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Service coordinators ask committee to classify DDS coordinators as Group 2 retirement employees
Summary
A large panel of Department of Developmental Services service coordinators testified in support of House Bill 2943, saying their work involves daily direct care, transport, crisis response and increased safety risks that meet Group 2 retirement criteria.
Service coordinators and supervisors from the Department of Developmental Services testified in a grouped panel urging the Joint Committee on Public Service to report House Bill 2943 favorably. The witnesses described frequent direct contact with individuals who have intellectual and developmental disabilities, many of whom also have behavioral-health issues, substance-use disorders, housing instability or involvement with the criminal justice system.
Barbara Papa, a service coordinator supervisor in the Fall River area office, told the committee…
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