Amendment #858 to H4600

Study on a Livable Wage for Human Service Workers

Ms. Khan of Newton moves to amend the bill by adding the following section:

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SECTION 1.   On or before January 1, 2025, the executive office of health and human services in conjunction with, the executive office of administration and finance, the executive office of elder affairs and the executive office of housing and livable communities, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Council of Human Service Providers, Inc., shall provide a report to the senate and house committees on ways and means that reports the disparity amount which is the monetary calculation of the average difference in salary between human services workers and direct care workers, nurses, clinicians or other comparable employees employed by the commonwealth’s state-operated programs for human services and the rates paid to  human service provider agencies employees in community-based human services organization with a human services program funded by the executive office of health and human services, the executive office of elder affairs and the executive office of housing and livable communities.

SECTION 2.   On or before July 1, 2025 and annually thereafter until the disparity amount is eliminated for human services workers, the executive office of health and human services, the executive office of elder affairs and the executive office of  housing and community development, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Council of Human Service Providers, Inc., shall  provide a report to the senate and house committees on ways and means, the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities, the joint committee on elder affairs, the joint committee on health care financing, the joint committee on mental health, substance use, and recovery, the joint committee on public health, and the joint committee on state administration and regulatory oversight that includes the following information:

Report of the current disparity amount, as defined above between the salaries of human services workers, employed by human service providers and direct care workers, nurses, clinicians or other comparable employees employed by the commonwealth’s state-operated programs for human services.

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #858 to H4600

Study on a Livable Wage for Human Service Workers