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>> WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO DISCUSS THAT IN THE WEEKS AHEAD.
DISCUSS THAT IN THE WEEKS AHEAD. A POSITION THAT YOU BASED
A POSITION THAT YOU BASED SENATOR
SENATOR A VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW WHEN THE
A VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW WHEN THE DECREASE IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN.
DECREASE IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN. I WILL THROW IN A QUESTION FROM
I WILL THROW IN A QUESTION FROM HUTCHISON.
HUTCHISON. A VIEWER THERE WANTS TO KNOW
A VIEWER THERE WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THE LEGISLATURE
WHETHER OR NOT THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR
IS GOING TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR NURSING HOMES.
NURSING HOMES. NURSING HOME FUNDING.
NURSING HOME FUNDING. THOSE ARE RELATED QUESTIONS.
THOSE ARE RELATED QUESTIONS. BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 5%
BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 5% THING AND START WITH YOU.
THING AND START WITH YOU. >> THERE'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT
>> THERE'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CAMPAIGN WORKING THEIR WAYÑi
CAMPAIGN WORKING THEIR WAYÑi AROUND THE HALLS OF THE CAPITAL
AROUND THE HALLS OF THE CAPITAL FOR PAYMENTS TO RESIDENTIAL HOME
FOR PAYMENTS TO RESIDENTIAL HOME PROVIDERS THAT HOUSE PEOPLE WITH
PROVIDERS THAT HOUSE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, NOT NURSING HOMES,
DISABILITIES, NOT NURSING HOMES, MORE GROUP HOME TYPESETTINGS.
MORE GROUP HOME TYPESETTINGS. IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO DO, AND
IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO DO, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF GROUP HOME
THERE ARE A LOT OF GROUP HOME PROVIDERS AROUND THE STATE, 5%
PROVIDERS AROUND THE STATE, 5% INCREASE IS GOING TO COST IN THE
INCREASE IS GOING TO COST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $80 MILLION A
NEIGHBORHOOD OF $80 MILLION A YEAR.
YEAR. NURSING HOMES ARE -- THE COST IS
NURSING HOMES ARE -- THE COST IS NOT QUITE AS HIGH TO RAISE THEIR
NOT QUITE AS HIGH TO RAISE THEIR REIMBURSEMENTS.
REIMBURSEMENTS. I THINK IT'S AROUND 7 OR
I THINK IT'S AROUND 7 OR $8 MILLION OR 1% PER YEAR.
$8 MILLION OR 1% PER YEAR. I THINK OUT OF THIS SESSION, YOU
I THINK OUT OF THIS SESSION, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE SOME NEW VOTE
ARE GOING TO SEE SOME NEW VOTE FOR THE RESIDENTIAL TYPESETTINGS
FOR THE RESIDENTIAL TYPESETTINGS AND NURSING HOMES.
AND NURSING HOMES. 5% IS PROBABLY PRETTY
5% IS PROBABLY PRETTY AGGRESSIVE.
AGGRESSIVE. BUT IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE
BUT IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE BUDGET FORECAST SHOWS TOMORROW.
BUDGET FORECAST SHOWS TOMORROW. I WILL TELL YOU WHEN IT COMES TO
I WILL TELL YOU WHEN IT COMES TO ANY NEW SPENDING OR TAX CUTS,
ANY NEW SPENDING OR TAX CUTS, BEFORE I AM GOING TO AGREE TO
BEFORE I AM GOING TO AGREE TO TAX CUTS FOR WAREHOUSING PEOPLE
TAX CUTS FOR WAREHOUSING PEOPLE OR TAX CUTS FOR BUSINESSES, I
OR TAX CUTS FOR BUSINESSES, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE CARE
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE CARE OF OUR LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES
OF OUR LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES THAT TAKE CARE OF OUR MOST
THAT TAKE CARE OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE MINNESOTANS, AND THE
VULNERABLE MINNESOTANS, AND THE CHALLENGES, I THINK, I BELIEVE
CHALLENGES, I THINK, I BELIEVE AND MOST ECONOMISTS WILL TELL
AND MOST ECONOMISTS WILL TELL YOU WE ARE HEADED FOR A
YOU WE ARE HEADED FOR A SIGNIFICANT LABOR SHORTAGE IN
SIGNIFICANT LABOR SHORTAGE IN THIS COUNTRY.
