Amendment #736 to H5500

Chapter 257 Rate Sustainability

Mr. Finn of West Springfield moves to amend the bill in section 2, Item 1599-6903, in lines 60-66, by striking out, after the words “method determined by the executive office;” the following subsections (c) and (d) and inserting in place thereof the following:

“provided further, in no instance shall a rate implementation be established utilizing a lower percentile of the wage estimate for each position utilized for the previous two-year rate as determined by the most recently available Bureau of Labor Statistics state-specific data for Massachusetts”

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Chapter 257 Rate Sustainability