Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

 SECTION 1. The Massachusetts General Laws are hereby amended by inserting the

 following new chapter:

 An Act for a Minimum Hourly Health Improvement Wage.

 1.) Healthcare costs, and insurance, are vital topics, and proper subjects of government

 operations, and public policy, for all residents of the Commonwealth; and so this Minimum

 Hourly Health Improvement Wage, is proposed, to assist in better health services, and financing.

 2.) As economic conditions, have changed, sometimes in unfortunate ways, many

 individuals have found the need, or availability, to only be able to work at one or more, part-time

 jobs. Many, or even most of these positions, lack full benefits, further stressing these individual

 employees. In order to earn sufficient resources, and sometimes not enough, even then, many

 individuals are working, in excess of the number of hours of a full-time job, and despite the

 stress, and additional travel time, have challenged access to medical services.

 3.) While various programs have been developed, and have varieties of value, medical

 services insurances, are still strongly associated with employment. Developments at the Federal

 level, as well as state circumstances, continue to evolve, and it is in this context that this

 legislation, is created.

 4.) The Public Health Council (PHC), and the Department of Public Health, are hereby

 authorized, and empowered to analyze, and develop recommendations for a Minimum Health

 Care Improvement Wage.

 5.) An amount, shall be determined, by which each employee will receive a portable,

 health care insurance earning, for each, and every hour worked. In so doing, for example, if an

 employee worked two separate jobs, of 20 hours each, they would receive 40 hours of Minimum

 Health Care Improvement Wage. If an employee worked three separate jobs of 18 hours each,

 they would receive 54 hours of Minimum Health Care Improvement Wage, thereby also

 adjusting in some general way, for the risks, of excessive work hours, and stress.

 6.) All employers, of at least 50 employees, would find, an equality of operations, in

 terms of health care costs, since some amount would accrue to each employee, for each hour

 worked; in other words, a condition of business, would be the provision and/or contribution of

 some health care compensation.

 7.) This Minimum Health Care Improvement Wage, can be first established, as a Pilot

 Program; after which, based on experience, it shall be recommended for full implementation.

 8.) Costs of such a program, are a cost of doing business for an employer. Specific tax

 credits, during the Pilot Program period can, and should be, recommended.

 9.) Employers of less than 50 employees, would be entitled to voluntary participation,

 including specific tax credits, during the Pilot Program period.