SB3756 Summary

• Allocates $225,000,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to long-term care service providers, distributed within 30 days of enactment based on nursing hours data from Fiscal Year 2021.

• Requires nursing facilities to spend 60% of funds ($135,000,000) on pandemic bonus pay and temporary benefits for front-line workers on or after December 1, 2021.

• Permits nursing facilities to use remaining 40% ($90,000,000) for worker support, staff recruitment/training, COVID-19 mitigation costs, personal protective equipment, vaccine bonuses, and signing bonuses.

• Requires providers to sign award agreements, submit monthly budgets before receiving funds, and authorizes the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to audit and recoup misused funds by June 30, 2022.

• Restricts all expenditures to purposes permitted under Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and related federal guidance.