S0486: Medicaid

Legislative Summary

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 44-6-230 So As To Establish Minimum Compensation Requirements For Direct Care Workers Providing Personal Care Services Through Medicaid Home And Community-based Service Providers And To Provide For Phased In Upward Adjustments To The Compensation Paid; To Require Certain Reporting By Provider Agencies To The South Carolina Department Of Health And Human Services; And To Authorize The Department To Take Certain Enforcement Actions To Address Possible Inaccuracies Or Fraud.