THIS COUNTRY. AS THAT HAPPENS AND EMPLOYEES
AS THAT HAPPENS AND EMPLOYEES GET PUT INTO COMPETITION,
GET PUT INTO COMPETITION, NURSING HOMES, THEY CAN'T PAY
NURSING HOMES, THEY CAN'T PAY MORE WAGES BECAUSE THEY ONLY
MORE WAGES BECAUSE THEY ONLY RECEIVE THE REVENUE THAT THE
RECEIVE THE REVENUE THAT THE STATE GIVES THEM.
STATE GIVES THEM. WE DON'T ALLOW NURSING HOMES --
WE DON'T ALLOW NURSING HOMES -- WE ON HIM ALLOW THEM TO CHARGE
WE ON HIM ALLOW THEM TO CHARGE WHAT THE STATE SETS FOR THE
WHAT THE STATE SETS FOR THE RATE.
RATE. AS PEOPLE GET PUT INTO
AS PEOPLE GET PUT INTO COMPETITION IN THE LABOR
COMPETITION IN THE LABOR SHORTAGE, THEY CAN RAISE WAGES
SHORTAGE, THEY CAN RAISE WAGES TO ATTRACT WORKERS.
TO ATTRACT WORKERS. ONE OF MY BIGGEST FEARS IS
ONE OF MY BIGGEST FEARS IS WORKING IN A LONG-TERM CARE
WORKING IN A LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY, AND THOSE PEOPLE THAT
FACILITY, AND THOSE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THE PLACES ARE ANGELS
WORK IN THE PLACES ARE ANGELS THAT CARE FOR THE PEOPLE.
THAT CARE FOR THE PEOPLE. THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RESIDENTS IN
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RESIDENTS IN THOSE FACILITIES DEVELOP STRONG
THOSE FACILITIES DEVELOP STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR CAREGIVERS, AND IT'S VERY
CAREGIVERS, AND IT'S VERY EMOTIONAL WHEN SOMEBODY LEAVES
EMOTIONAL WHEN SOMEBODY LEAVES AND THAT VULNERABLE PERSON NOW
AND THAT VULNERABLE PERSON NOW HAS TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH
HAS TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH A NEW CAREGIVER, AND WE CAN'T
A NEW CAREGIVER, AND WE CAN'T HAVE WAGES AT THE LEVEL WHERE
HAVE WAGES AT THE LEVEL WHERE THOSE CAREGIVERS EVERY NIGHT ARE
THOSE CAREGIVERS EVERY NIGHT ARE GOING HOME, WORKING ON THEIR
GOING HOME, WORKING ON THEIR COMPUTER, POLISHING UP THEIR
COMPUTER, POLISHING UP THEIR RESUME, DOING JOB SEARCHES AND
RESUME, DOING JOB SEARCHES AND CONTINUE TO HAVE THE TURN OVER
CONTINUE TO HAVE THE TURN OVER CHURNING.
CHURNING. I THINK THIS IS WONDERFUL PEOPLE
I THINK THIS IS WONDERFUL PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO DO THAT VERY,
ARE WILLING TO DO THAT VERY, VERY HARD WORK, BUT WHEN YOU CAN
VERY HARD WORK, BUT WHEN YOU CAN GO DOWN THE STREET AND EARN MORE
GO DOWN THE STREET AND EARN MORE MONEY AND HAVE A MUCH EASIER
MONEY AND HAVE A MUCH EASIER JOB, I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE
JOB, I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE HAVE AN INTEREST IN DOING THAT,
HAVE AN INTEREST IN DOING THAT, AND THE LONG-TERM CARE
AND THE LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES ARE FACED WITH ALL
FACILITIES ARE FACED WITH ALL THE ADDITIONAL TRAINING COSTS OF
THE ADDITIONAL TRAINING COSTS OF HAVING TO EDUCATE A NEW WORKER.
HAVING TO EDUCATE A NEW WORKER. YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS DANGEROUS
YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS DANGEROUS TO PICK YOUR HIGHEST PRIORITY
TO PICK YOUR HIGHEST PRIORITY FOR SPENDING FOR FEAR EVERYONE
FOR SPENDING FOR FEAR EVERYONE ELSE IS GOING TO BE MAD AT YOU.
ELSE IS GOING TO BE MAD AT YOU. FOR ME, TAKING CARE OF OUR
FOR ME, TAKING CARE OF OUR VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN OUR
VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN OUR LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY IS MY
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY IS MY NO. 1 SPENDING PRIORITY FOR THIS
NO. 1 SPENDING PRIORITY FOR THIS SESSION.
