2019 -- H 5338 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MINIMUM WAGES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Shanley, Shekarchi, Williams, Lyle, and Barros | |
Date Introduced: February 07, 2019 | |
Referred To: House Labor | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 28-12 of the General Laws entitled "Minimum Wages" is hereby |
2 | amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 28-12-3.3. Minimum wages for employees of developmental disabilities |
4 | organizations. |
5 | (a) Commencing July 1, 2019, every covered employer providing services to five (5) or |
6 | more persons with developmental disabilities, that are reimbursed for such services by the state, |
7 | shall pay each of their employees, no less than thirteen dollars and seventy seven cents ($13.77) |
8 | per hour. Commencing July 1, 2020, every covered employer providing services to five (5) or |
9 | more persons with developmental disabilities, that are reimbursed for such services by the state, |
10 | shall pay of their employees, no less than fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour. For the purposes of |
11 | this section, covered employers are those developmental disability organizations licensed to |
12 | provide services pursuant to § 40.1-24-3. |
13 | (b) Appropriation. The state general revenues and federal funds appropriation(s) to the |
14 | department of behavioral heathcare, developmental disabilities, and hospitals for services for the |
15 | developmentally disabled shall increase to programs that provide services to adults with |
16 | developmental disabilities in order to adjust to the minimum wage increase enacted in § 28-12- |
17 | 3.3. |
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1 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MINIMUM WAGES | |
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1 | This act would require certain employers who provide services to people with |
2 | developmental disabilities to pay their employees no less than thirteen dollars and seventy seven |
3 | cents ($13.77) per hour commencing July 1, 2019 and fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour |
4 | commencing on July 1, 2020. This wage increase shall be funded by increased appropriation(s) to |
5 | the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities, and hospitals. |
6 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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