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Health and Human Services Policy and Finance
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In the Description above, the "base wage index" is in Minn. Stat. 256B.851 Subd. 3, the "competitive workforce factors" in Minn. Stat. 256B.851 Subd. 4, and the "component values" in Minn. Stat. 256B.851 Subd. 5.
In making recommendations, the Minn. Dept. of Human Services shall:(1) make adjustments to the competitive workforce factor toward the percent difference between:(i) the median wage for personal care aide (SOC code 31-1120); and (ii) the weighted average wage for all other SOC codes with the same Bureau of Labor Statistics classifications for education, experience, and training required for job competency; (2) not recommend an increase or decrease of the competitive workforce factor from its previous value of more than three percentage points; (3) not recommend a competitive workforce factor of less than zero; (4) make adjustments to the value of the base wage components based on the most recently available federal wage data; and (5) make adjustments to any component values affected by inflation, including but not limited to the client programming and supports factor.
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