Budget Amendment ID: FY2026-S3-505

EHS 505

Human Service Wages

Ms. Kennedy, Mr. Mark, Ms. Rausch and Messrs. Cronin, Moore, Eldridge, Keenan, Payano, Fernandes, Collins, Brady and O'Connor moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 1599-6903, by inserting after the words “defined by the executive office” the following words:- "; and provided further, that 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".