Amendment #775 to H4000

Homemaker salary reserve

Representatives O'Day of West Boylston, Fox of Boston, Kaufman of Lexington, Atkins of Concord, Gordon of Bedford, Khan of Newton, Ferguson of Holden, deMacedo of Plymouth, DiNatale of Fitchburg, Kafka of Stoughton, Dwyer of Woburn, Hecht of Watertown, Benson of Lunenburg, Miceli of Wilmington, Decker of Cambridge, Silvia of Fall River, Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, Rosa of Leominster, D'Emilia of Bridgewater, Donahue of Worcester, Andrews of Orange, Matewsky of Everett, Garballey of Arlington, McMurtry of Dedham, Arciero of Westford, Smola of Warren, Ayers of Quincy, Mark of Peru, Cullinane of Boston, Puppolo of Springfield, Fennell of Lynn, Cronin of Easton, Chan of Quincy, Toomey of Cambridge, Provost of Somerville, Lombardo of Billerica, DiZoglio of Methuen, Madden of Nantucket, Koczera of New Bedford, Brodeur of Melrose, Galvin of Canton, Rogers of Cambridge and Garry of Dracut move that the bill be amended by adding after line item 9110-1633 the following new item:--

“9110-1635.  For an adjustment to increase the approved program rates issued under 114.4 CMR 17.03 to provide a rate add-on for wages, compensation and/or salary and associated employee-related costs to personnel providing homemaker and personal care homemaker services to elderly clients under items 9110-1500, 9110-1630, and 4000- 0600…………………….$6,100,000”