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MN HF11
Bill
Status
7/13/2020
Primary Sponsor
Todd Lippert
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AI Summary
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Increases monthly hour limits for personal care assistants and support workers from 275 to 310 hours per month.
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Temporarily allows parents, stepparents, legal guardians of minors, and spouses to be compensated for providing personal care assistance services during the COVID-19 peacetime emergency, expiring January 31, 2021 or 60 days after emergency ends.
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Establishes a temporary 15 percent rate increase for direct support services under covered programs and personal care assistance services, requiring providers to use at least 80 percent of additional revenue for worker wages, salaries, benefits, and related taxes.
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Requires providers receiving rate increases to post distribution plans by October 15, 2020 detailing how additional revenue will be used, with complaint procedures for direct support professionals.
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Appropriates unspecified general fund amount in fiscal year 2021 to the commissioner of human services for implementation.
Legislative Description
Personal care assistance and support worker requirements modified, personal care assistance services provided by parents or spouse compensation temporarily allowed, personal care assistance services temporary rate increase established, and money appropriated.
Last Action
Author added Bernardy
7/20/2020