SESSION. IT'S NOT SAYING WE WILL REACH
IT'S NOT SAYING WE WILL REACH THE 5% THAT PEOPLE WANT.
THE 5% THAT PEOPLE WANT. BUT IF THERE'S SURPLUS MONEY,
BUT IF THERE'S SURPLUS MONEY, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND IMPROVE
SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND IMPROVE THE WAGES OF THE LONG-TERM CARE
THE WAGES OF THE LONG-TERM CARE WORKERS.
WORKERS. >> IT IS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY AS
>> IT IS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY AS WELL, AND WE WANT TO SEE THIS 5%
WELL, AND WE WANT TO SEE THIS 5% CAMPAIGN BE SUCCESSFUL.
CAMPAIGN BE SUCCESSFUL. IT ISN'T JUST TO MAKE A SLIGHT
IT ISN'T JUST TO MAKE A SLIGHT CORRECTION, IT'S A 5% INCREASE
CORRECTION, IT'S A 5% INCREASE IN REIMBURSEMENT ON THE
IN REIMBURSEMENT ON THE COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES, AND
COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES, AND MOST OF THAT WILL TURN INTO
MOST OF THAT WILL TURN INTO WAGES, BUT IT'S NOT A DIRECT 5%
WAGES, BUT IT'S NOT A DIRECT 5% INCREASE IN WAGES, AND WE
INCREASE IN WAGES, AND WE SUPPORT THAT, AND I AGREE TRYING
SUPPORT THAT, AND I AGREE TRYING TO SET A PRIORITY FOR PEOPLE
TO SET A PRIORITY FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE VULNERABLE A A PEOPLE
THAT ARE VULNERABLE A A PEOPLE THAT CARE FOR THEM IS A HUGE
THAT CARE FOR THEM IS A HUGE PRIORITY AND WHEN WE WERE IN THE
PRIORITY AND WHEN WE WERE IN THE MAJORITY, WE WERE ON THE
MAJORITY, WE WERE ON THE COMMITTEES, AND WE HAD TALKED
COMMITTEES, AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS AND TRIED TO DO IT
ABOUT THIS AND TRIED TO DO IT THEN, DIDN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES
THEN, DIDN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES AND WE SUPPORTED THIS, AND I
AND WE SUPPORTED THIS, AND I THINK WE WILL DO THAT, AND THE
THINK WE WILL DO THAT, AND THE NURSING HOME FUNDING, I BELIEVE
NURSING HOME FUNDING, I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN
THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN FUNDING PARTLY BECAUSE IF WE DO
FUNDING PARTLY BECAUSE IF WE DO AN INCREASE IN MINIMUM WAGE, THE
AN INCREASE IN MINIMUM WAGE, THE VERY THING YOU ARE TALKING
VERY THING YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE
ABOUT, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE THE WORKERS GO DOWN THE STREET
THE WORKERS GO DOWN THE STREET WHERE THE HIGHER MINIMUM WAGE IS
WHERE THE HIGHER MINIMUM WAGE IS GOING TO BE.
GOING TO BE. THEY CANNOT GO OUT AND CHARGE
THEY CANNOT GO OUT AND CHARGE HIGHER PRICES.
HIGHER PRICES. THEY ARE TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON
THEY ARE TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON STATE RESOURCES, AND WE WILL
STATE RESOURCES, AND WE WILL HAVE TO INCREASE FUNDING TO THE
HAVE TO INCREASE FUNDING TO THE NURSING HOMES.
NURSING HOMES. SO I THINK THERE WILL BE AT
SO I THINK THERE WILL BE AT LEAST THAT.
LEAST THAT. >> SENATOR HANN SUMMED IT UP
>> SENATOR HANN SUMMED IT UP PRETTY WELL.
PRETTY WELL. MY CAUCUS IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE
MY CAUCUS IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE INITIATIVES AS WELL.
INITIATIVES AS WELL. IF THERE'S ONE PLACE WE CAN
IF THERE'S ONE PLACE WE CAN SPEND, IT'S TO TAKE CARE OF THE
SPEND, IT'S TO TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE THAT TAKE CARE OF THE
PEOPLE THAT TAKE CARE OF THE ELDERLY AND MOST VULNERABLE
ELDERLY AND MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION, AND MY CAUCUS IS
POPULATION, AND MY CAUCUS IS PRETTY SUPPORTIVE OF THE 5%
PRETTY SUPPORTIVE OF THE 5% CAMPAIGN AS