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	2017 -- S 0261
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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: Senators Doyle, and DiPalma
	Date Introduced: February 15, 2017
	Referred To: Senate Finance
	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	Commencing January 1, 2018, 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, at least fifteen ($15.00) dollars per hour. For the purposes of
8	this section, covered employers are those developmental disability organizations licensed to
9	provide services pursuant to §40.1-24-3.
10	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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	EXPLANATION
	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
	OF
	A N A C T
	RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MINIMUM WAGES
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1	This act would, commencing on January 1, 2018, require that all developmental
2	disabilities organizations that employ five (5) employees or more and who are reimbursed for
3	such services by the state, to pay their employees at least fifteen ($15.00) dollars per hour.
4	This act would take effect upon passage.
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