SF3457 Bill Summary

• Requires personal care assistants to notify the commissioner within six months of ceasing employment, and qualified professionals to notify the commissioner within 30 days of leaving a personal care assistance provider agency.

• Expands qualified professional duties to include comprehensive supervision, evaluation, training, and documentation of personal care assistants within specified timeframes (initial evaluation within 14 days, then every 90-120 days).

• Establishes a payment rate methodology for personal care assistance services and community first services and supports based on median wage data, with biennial adjustments to competitive workforce factors and standard component values including taxes, benefits, and administrative expenses.

• Requires personal care assistance provider agencies to submit cost data to the commissioner at least once every five years, with payment suspension for non-compliance after 90 days.

• Requires the commissioner to assess standard component values and report to the legislature by August 1, 2023, and to evaluate long-term impacts on staff wages, benefits, hours worked, and retention by August 1, 2026.