Wage remediation following delayed federal approval of retroactive rate increases requirement provision

A bill for an act

relating to human services; requiring wage remediation following delayed federal

approval of retroactive rate increases.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

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INDIVIDUAL PROVIDER WAGE REMEDIATION REQUIRED.
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For provisions of the most recent collective bargaining agreement between SEIU

Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa and the state of Minnesota that were not implemented on

January 1, 2026, due to the lack of federal approval of the associated state plan amendments,

if the federal approval includes a retroactive rate increase, the provisions of the most recent

collective bargaining agreement are effective retroactively from the same date as the

retroactive rate increase. The commissioner of human services must issue instructions to

ensure that wage remediation occurs for all individual providers covered by the collective

bargaining agreement as soon as possible following federal approval and all individual

providers covered by the collective bargaining agreement receive back pay for the period

between federal approval and the effective date of the retroactive rate increase.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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