| (C) For each contract included in the cost report database
used to determine rates in effect on September 1, 1999, divide the
result from subparagraph (B) of this paragraph by the corresponding
units of service. Provider projected costs per unit of service are
rank-ordered from low to high, along with the provider's corresponding
units of service. For DAHS, the median cost per unit of service is
selected. For all other programs, the units of service are summed
until the median unit of service is reached. The corresponding projected
cost per unit of service is the weighted median cost component. The
result is multiplied by 1.044 for PHC, CLASS--DSA, CBA--HCSS, and
DBMD; and by 1.07 for RC, CBA--AL/RC, and DAHS. The result is the
attendant compensation rate component for nonparticipating contracts.
(D) The attendant compensation rate component for nonparticipating
contracts will remain constant over time, except in the case of increases
to the attendant compensation rate component for nonparticipating
contracts explicitly mandated by the Texas legislature and for adjustments
necessitated by increases in the minimum wage. Adjustments necessitated
by increases in the minimum wage are limited to ensuring that these
rates are adequate to cover mandated minimum wage levels.
(2) For ICF/IID DH, ICF/IID residential services, HCS
SL/RSS, HCS DH, HCS SHL/CFC PAS HAB, HCS respite, HCS supported employment,
HCS employment assistance, TxHmL DH, TxHmL CSS and CFC PAS HAB, TxHmL
respite, TxHmL supported employment, and TxHmL employment assistance,
for each level of need (LON), HHSC will calculate an attendant compensation
rate component for nonparticipating contracts for each service as
follows:
(A) For each service, for each LON, determine the percent
of the fully-funded model rate in effect on August 31, 2010 for that
service accruing from attendants. For ICF/IID, the fully-funded model
is the model as calculated under §355.456(d) of this chapter
(relating to Reimbursement Methodology) before any adjustments made
in accordance with §355.101 of this subchapter (relating to Introduction)
and §355.109 of this subchapter (relating to Adjusting Reimbursement
When New Legislation, Regulations, or Economic Factors Affect Costs).
For HCS and TxHmL, the fully-funded model is the model as calculated
under §355.723(d) of this chapter (relating to Reimbursement
Methodology for Home and Community-based Services and Texas Home Living
Programs) before any adjustments made in accordance with §355.101
and §355.109 of this subchapter for the rate period.
(B) For each service, for each LON, multiply the percent
of the fully-funded model rate in effect on August 31, 2010 for that
service accruing from attendants from subparagraph (A) of this paragraph
by the total adopted reimbursement rate for that service in effect
on August 31, 2010. Effective September 1, 2019, the result is multiplied
by 1.044 for HCS SHL/CFC PAS HAB, HCS respite, HCS supported employment,
HCS employment assistance, TxHmL CSS and CFC/PAS HAB, TxHmL respite,
TxHmL supported employment, and TxHmL employment assistance and by
1.07 for HCS SL/RSS, HCS DH, TxHmL DH and ICF Residential and ICF
DH. The result is the attendant compensation rate component for that
service for nonparticipating contracts.
(C) The attendant compensation rate component for nonparticipating
contracts will remain constant over time, except in the case of increases
to the attendant compensation rate component for nonparticipating
contracts explicitly mandated by the Texas legislature; and for adjustments
necessitated by increases in the minimum wage. Adjustments necessitated
by increases in the minimum wage are limited to ensuring that these
rates are adequate to cover mandated minimum wage levels.
(D) Effective July 1, 2017, the attendant compensation
rate component for nonparticipating contracts for HCS SHL/CFC PAS
HAB and TxHmL CSS and CFC PAS HAB is equal to $14.52 per hour.
(E) Effective September 1, 2019, the attendant compensation
rate component for nonparticipating contracts for HCS SHL/CFC PAS
HAB is calculated using cost data from the most recently audited cost
report multiplied by 1.044.
