MN HF3181

Waiver case management service rates increased by 27.5% from June 30, 2025 rates, applicable to alternative care, disability waiver, elderly waiver, and brain injury waiver programs, effective July 1, 2025

County agencies required to submit annual labor market data on case managers including wages, caseloads, vacancies, turnover rates, benefits, and staffing levels for both county-employed and contracted case managers

Commissioner of Human Services must develop recommendations for a statewide rate methodology by February 1, 2026, considering factors such as prevailing wages, recruitment costs, travel expenses, and culturally specific program factors

Monthly case mix budget caps under elderly waiver programs increased by an unspecified percentage to accommodate the 27.5% rate increase

Essential community supports program monthly benefit cap increased from $400 to an unspecified amount, and service coordination cap increased from $600 to an unspecified amount per 12-month period