Bill > HB83

This bill requires the Health Care Authority to establish a minimum Medicaid fee schedule for personal care services, which are services provided to assist individuals with daily living activities. Specifically, it mandates a minimum reimbursement rate of $23.50 per hour for consumer-delegated personal care services, where a Medicaid recipient chooses an agency to deliver these services, and $19.78 per hour for consumer-directed personal care services, where the recipient has control over service delivery and the agency acts as a financial intermediary. Crucially, personal care services provider agencies receiving Medicaid reimbursement must use at least seventy percent of that reimbursement for direct care workforce expenditures, which include wages, employee-related expenses like payroll taxes and insurance, and training and supervision costs for the workers who directly provide care. The bill also appropriates over $51 million from the general fund to the Health Care Authority to implement these changes and update the Medicaid personal care services fee schedule.

https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legtype=B&legno=83&year=26