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This bill requires the Health Care Authority to establish a minimum Medicaid fee schedule for personal care services, which are services that help individuals with daily living activities. Specifically, it sets reimbursement rates at $23.50 per hour for consumer-delegated personal care services, where a Medicaid recipient chooses an agency to provide all services, and $19.78 per hour for consumer-directed personal care services, where the recipient has more control and the agency acts as a financial manager. A key provision mandates that at least seventy percent of Medicaid reimbursement for these services must be used for direct care workforce expenditures, which includes wages, employee benefits like health insurance and retirement contributions, and training and supervision costs for the workers who directly provide care. The bill also appropriates over $51 million to the Health Care Authority to update the fee schedule and increase these reimbursements.

https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legtype=B&legno=220&year=26