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Senate committee reviews bill to redesign foster-home payment rates, including 90% of USDA benchmark and respite funds
Summary
Senate Bill 741 would require the Department of Human Services to adopt a compensation rate structure for foster homes that sets a base rate tied to a percentage of the USDA cost‑to‑raise benchmark and prescribes add‑on reimbursements and respite support; committee members raised cost, enforcement and litigation concerns.
The Senate Committee on Human Services opened a public hearing on Senate Bill 741, which would require the Department of Human Services to adopt a compensation rate structure for foster‑home resource parents that ensures appropriate reimbursement for the needs of children in care and prescribes required components of that rate model.
Sponsors said the bill implements recommendations from the federal court’s special master in the Wyatt temporary lodging litigation and from an expert study led by Dr. Marti Beyer. The proposal…
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