Bill > SF2052

This bill modifies the payment rates and component values for Community First Services and Supports (CFSS), a home and community-based service program for people with disabilities. Effective January 1, 2026, the bill requires the commissioner to establish base wage component values using Minnesota-specific median wages from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, updating these values every two years. The bill introduces a mechanism for calculating competitive workforce factors by comparing wages of personal care aides to other occupations, with limitations on how much the factor can change in each biennial update. The legislation also increases implementation component values by two percentage points every two years until they reach 100 percent and adjusts the client programming and supports factor based on changes in the Consumer Price Index. Additionally, the bill maintains a worker retention component that provides increasing percentage adjustments for workers based on their cumulative hours of service, ranging from 0 percent for workers with less than 1,001 hours to 10.81 percent for workers with more than 10,000 hours. The changes are designed to provide more accurate and responsive compensation for CFSS workers while ensuring transparency by requiring the commissioner to publish updated values on the department's website.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF2052&ssn=0&y=2025