MN HF663

Personal care assistants and qualified professionals must notify the commissioner within six months and 30 days respectively of ceasing employment with a personal care assistance provider agency.

All personal care assistance provider agencies must enroll with expanded documentation requirements including surety bonds ($50,000-$100,000 depending on Medicaid revenue), fidelity bonds ($20,000), insurance coverage, written policies, training documentation, and self-auditing procedures.

Establishes a payment rate methodology for personal care assistance services and community first services and supports based on base wage component values indexed to personal care aide SOC code 39-9021, with biennial adjustments for competitive workforce factors and standard component values for various costs.

Requires providers to submit cost data at least once every five years including worker wages, benefits, administrative costs, and staff vacancy rates, with penalties for non-compliance including payment suspension.

Commissioner must publish evaluation reports by August 1, 2024 assessing standard component values and by August 1, 2027 assessing long-term impacts of the rate methodology on staff wages, benefits, hours worked, and retention.