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Senate division backs bill letting state adjust pay rate for Senior Community Service Employment Program
Summary
Committee members voted to recommend that House Bill 1066 pass its next stages; the bill would allow administrative rule authority to set a higher hourly compensation for participants in the Senior Community Service Employment Program so the state can meet federal participation thresholds and avoid penalties.
The Human Resources Appropriations Division voted to recommend House Bill 1066, a Department of Health and Human Services request to give administrative rule authority to set the compensation rate paid to participants in the Senior Community Service Employment Program.
Eric Haas, Assistant Chief Financial Officer at the Department of Health and Human Services, told the committee the program — a job training component tied to Older Americans Act grant requirements — currently requires paying participants the state minimum wage,…
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