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Budget Amendments - SB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Marsden
SB 81: Minimum Wage Increase

Item 479 #4s

Item 479 #4s

First Year - FY2021 Second Year - FY2022
Central Appropriations
Central Appropriations FY2021 $8,000,000 FY2022 $60,000,000 GF

Language
Page 464, line 42, strike "$184,819,500" and insert "$192,819,500".
Page 464, line 42, strike "$177,719,500" and insert "$237,719,500".

Page 463, after line 21, insert:

"U. Included in this Item is $8,000,000 the first year and $60,000,000 the second year to cover the costs associated with increasing the rates for personal care services to reflect the higher salaries for individuals providing those services through programs administered by the Department of Medical Assistance Services and the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services associated with the provisions of Senate Bill 81 in the 2020 General Assembly."



Explanation

(This amendment provides $8.0 million the first year and $60 million the second year from the general fund to cover the costs associated with increasing the rates for personal care services to reflect the higher salaries for those employees, making less than the state minimum wage, providing services through programs administered by the Department of Medical Assistance Services and the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services consistent with the provisions of Senate Bill 81 of the 2020 General Assembly, contingent upon its passage.)