(F) Effective January 1, 2020, the attendant compensation
rate component for nonparticipating contracts for HCS SL/RSS is calculated
using cost data from the most recently audited cost report multiplied
by 1.07.
(m) Determination of attendant compensation base rate
for participating contracts.
(1) For each of the programs identified in subsection
(a) of this section except for CBA AL/RC, the attendant compensation
base rate is equal to the attendant compensation rate component for
nonparticipating contracts from subsection (l) of this section.
(2) For CBA AL/RC, the attendant compensation base
rate will be determined by taking into consideration quality of care,
labor market conditions, economic factors, and budget constraints.
(n) Determination of attendant compensation rate enhancements.
HHSC will determine a per diem add-on payment for each enhanced attendant
compensation level using data from sources such as cost reports, surveys,
and/or other relevant sources and taking into consideration quality
of care, labor market conditions, economic factors, and budget constraints.
The attendant compensation rate enhancement add-ons will be determined
on a per-unit-of-service basis applicable to each program or service.
Add-on payments may vary by enhancement level.
(o) Enhanced attendant compensation. Contracts or component
codes desiring to participate in the enhanced attendant compensation
rate may request attendant compensation levels from an array of enhanced
attendant compensation options and associated add-on payments determined
in subsection (n) of this section during open enrollment.
(1) ICF/IID providers must select a single attendant
compensation level for all contracts within a component code for the
day habilitation and/or residential services they have selected for
participation.
(2) HCS and TxHmL must select a single attendant compensation
level for all contracts within a component code for the non-day habilitation
and/or day habilitation services they have selected for participation.
(p) Granting attendant compensation rate enhancements.
Eligible programs are divided into two populations for purposes of
granting attendant compensation rate enhancements. The first population
includes the PHC; DAHS; RC; CLASS--DSA; CBA--HCSS; DBMD; CBA--AL/RC;
and ICM AL/RC programs and the second population includes the ICF/IID;
HCS; and TxHmL programs. Enhancements for the two populations are
funded separately; funds intended for enhancements for the first population
of programs will never be used for enhancements for the second population
and funds intended for enhancements for the second population of programs
will never be used for enhancements for the first population. For
each population of programs, HHSC divides all requested enhancements,
after applying any enrollment limitations from subsection (u) of this
section, into two groups: pre-existing enhancements, which providers
request to carry over from the prior year, and newly-requested enhancements.
Newly-requested enhancements may be enhancements requested by providers
who were nonparticipants in the prior year or by providers who were
participants in the prior year who seek additional enhancements. Using
the process described herein separately for each population of programs,
HHSC first determines the distribution of carry-over enhancements.
If funds are available after the distribution of carry-over enhancements,
HHSC determines the distribution of newly-requested enhancements.
HHSC may not distribute newly-requested enhancements to providers
owing funds identified for recoupment under subsection (s) of this
section.
(1) For all programs and levels except for CBA AL/RC
Level 1, HHSC determines projected units of service for contracts
and/or component codes requesting each enhancement level and multiplies
this number by the enhancement rate add-on amount associated with
that enhancement level as determined in subsection (n) of this section.
For CBA AL/RC Level 1, HHSC determines projected units of service
for CBA AL/RC contracts requesting Level 1 and multiplies this number
by the sum of the difference between the base rate and the nonparticipant
rate and the enhancement add-on amount associated with enhancement
Level 1 as follows: (Base Rate - Nonparticipant Rate) + Level 1 add-on
amount.
(2) HHSC compares the sum of the products from paragraph
(1) of this subsection to available funds.
(A) If the sum of the products is less than or equal
to available funds, all requested enhancements are granted.
(B) If the sum of the products is greater than available
funds, enhancements are granted beginning with the lowest level of
enhancement and granting each successive level of enhancement until
requested enhancements are granted within available funds. Based upon
an examination of existing compensation levels and compensation needs,
HHSC may grant certain enhancement options priority for distribution.
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