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Committee holds minimum-wage indexing bill to allow time for CPI, budget and DSP implications to be assessed
Summary
The committee voted to hold CB 5 (2025), which would index the county minimum wage to the consumer price index and create a formula for a direct-support-professional (DSP) wage supplement; committee took the testimony of DSP providers and family members and asked for fiscal detail before moving forward.
Prince George's County’s Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Committee on Feb. 27 voted to hold CB 5 (2025), legislation that would index the county minimum wage to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) with a 5% cap, and would establish a county-funded wage supplement mechanism for direct support professionals (DSPs) who provide services to residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
What the bill would do CB 5 directs the county’s director of finance to set the county minimum wage each March 1 based on the prior 12 months’ CPI data, subject to a 5% cap, and requires a funding formula for the DSP supplement to ensure wages of those providers remain commensurate with the…
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