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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MINIMUM WAGES

     Introduced By: Representatives Barros, Kazarian, Maldonado, Coughlin, and Tobon

     Date Introduced: January 13, 2017

     Referred To: House Labor

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Chapter 28-12 of the General Laws entitled "Minimum Wages" is hereby

amended by adding thereto the following section:

     28-12-3.3. Minimum wages for employees of developmental disabilities

organizations.

     Commencing January 1, 2018, every covered employer providing services to five (5) or

more persons with developmental disabilities, that are reimbursed for such services by the state,

shall pay each of their employees, at least fifteen ($15.00) dollars per hour. For the purposes of

this section, covered employers are those developmental disability organizations licensed to

provide services pursuant to §40.1-24-3.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

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RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MINIMUM WAGES

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     This act would, commencing on January 1, 2018, require that all developmental

disabilities organizations that employ five (5) employees or more and who are reimbursed for

such services by the state, to pay their employees at least fifteen ($15.00) dollars per hour.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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