SF2786 Summary

• Establishes a long-term services and supports workforce grant program providing retention bonuses up to $1,000, signing bonuses of $750, and education grants up to $1,500 to eligible employees earning $30 per hour or less at nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospices, and home care providers.

• Appropriates $269,265,000 in fiscal year 2022 for workforce grants to eligible employers ($259,063,000 for grants and $10,202,000 for administration).

• Permits nurses with lapsed licenses (lapsed on or after January 1, 2019) to reregister for practice at nursing facilities or assisted living facilities between March 31, 2022, and March 31, 2023, with continuing education requirements waived.

• Temporarily allows licensed assisted living facilities to employ staff who complete an eight-hour online American Health Care Association nurse aide training course, with direct supervision requirements, expiring four months after federal waiver of nurse aide training requirements ends.

• Directs the Commissioner of Human Services to develop financing recommendations for a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) and implements a temporary 13.3 percent payment adjustment for certain home and community-based waiver services.