HB 22-1333

House Bill 22-1333, which has been signed into law, aims to increase the minimum wage for nursing home workers in Colorado. Previously, only nursing homes located in areas that had raised their local minimum wage could receive extra funding to boost employee wages up to that higher rate. This new bill expands eligibility so any nursing facility in Colorado can get additional payments to raise worker pay to at least $15 per hour if they meet certain criteria. The state will use federal funds to provide this extra money, helping ensure better compensation for nursing home employees across the state.

Official Summary

Under current law, only nursing facilities that are within a locality that has increased its local minimum wage are eligible to receive annual supplemental payments to increase the minimum wage for nursing facility employees up to the minimum wage set by the locality. The act changes the definition of "eligible nursing facility provider" and makes other conforming changes to allow any Colorado nursing facility that meets the defined criteria to be eligible to receive wage enhancement supplemental payments, as defined in the act, to increase the minimum wage for nursing facility employees to at least $15 per hour. The act appropriates $2,389,627 from federal funds in the general fund to the department of health care policy and financing for medical and long-term care services for medicaid eligible individuals. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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