MN HF696

Commissioner must establish base wage component values beginning January 1, 2024, and every two years thereafter using Minnesota-specific median wages from the most recent available Occupational Handbook edition.

Base wage component values calculated differently for three service categories: personal care aides use SOC code 31-1120 median wage; enhanced rate services use that wage multiplied by the enhanced rate factor; qualified professional services use weighted average of 70% registered nurse (SOC 29-1141), 15% health care social worker (SOC 21-1099), and 15% social and human service assistant (SOC 21-1093) wages.

Commissioner must adjust total wage component values biennially using an updated competitive workforce factor based on the difference between personal care aide median wage (SOC 39-9021) and weighted average wage for comparable occupations, with adjustments limited to three percentage points per update and a floor of zero percent.

Implementation components for all three service categories set at 75.45 percent initially, increasing by two percentage points every two years starting January 1, 2026, until reaching 100 percent.

Client programming and supports factor (2.30 percent) must be updated biennially beginning January 1, 2024, based on Consumer Price Index changes; all provisions effective January 1, 2024.