HF 4025

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 05/24/2016 08:24am

A bill for an act
relating to human services; authorizing the commissioner of human services
to develop a plan to increase the minimum hourly pay for direct service staff;
requiring a report.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin DIRECTION TO COMMISSIONER.
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new text begin The commissioner of human services shall develop a plan to increase the minimum
hourly pay for direct service staff to $15 per hour with proportionate pay increases for
direct service staff who currently earn more than $15 per hour. The commissioner shall
report recommendations by January 1, 2017, to the legislative committees and divisions
with jurisdiction over human services policy and finance on how to increase pay for direct
service staff to $15 per hour, with the goal of implementing the recommendations by July
1, 2019. For purposes of this section, "direct service staff" means an employee who
spends 75 percent or more of their time providing one-on-one or small group services to a
recipient of medical assistance waiver services.
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