HF 4392

03/04/26   REVISOR  DTT/CH  26-07176
This Document can be made available
in alternative formats upon request  State of Minnesota
  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
  H. F. No.     4392
03/16/2026     Authored by Momanyi-Hiltsley, Noor, Luger-Nikolai, Falconer, Agbaje and others
  The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy
1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to human services; requiring wage remediation following delayed federal
1.3approval of retroactive rate increases.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5Section 1. INDIVIDUAL PROVIDER WAGE REMEDIATION REQUIRED.
1.6For provisions of the most recent collective bargaining agreement between SEIU
1.7Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa and the state of Minnesota that were not implemented on
1.8January 1, 2026, due to the lack of federal approval of the associated state plan amendments,
1.9if the federal approval includes a retroactive rate increase, the provisions of the most recent
1.10collective bargaining agreement are effective retroactively from the same date as the
1.11retroactive rate increase. The commissioner of human services must issue instructions to
1.12ensure that wage remediation occurs for all individual providers covered by the collective
1.13bargaining agreement as soon as possible following federal approval and all individual
1.14providers covered by the collective bargaining agreement receive back pay for the period
1.15between federal approval and the effective date of the retroactive rate increase.
1.16EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.
Section 1.  1