Update!
Below, please find an important update from The Collaborative describing the Economic Development bill now in Conference Committee and the importance of contacting your legislators to ask them to support the Senate version (SB3018).
Economic Development Bill Conference Committee is now reconciling the House and Senate versions, the latter of which is $150 million above the House allocation. The Senate included $250 million in its Economic Development Bill to fund supplemental workforce payments for Chapter 257 services over the next two years and provides:
• $100 million to increase payments for Ch.257 direct care, front-line and medical and clinical staff rates in FY 2023. This construct is substantially similar to existing supplemental workforce payments in terms of allowable uses; and
• $150 million to increase rates above the current 50th percentile of Bureau of Labor Statistics benchmarks for salaries beginning in FY 2024.
As we learn more about the budget we will keep you updated