Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) Homemaker Service Providers shall be
required to:
1) complete and submit a
Homemaker Cost Certification report that is based upon actual, documented
expenditures.
A) The report must be submitted
annually, within 60 days after the end of the reporting period, and may be
prepared as a part of the Homemaker Service Provider's annual audit.
B) The report may be based on a calendar year
or on the Homemaker Service Provider's fiscal year; however, once it is
determined which time period is to be used, written approval from HSP shall be
required for a change in that determination.
C) The report must demonstrate that the
Homemaker Service Provider has expended a minimum of 77% of the total revenues
due from HSP, including the customer incurred expense, for Homemaker costs as
enumerated in Section
686.280.
For purposes of this report, the phrase "total revenues due from HSP" does not
include any amount received as an enhanced rate under Section
686.235
by a qualifying Homemaker Service Provider.
D) The report shall identify the Homemaker
Service Provider's expenditures for Homemaker costs of Program support costs,
and administrative costs as enumerated in Section 686.280.
2) complete and submit a Homemaker Cost
Certification report to document compliance with any rate-based wage increase
for Homemaker employees who provide services under HSP. The report must be
submitted within 60 calendar days after issuance of written notification of the
increase by HSP.
b) The
accuracy of the reports identified in subsections (a)(1) and (2) must be
attested to by an authorized representative of the Homemaker Service
Provider.
c) HSP reserves the right
to require the Homemaker Service Provider to engage an independent certified
public accounting firm, approved by HSP, to verify the information and data
submitted by the Homemaker Service Provider if HSP is in possession of evidence
to suggest the information and data submitted is inaccurate, incomplete or
fraudulent. This audit will be performed at the Homemaker Service Provider's
expense.
d) HSP may take
appropriate enforcement action in the following instances:
1) a Homemaker Service Provider did not
submit a report;
2) a report is
inaccurate, incomplete or fraudulent; or
3) a Homemaker Service Provider did not
increase the wages paid to its Homemaker employees in the amount required by a
rate increase under HSP.
e) Homemaker Services Providers approved for
the enhanced rate for health insurance costs:
1) shall not report the enhanced rate for
health insurance costs paid by HSP as part of their revenue for purposes of the
required financial reporting under this Section; and
2) shall not report health insurance for
Homemaker employees as an incurred cost for purposes of the required financial
reporting under this Section, except for an amount in excess of the enhanced
rate paid by HSP during a reporting period.
f) Enforcement action towards a Homemaker
Service Provider includes, but is not limited to the imposition of a corrective
action plan, suspension of referrals from HSP, and/or termination of rate
agreements with HSP.