2017 Home Care Worker Wage Parity Forms are Due

Reminder: the annual Home Care Worker Wage Parity forms are due by March 1, 2017. This is the fourth year of implementing the Home Care Worker Wage Parity Law in Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties that begins on March 1.

The forms are available on the Department of Health’s (DOH) website. Please change the date on the form from 2016 to 2017. The forms certifying compliance with the law must be submitted via email to HCWorkerParity@health.ny.gov by March 1, 2017.

The forms for these certifications are linked below:

• Attachment A-1
• Attachment A-2
• Attachment A-3
• Attachment A-4

The forms for Certified Home Health Agencies (CHHAs), Long Term Home Health Care Programs (LTHHCPs), and Managed Care Organizations (MCO) must be completed and emailed to DOH at HCWorkerParity@health.ny.gov. These certification forms are due to DOH by March 1, 2017 for the March 1, 2017 to Feb. 28, 2018 period.

The other form for Licensed Home Care Services Agencies (LHCSAs) is sent to the CHHA, LTHHCP, or MCO with which the LHCSA contracts, not DOH. The LHCSA form, also due March 1, 2017, covers the period from March 1, 2017 through May 31, 2017. It is the responsibility of the CHHAs, LTHHCPs, and/or MCOs that contract with LHCSAs to ensure that they have obtained the written certification on a quarterly basis from the LHCSA or other entity which attests to the LHCSA's (or other entity's) compliance with the state's Home Care Worker Wage Parity Law for defined certification periods and on a prospective basis.

As a reminder all of the forms are always prospective.

Contact: Cheryl Udell, cudell@leadingageny.org. 518-867-8871