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Caregivers urge wage transparency while providers warn of administrative burden in supported living cost report bill
Summary
Supporters including unionized caregivers and direct support professionals backed HB 2600 to require updated cost reporting and wage transparency for supported living; provider groups warned the bill would add accounting burdens and urged direct rate increases instead.
Committee counsel Luke Wickham summarized House Bill 2,600 as a proposal to update the supported living cost‑report template, ensure compliance with federal law, and create a supported living work group that would develop Medicaid rate recommendations to promote equitable compensation for direct support professionals. The bill would require DSHS to provide administrative support for the work group and deliver a final report with findings and wage investment recommendations to the legislature by Dec. 1.
Provider groups told…
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