HF 2152 Summary

• Modifies the disability waiver rate system by establishing separate rate components for day support services and prevocational services delivered remotely with identical component values to in-person services.

• Establishes new component values for unit-based services with and without programming when delivered remotely, maintaining the same ratios as in-person services (competitive workforce factor 4.7%, supervisory span 11%, employee vacation/sick/training 8.71%, employee-related costs 23.6%, and others).

• Requires the commissioner to update the base wage index every two years starting July 1, 2022, using Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data from 30 months prior to the update and publish updated values in the rate management system.

• Directs the commissioner to report biennially beginning February 1, 2021, on the competitive workforce factor with recommendations to update it using recent wage data and workforce data, with changes capped at two percentage points per report.

• Takes effect January 1, 2022, or six months after the end of the federal public health emergency, or upon federal approval, whichever is later.