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Chief Patron: Deeds
Salary Recommendations for Hospital Staff (language only)

Item 302 #2s

Item 302 #2s

Health and Human Resources
Mental Health Treatment Centers

Language

Page 374, after line 29, insert:

"I. Out of this appropriation, $6,200,000 in the first year and $6,200,000 in the second year from the general fund is provided for targeted salary increases for psychologists, social workers, housekeeping, and food services staff to bring these positions' salaries within 10 percent of the market median salary paid to these positions by other health care employers in the region."



Explanation

(This amendment recommends that of the amounts provided for salary increases for direct care staff and food and environmental services staff, $6.2 million of that amount be used to provide salary increases for psychologists, social workers, housekeeping, and food services staff at state psychiatric hospitals that will bring these positions’ salaries within 10 percent of the median salary paid to these positions by other health care employers in the region. This is a JLARC recommendation.)