H.F. No. 1880 Summary

• Modifies the disability waiver rate system for home and community-based services by updating wage index calculations, component values, and payment rate methodologies effective January 1, 2024, or upon federal approval.

• Shifts base wage index updates from January 1, 2022 to January 1, 2024, with subsequent updates on January 1, 2025, and January 1, 2027, based on most recently available Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data.

• Adds new subdivision 5f establishing a competitive workforce factor that updates on January 1, 2024, January 1, 2025, and every two years thereafter, with increases limited to no more than two percentage points per update.

• Revises standard component value adjustment dates from July 1, 2026 to January 1, 2027, using Consumer Price Index data available six months prior to scheduled updates instead of 30 months.

• Repeals subdivisions 9a and 10c, consolidating respite services provisions into the main unit-based services framework and eliminating the separate competitive workforce factor reporting requirement.