On April 3, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the 2020-2021 state budget bills, part of which amended the Home Health Care Worker Wage Parity Law (“Wage Parity Law”). The Wage Parity Law establishes a minimum wage rate, additional wages and supplemental benefits for home care aides who perform Medicaid-reimbursed work within New York City and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester. In addition to the minimum wage, in New York City the employer must pay a total of $4.09 per hour and in Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk counties, $3.22 per hour, in a combination of additional wages and/or supplemental benefits, which remains unchanged. The amendments affect home health care agencies and the aides that perform Medicaid-reimbursed work, in several meaningful ways.
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