SB1822 Summary

• Requires the Department of Human Services to increase reimbursement rates for residential and day programs serving individuals with developmental disabilities to fund phased wage increases for direct service personnel, reaching a minimum starting wage of $13 per hour by July 1, 2017.

• Mandates four wage increases for direct service personnel: $1 per hour by July 1, 2015; an additional $1 per hour by January 1, 2016; an additional $1 per hour by July 1, 2016; and an additional $0.65 per hour by January 1, 2017.

• Defines "direct service personnel" to include direct care staff, front-line supervisors, qualified support professionals, nurses, and non-administrative support staff working in community-based disability services.

• Applies the same wage increase requirements to nursing facilities certified as intermediate care facilities for the developmentally disabled or long-term care facilities for individuals under age 22.

• Takes effect immediately upon becoming law.