MN SF727

Modifies Minnesota's disability waiver rate system by amending definitions and updating the rates management system framework for home and community-based services.

Changes wage index update frequency from every five years to every two years, effective July 1, 2019, and adjusts how base wages are calculated using Bureau of Labor Statistics data for various direct care and support staff positions.

Adds automatic inclusion of licensing fees into service rates allocated based on revenue generated by services provided to individual recipients, with adjustments retroactive to the assessment date.

Creates new subdivision 17 requiring prompt issuance of service agreement authorizations and ensuring conversions achieve budget neutrality without reducing prior funding or services to recipients.

Establishes new section 256B.4915 requiring the commissioner to adjust historical and framework rates for all reimbursement rate increases effective between January 1, 2014, and June 30, 2017.