SB 103 — REPORT ON DIRECT CARE WORKFORCE

SENATE HEALTH AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL 103 57TH LEGISLATURE -STATEOFNEWMEXICO- FIRST SESSION, 2025 INTRODUCED4 BY Antoinette Sedillo Lopez and Pamelya Herndon and Kathleen Cates 6 8 10 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH CARE;

u [ (2) "authority" means the health care .229289.2.230106.3 SHPAC/SB 103 authority;

w l n d 18 (a) has entered into a medicaid provider = = 19 a l participation agreement with the authority and:

1) is a l i a e r 20 contracted with a medicaid managed care organization to provide a t m m 21 personal care services to eligible medicaid recipients;

and .229289.2.230106.3 - 2 - SHPAC/SB 103 (c) employs direct care workers to provide personal care services to eligible medicaid recipients;

e t 17 (1) total number of:of full-time and part-time w l n d 18 direct care workers employed at the personal care service = = 19 provider agency;

wa l ni da 18e (a)r full-time20 direct(2) caredisaggregated workersdemographic =information =on 19 a lt m m 21 direct care workers employed byat the personal care service d r e 22 provider agency;agency that includes:

ic a e rs 20k (b)23 part-time(a) directage; care workers a t m m 21 employed by the personal care service provider agency;

d r e 22 (c) direct care workers who are c e s k 23 independent contractors contracted with the personal care e a n b 24 service(b) providergender; agency;

and u [ (d)(c) directrace careand workersethnicity; who have ceased .229289.2 - 3 - providing personal care services for the personal care service provider agency in the previous twelve months;

(e).230106.3 vacant- full-time3 - SHPAC/SB 103 (3) highest, lowest and part-timeaverage directhourly carewage workerpaid positionsto asdirect ofcare theworkers endemployed ofat the previouspersonal calendarcare year;service provider agency;

and(4) (f)average hourslength of overtimeemployment payfor receiveddirect bycare eachworkers directemployed at the personal care worker;service provider agency;

(2)(5) percentagevacancy ofand theturnover previousrates calendarfor year that each direct care workerworkers was employed at the personal care service provider agency,agency; either as an employee or independent contractor;

(3)and total(6) lengthavailability and type of employmentbenefits forprovided eachby employeethe aspersonal ofcare theservice endprovider ofagency theto previousdirect calendarcare year;workers.

(4)C. hourly wage paid to each direct care worker during the previous calendar year;

(5)By totalMarch amount1, of2026, moneyand paidannually tothereafter, directeach medicaid managed care eorganization tand 17financial workersmanagement foragency travelshall, in a form and manner prescribed by the previousauthority, twelvesubmit months;data on the direct care workers providing self-directed e t 17 community benefits.

wThe ldata nshall dinclude: 18 (6) availability of fringe benefits for direct = = 19 a l care workers employed at the personal care service provider i a e r 20 agency.

Dataw onl fringen benefitsd shall18 include(1) the total number andof: a t m m 21 percentage of full-time and part-time employees that receive:

d= r= 19 (a) full-time direct care workers a l i a e 22r (a)20 healthproviding insurance;personal care services through the self-directed a t m m 21 community benefit program;

and d r e 22 (b) part-time direct care workers c e s k 23 (b)providing dentalpersonal insurance;care services through the self-directed e a n b 24 community benefit program;

eu a[ n(2) bthe 24highest, (c)lowest visionand insurance;average hourly .230106.3 - 4 - SHPAC/SB 103 wage of direct care workers providing personal care services through the self-directed community benefit program;

u(3) [the (d)percentage lifeof insurance;eligible medicaid recipients enrolled in the self-directed community benefit program who are unable to receive services due to a shortage of direct care workers;

.229289.2and -(4) 4disaggregated -demographic (e)information disabilityon insurance;the direct care workers providing personal care services through the self-directed community benefit program that includes:

(f) tuition reimbursement;

(g) retirement benefits;

(h) paid leave other than sick leave;

and (i) any other type of fringe benefit that the personal care service provider agency offers;

(7) other expenditures paid by personal care service provider agencies related to direct care workers, including:

(a) training for direct care workers;

(b) discretionary travel benefits;

and (c) personal protective equipment;

and (8) demographics of the direct care workers employed by the personal care service provider agency, including each direct care worker's:

e t 17 (a) age;

w l n d 18 (b) gender;

= = 19 a l (c) race and ethnicity;

i a e r 20 (d) highest educational level attained;

a t m m 21 (e) certifications;

and d r e 22 (f) duration of direct care work c e s k 23 experience.

e a n b 24 C.

By March 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, each u [ medicaid managed care organization and financial management .229289.2 - 5 - agency shall, in a form and manner prescribed by the authority, submit data on the direct care workers providing self-directed community benefits.