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Governor Hochul signed the New York State Budget for fiscal year 2023-2024 into law on May 3, 2023, bringing with it sweeping changes to the way home health care agencies and home care staffing agencies in the state will operate. The Budget includes important legislation that modifies the home care worker minimum wage, including the wage parity benefit portion of the minimum wage, establishes new oversight standards to be administered by the New York State Department of Health (NY DOH) regarding the payment of wages, compensation and benefits to home care workers, implements a new Managed Long-Term Care (MLTC) oversight standard, and creates additional requirements and hurdles for home care staffing agencies.
Wage Parity Benefit Portion
Beginning January 1, 2024, the wage parity benefit portion of the home care worker minimum wage will be reduced from $4.09/hour in NYC to $2.54/hour and from $3.22/hour in Long Island and Westchester to $1.67/hour. The hourly wage portion of the home care worker minimum wage, however, will be increasing as set forth below.
Hourly Wage Portion
Notably, the FY 2023-2024...
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