The Providers' Council surveyed its statewide human service membership on legislative priorities prior to the start of the session. Our legislative agenda is based on input from our members, Public Policy Committee, Executive Committee and Board of Directors. You can download the overall fact sheet on our legislative agenda or the overall fact sheet and all individual fact sheets. The Council's priorities for the legislative session are:
This bill would eliminate the pay disparity that exists between the salaries of human services workers employed by community-based human service providers and state employees holding similar job titles who perform similar work.
View BillThis legislation would create a student loan repayment program for low-paid, full-time human service workers.
View BillThis bill would enable the Providers’ Council to aggregate members of any size for the purposes of procuring health insurance products at more favorable rates, provided those products meet minimum creditable coverage requirements.
View BillThis bill would exempt community-based, nonprofit human services organizations — which care for vulnerable residents on behalf of the Commonwealth and are primarily funded by state contracts — from making Employer Medical Assistance Contribution Supplemental payments.
View BillThe Providers’ Council provides email updates on various items through our Academy for Learning & Exchange (ALEX) e-newsletter and our Providers’ Council eDigest. Sign up here to receive ALEX, and if you’re a Council member, contact info@providers.org to make sure you get our members only communication, like eDigest.
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