LeadingAge New York State Budget Review April 2017 | Page 15

• • • • • • Health Care Worker R&R: The final budget accepts the Executive proposal to level-fund recruitment and retention at $100 million. The funds support Medicaid rate increases for CHHAs, LTHHCPs, AIDS home care programs, hospice programs and MLTC plans for recruitment and retention of health care workers. CHHA Bad Debt and Charity Care: The final budget includes the Executive proposal to level fund up to $1.7 million for eligible publicly-sponsored CHHAs that demonstrate losses from a disproportionate share of bad debt and charity care. Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) program: The final budget accepts the Executive proposal to level fund services and expenses related to TBI at $12.4 million. NHTD Waiver Housing Subsidy: The final budget rejects the consolidation of the 39 public health programs and restores the subsidy as its own discrete line item, but accepts the 20 percent reduction in funding for the program. Home Care Registry: The final budget level funds the home care registry at $1.8 million. Criminal History Record Checks (CHRC): The final budget level-funds CHRCs for non-licensed long-term care employees including employees of CHHAs, LTHHCPs, AIDS home care providers, licensed home care service agencies (LHCSAs) and nursing homes at $3 million. For more information, contact Cheryl Udell at [email protected] or 518-867-8871. LeadingAge New York/April 2017 Page 14