Committee backs advisory board and 70% pay rule aimed at Alaska home-care workforce
Senate Bill 154 would create a Home Care Employment Standards Advisory Board to study Medicaid rates and require agencies to spend at least 70% of state personal care service funding on wages and benefits for direct care workers; the committee reported the bill with an attached fiscal note.
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Juneau, Alaska — The Senate Labor and Commerce Committee on May 16 advanced Senate Bill 154, which would establish a Home Care Employment Standards Advisory Board and require that at least 70% of personal care services funding be spent on direct-care worker pay and benefits.
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