H8217

	2022 -- H 8217
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	LC005769
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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 HUMAN SERVICES -- QUALITY SELF-DIRECTED SERVICES

	Introduced By: Representatives Slater, Diaz, Williams, Potter, and Tanzi
	Date Introduced: May 06, 2022
	Referred To: House Finance
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Chapter 40-8.14 of the General Laws entitled "Quality Self-Directed
2	Services" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
3	40-8.14-4.1. Compensation rates for individual providers of direct support services.
4	In accordance with the secretary's authority under § 40-8.14-4(c)(1), the hourly compensation rates
5	for "individual providers" shall be no less than fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour beginning April 1,
6	2022; increasing to no less than sixteen dollars ($16.00) per hour on June 30, 2022; increasing to
7	no less than seventeen dollars ($17.00) per hour on December 31, 2022 and no less than eighteen
8	dollars ($18.00) per hour on June 30, 2023, and continuing.
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 HUMAN SERVICES -- QUALITY SELF-DIRECTED SERVICES
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1	This act would increase the hourly compensation for "individual providers" from no less
2	than fifteen dollars ($15.00) on April 1, 2022, and gradually increase several times until June 30,
3	2023, when it would be eighteen dollars ($18.00) and continuing.
4	This act would take effect upon passage.
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