Department of Developmental Services Directives
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a list of directives.
Issued by DDS, and impacting Regional Centers and our service
providers.
Vendor Independent Audit and Review Report Requirements
See the attached documents regarding the requirements for the
Independent Audit and Review Report.
Overtime Wages
Department of Social Services Statement regarding federal
regulations that require the payment of overtime wages for
certain home care workers. As we receive further instructions
regarding implementation, we will post them here.
Click here to download
Vendor Rate Adjustments for Employee Sick Leave
Due to the enactment of assemble bill 1522 (AB 1522), effective
July 1, 2015employees who work on or after July 1, 2015 and work
30 or more days within a year are entitled to accrue sick leave
at a rate of one hour for every 30 hours worked. Proposed trailer
bill language will allow the Department of Developmental Services
(DDC) or the local regional center (HRC), depending on the type
of vendor, to process rate adjustments for affected
vendors.Service
Providers affected by the requirements of AB 1522 with rates
established in the following ways may be eligible for a rate
adjustment:
Rate Set by DDS – Community-Based Day Programs, Work Activity
Programs or In-Home Respite Agencies
Service providers classified as day programs, inclusion infant
programs (service code 805), adult day programs (5505, 510, 515),
independent living services (520), and providers classified as
Work Activity Programs (service code 954) and In-home Respite
Agencies (service code 862) may submit a rate adjustment to DDS
by completing a workbook linked below. Cost and program
information being requested shall only include the costs
necessary to fund a maximum of 24 hours or three paid sick days
to applicable employees, and the units of service billed to the
regional center for the period of January 1, 2015 through March
31, 2015. Any approved rate adjustment will be effective July 1,
2015. The aforementioned service providers’ should navigate to
the following website for additional information. http://www.dds.ca.gov/sickleave/index.cfm
Rates set by Regional Centers through Negotiation
For service providers with negotiated rates vendored through
Harbor Regional Center, HRC is requesting that you complete the
AB 1522 Employee Sick Leave Workbook only if your negotiated rate
was established without allotment/allocation of sick leave
benefit for employees that meets the requirements of AB 1522.
Otherwise if you are already providing the sick leave benefit at
or above the level required b AB 1522, you should not complete
the workbook.
Rates Set by the Alternative Residential Model (ARM) Rates
Service providers Reimbursed under the ARM rates (residential
provider service code 905, 910, 915, & 920), the new ARM rates
can be found at
htt://www.dds.com.gov/rates/docs/ccf_rate_july2015.pdf ).
Providers with ARM rates do not need to submit rate adjustment
requests.
Minimum Wage Increase
The following has been announced by The California Department of
Developmental Services: Rate Changes due to the Minimum Wage
Increase, July 1, 2014
Due to the passage of AB 10, minimum wage in California will
increase from $8.00 to $9.00 per hour, effective July 1, 2014.
Regional center vendors that are affected by this change may be
eligible to receive a rate adjustment in order to pay employees
the new minimum wage. This page contains information for
applicable vendors on submitting rate adjustment requests to the
Department.
Who May Qualify?
The process for requesting a rate adjustment described on this
page is only applicable to the following types of services: Work
Activity Programs and Community-Based Day Programs (e.g. Activity
Centers, Adult Development Centers, Behavior Management Programs
Independent Living Programs, Social Recreation Programs, and
Infant Development Programs).
Providers of other types of services should review the page
linked below for more information on rate adjustments due to the
increased minimum wage.
Before You Begin:
If you are a provider of the services identified above and you
answer “Yes” to both questions below, this process applies to
your program. If you answer “No” to one or both questions, visit
the Rate Changes Due to the Minimum Wage Increase webpage for
more information.
Is your program vendored by a regional center to provide services
under service codes 505, 510, 515, 520, 525, 805, and/or 954?
Did you pay or are you paying employees less than $9.00 per hour?
DEFINITION OF A PROGRAM:
For purposes of this process, a program is a single regional
center vendor number and service code combination. Therefore, the
information you provide must be separated for each program under
the specific vendor number and service code combination.
INSTRUCTIONS AND WORKBOOK:
The 2014 Minimum Wage Rate Adjustment workbook posted on the DDS
webpage should be used by applicable providers to submit rate
adjustment requests to the Department. Detailed instructions are
contained in the tabs that precede the worksheets. Vendors can
begin submitting rate adjustment requests at any time but they
must be submitted no later than September 2, 2014. Any rate
adjustments approved will be effective July 1, 2014.
Click here for 2014
Minimum Wage Rate Adjustment Request Workbook
CONTACT INFORMATION:
California Department of Developmental Services
Rates and Fiscal Support Section
Phone: (916) 654-2300
Email: minwage.ab10@dds.ca.gov
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