 25th percentile nationally for most in-home care positions

References a December 2022 Milliman actuarial study that modeled reimbursement rate scenarios, with the legislature seeking to implement the "high scenario" rates to address wage pressure and rising care costs

Effective date of July 1, 3000 (placeholder date indicating amount to be determined)