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Senate committee reviews DHS plan to raise self-direction pay to $13.32 an hour
Summary
The Senate Public Health committee heard DHS explain a new methodology that would raise the self-direction hourly budget from $10.55 to $13.32 by tying it to the personal-care rate and removing agency administrative overhead; members pressed DHS for the math and asked for supporting spreadsheets.
The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee on Monday reviewed a Department of Human Services proposal to change how budgets are calculated for the self-direction program, which allows Medicaid beneficiaries to hire their own caregivers.
Gerald (Jerry) Sheram of DHS said the agency began its calculation with a $10.91 base and added a 16% benefit load, producing a proposed self-direction hourly budget of $13.32. "The current hourly rate is $10.55," Sheram told members. Under the…
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