90th General Assembly
Summary of HB0368
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House Sponsors:
SAVIANO-SCOTT-LYONS,EILEEN-JONES,LOU-MCKEON AND BOLAND.

Senate Sponsors:
WALSH,T-JONES-CARROLL

Short description: 
DHS-CARE WORKERS-WAGE INCREASE                                             

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Community Services Act.    Provides  that  the  annual      
   appropriation  to  the  Department of Human Services to fund community      
   services shall include a percentage increase for the wages  of  direct      
   care  workers  that  is  equivalent  to  the percentage cost of living      
   increases granted for the same year to mental  health  technicians  in      
   mental  health  centers  operated by the Department. Provides that the      
   increases in wages that are based on cost of living increases  granted      
   to  mental  health  technicians and provided to direct care workers in      
   community  settings  shall  be  applied  to  appropriations   to   the      
   Department  beginning  July 1, 1997 for the State fiscal year 1998 and      
   shall continue each year thereafter. Effective immediately.                 
          STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1                                   
          HB 368, as amended by H-am 1, fails to create a State mandate.       
          FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (DMHDD)                                          
          The fiscal impact for HB 368 is $10,962.7.                           
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
        Replaces changes to the Act in the bill as introduced to  provide      
   that  the  annual appropriation to the Department of Human Services to      
   fund community  services for the developmentally disabled and mentally      
   ill shall include a  percentage increase for the wages of direct  care      
   workers  that  is  equivalent  to the Employment Cost Index for Health      
   Service Occupations, which increase shall  be    in  addition  to  any      
   increase  attributable  to  other  factors,  including  cost of living      
   increases for community services.   Provides  that  the  increases  in      
   wages  that  are    based on the Employment Cost Index for direct care      
   workers in community  settings shall be applied to  appropriations  to      
   the  Department  beginning July 1, 1997 for the State fiscal year 1998      
   and  shall  continue  each  year  thereafter.     Provides  that   the      
   Department  shall  receive certification from the provider agency that      
   any increase appropriated pursuant to  this  amendatory  Act  of  1997      
   shall  be utilized in its entirety to provide wage increases to direct      
   care workers.                                                               
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: 99-01-12

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   0


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