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LC004873 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN | |
SERVICES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Hull, Slater, Diaz, J Lombardi, Alzate, and Williams | |
Date Introduced: February 18, 2022 | |
Referred To: House Finance | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 42-12 of the General Laws entitled "Department of Human Services" |
2 | is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 42-12-31. Childcare workers' retention bonus pay. |
4 | Notwithstanding any general or public law to the contrary, the department of human |
5 | services shall disburse the sum of eighteen million seven hundred thousand dollars ($18,700,00) in |
6 | the amount of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) total, two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) |
7 | per month for six (6) months as retention bonuses to direct care staff at childcare centers and |
8 | licensed family providers in response to pandemic-related staffing shortages. |
9 | 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 STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN | |
SERVICES | |
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1 | This act would direct the department of human services (DHS) to disburse the sum of |
2 | eighteen million seven hundred thousand dollars ($18,700,000) in the amount of one thousand five |
3 | hundred dollars ($1,500) total, two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) per month for six (6) months |
4 | as retention bonuses to direct care staff at childcare centers and licensed family providers in |
5 | response to pandemic related staffing shortages. |
6 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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