H7550

	2022 -- H 7550
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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

	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
	OF
	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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