Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that appropriates funding for the state human services budget in Minnesota.

Highlights:

• Appropriates $18.54 billion in funding for the state human services budget in Minnesota, including the following reduced amounts (Article I-IV, Sec. 1-41):

• $154.66 million to county share for rate exceptions, $75.34 million to reduce Disability Waiver Rate System growth;

• $73.16 million for nursing facility surcharge; and 

• $66.76 million by removing the absence and utilization factor from Family Residential Services, Community Residential Services, and Integrated Community Supports.

• Establishes and reinstates Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA) parental fees for parents with income equal to or greater than 675% of the federal poverty guidelines and delays implementation of Waiver Reimagine until January 1, 2028 (Article I-IV, Sec. 1-41).

• Authorizes pay increases for nursing home and disability services workers, specifying that nursing home workers would receive a $1.50 hourly raise beginning January 1, 2027, and disability services workers would get a 40-cent hourly raise starting January 1, 2026 (Article I-IV, Sec. 1-41).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Article IV, Sec. 41).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that appropriates funding for the state human services budget in Minnesota.

Highlights:

• Appropriates $18.54 billion in funding for the state human services budget in Minnesota, including the following reduced amounts (Article I-IV, Sec. 1-41):

• $154.66 million to county share for rate exceptions, $75.34 million to reduce Disability Waiver Rate System growth;

• $73.16 million for nursing facility surcharge; and 

• $66.76 million by removing the absence and utilization factor from Family Residential Services, Community Residential Services, and Integrated Community Supports.

• Establishes and reinstates Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA) parental fees for parents with income equal to or greater than 675% of the federal poverty guidelines and delays implementation of Waiver Reimagine until January 1, 2028 (Article I-IV, Sec. 1-41).

• Authorizes pay increases for nursing home and disability services workers, specifying that nursing home workers would receive a $1.50 hourly raise beginning January 1, 2027, and disability services workers would get a 40-cent hourly raise starting January 1, 2026 (Article I-IV, Sec. 1-41).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Article IV, Sec. 41).

Full Bill Text