§ 7-306.3. Wage survey requirements
West's Annotated Code of MarylandHealth--GeneralEffective: July 1, 2019
Effective: July 1, 2019
MD Code, Health - General, § 7-306.3
§ 7-306.3. Wage survey requirements
(a)(1) Beginning in fiscal 2014, the wage survey required under § 7-306.1 of this subtitle shall be submitted by a community provider in a format that:
(b)(1)(i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, this subsection applies in fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter before the earlier of:
(2) The percentage of a community provider's total reported operating expenses, excluding interest on capital and other capital expenses, that is spent on direct support employee salaries, wages, and fringe benefits for a fiscal year, as reported to the Department by the provider in its fiscal year cost report data form, may not be less than the percentage of the community provider's total reported operating expenses spent on direct support employee salaries, wages, and fringe benefits for the last fiscal year in which the rate increase for community service providers is less than 3.0% over the funding provided in the legislative appropriation for Object 08 Contractual Services in Program M00M01.02 Community Services in the prior fiscal year.
(3) If the Department determines that the proportion of a community provider's expenses for direct support employee salaries, wages, and fringe benefits for a fiscal year falls below the level required under paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Department shall notify the community provider of the determination in writing.
(ii) Provide information to the Department demonstrating mitigating circumstances justifying the community provider's noncompliance with paragraph (2) of this subsection, which may include proof that the average wage paid to direct support employees by the community provider increased in proportion to the rate increase to the community provider for the fiscal year; or
(ii) The amount of funds recouped by the Department under this paragraph shall be the difference between the actual funds spent by the community provider on direct support employee salaries, wages, and fringe benefits during the fiscal year at issue and the amount of funds that the community provider was required to spend on direct support employee salaries, wages, and fringe benefits under paragraph (2) of this subsection.
(c)(1) On or before December 1, 2015, the Department shall submit, in accordance with § 2-1257 of the State Government Article, to the Senate Finance Committee, the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, the House Appropriations Committee, and the House Health and Government Operations Committee a report summarizing the range of total funding spent by community providers on direct support employee salaries, wages, and fringe benefits as a percentage of total reported operating expenses, excluding interest on capital and other expenses, for fiscal year 2014.
Credits
Added by Acts 2014, c. 648, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2014. Amended by Acts 2015, c. 489, § 1, eff. June 1, 2015; Acts 2019, c. 8, § 5.
MD Code, Health - General, § 7-306.3, MD HEALTH GEN § 7-306.3
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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