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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3165 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2191
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Christopher J. Worrell
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act to establish an enhanced care worker minimum wage.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Christopher J. Worrell5th Suffolk1/16/2025Christopher Hendricks11th Bristol1/23/2025John Barrett, III1st Berkshire1/23/2025Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.12th Hampden1/23/2025Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex1/23/2025Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/23/2025Paul J. Donato35th Middlesex1/23/2025Rodney M. Elliott16th Middlesex1/27/2025Natalie M. Higgins4th Worcester1/27/2025Bud L. Williams11th Hampden1/27/2025Danillo A. Sena37th Middlesex1/27/2025James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester1/29/2025James K. Hawkins2nd Bristol1/29/2025Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk1/29/2025Margaret R. Scarsdale1st Middlesex1/29/2025Christine P. Barber34th Middlesex1/29/2025Erika Uyterhoeven27th Middlesex1/29/2025Sean Reid11th Essex2/3/2025 2 of 2
Michael D. BradySecond Plymouth and Norfolk2/3/2025Paul McMurtry11th Norfolk2/5/2025Steven Owens29th Middlesex2/7/2025Michelle L. Badger1st Plymouth2/12/2025David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf17th Worcester2/12/2025Daniel Cahill10th Essex2/12/2025James C. Arena-DeRosa8th Middlesex2/12/2025Marjorie C. Decker25th Middlesex2/21/2025Patricia A. Duffy5th Hampden2/21/2025Frank A. Moran17th Essex2/25/2025Kevin G. Honan17th Suffolk2/25/2025Adam J. Scanlon14th Bristol3/4/2025Mary S. Keefe15th Worcester3/5/2025Adrian C. Madaro1st Suffolk3/5/2025Antonio F. D. Cabral13th Bristol3/12/2025Adrianne Pusateri Ramos14th Essex3/12/2025Mike Connolly26th Middlesex3/12/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3165 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2191
By Representative Worrell of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2191) of
Christopher J. Worrell and others relative to an enhanced care worker minimum wage. Labor
and Workforce Development.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act to establish an enhanced care worker minimum wage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Chapter 19A of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding after
2Section 4D the following new section:-
3 Section 4E: In establishing rates of payment for homemaker and personal care
4homemaker services pursuant to the second paragraph of section 13C of chapter 118E of the
5M.G.L. and in implementing such rate regulations, the executive of office shall require that the
6minimum wage paid to employees of home care agencies providing such services shall be no less
7than $25 per hour in the first rate year and that such minimum wage shall be adjusted by the rate
8of inflation for each subsequent rate year. Such adjusted minimum wage rate shall be calculated
9to the nearest cent using the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers or
10a successor index, for the 12 months prior to each rate year as calculated by the United States
11department of labor. When establishing rates of payment for homemaker and personal care
12homemaker services, the executive office shall adjust such rates to ensure that the rates fully 2 of 2
13account for the cost to providers of paying such enhanced minimum wage. Nothing in this
14section shall be construed as limiting consideration of other governmental mandates or operating
15costs that affect the cost of providing services pursuant to section 4 of chapter 19A of the
16General Laws.
17 SECTION 2. Section 13C of Chapter 118E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022
18Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following new paragraph:-
19 In establishing such rates of payment pursuant to the second paragraph of this section and
20in implementing rate regulations, the executive office shall require that the minimum wage paid
21to employees of social service program providers receiving such payments shall be no less than
22$25 per hour in the first rate year and that such minimum wage shall be adjusted by the rate of
23inflation for each subsequent rate year. Such adjusted minimum wage rate shall be calculated to
24the nearest cent using the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers or a
25successor index, for the 12 months prior to each rate year as calculated by the United States
26department of labor. When establishing rates of payment for social service programs, the
27secretary of the executive office shall adjust such rates of payment to ensure that the rates fully
28account for the cost to providers of paying such enhanced minimum wage.
29 SECTION 3. The executive office of health and human services shall complete the
30processes above and file for emergency adoption of such amended regulations no later than 180
31days after passage of this Act.