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HF1348 (Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026))

Community first services and supports requirements for support workers modified to qualify for an enhanced rate.

Related bill: SF815

AI Generated Summary

This bill modifies the requirements for support workers under Minnesota's Community First Services and Supports (CFSS) program to qualify for an enhanced payment rate. It amends Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.85, subdivision 16, and includes the following key provisions:

  1. Support Worker Enrollment and Requirements

    • Must complete a background study and be cleared for employment.
    • Must be able to communicate effectively with the participant.
    • Must possess the skills necessary to assist participants according to their service delivery plans.
    • Must complete standardized CFSS training, including first aid, vulnerable adult and child maltreatment awareness, emergency preparedness, mental health crisis response, fraud prevention, and self-direction.
    • Must pass a certification test upon completing training.
    • Must undergo employer-directed training on specific participant needs and maintain privacy and confidentiality.
    • Cannot independently determine medication doses or schedules for participants.

  2. Denial or Termination of Enrollment

    • The commissioner may deny or terminate a worker’s provider enrollment for failing to meet job requirements, failing to provide authorized services, being intoxicated while working, distributing drugs while working, or being excluded from federal health programs.
    • Workers have the right to appeal a termination decision in writing.

  3. Hourly Limitations

    • A support worker cannot provide or be paid for more than 310 hours of CFSS per month, regardless of the number of participants or agencies they work with.

  4. Enhanced Payment Rate Eligibility

    • Workers can qualify for a higher payment rate if they provide CFSS to a participant who requires ten or more hours of services per day.
    • Workers must meet Medicare home health aide or nursing assistant training and competency evaluation standards or alternative state-approved or individualized training through the participant’s healthcare provider or responsible party.

This bill aims to improve worker qualifications, ensure adequate training, and provide an enhanced pay rate for workers serving higher-need individuals.

Bill text versions

Actions

DateChamberWhereTypeNameCommittee Name
February 23, 2025HouseFloorActionIntroduction and first reading, referred toHuman Services Finance and Policy
February 25, 2025HouseFloorActionAuthor added

Citations

 
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