US EditionTrump Administration Temporarily Blocks Minnesota’s Historic Wage Floor for Nursing Home Workers
CMS asked Minnesota for more information on the nursing-home wage floor, restarting the 90-day review and delaying higher pay for thousands of workers.
- On Wednesday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reset its 90-day review clock on day 89, halting Minnesota's nursing home wage floor approval process.
- Federal approval is mandatory because the wage floor stipulates that CMS will provide $18 million to Minnesota's Medicaid program to help nursing homes cover salary increases.
- The nursing home industry recently filed a lawsuit claiming the Board "inflicts irreparable harm" on providers, while state law requires employees earn at least $19 hourly.
- Leah Solo, executive director of the Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board, remains unaware what information CMS requested, as the Department did not convey the letter's contents.
- A federal court hearing is scheduled next month regarding the industry's request for an injunction against the Board, as legal challenges intensify the wage floor stalemate.
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The payment of unprecedented minimum wages for thousands of nursing home workers in Minnesota again suffers delays. Leah Solo, executive director of the State’s Board of Labor Standards for Nursing Homes, stated at a board meeting on Thursday that the Trump administration has restarted the 90-day deadline for reviewing the minimum wage. According to state law still pending, employees of nursing homes must earn at least $19 per hour this year and…
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Trump administration temporarily blocks Minnesota’s historic wage floor for nursing home workers
Unprecedented minimum wages for thousands of nursing home workers in Minnesota are delayed again. Leah Solo, executive director of the state’s Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board, said at a board meeting Thursday that the Trump administration has reset to day one its 90-day clock to review the wage floor.
Trump admin temporarily blocks MN nursing home wage floor
Unprecedented minimum wages for thousands of nursing home workers in Minnesota are delayed again. Leah Solo, executive director of the Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board, on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. Credit: Ellen Schmidt/MinnPost/CatchLight Local/Report for America Leah Solo, executive director of the state’s Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board, said at a board meeting Thursday that the Trump administration has reset to…
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