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| 2 | 2 | | FIRST REGULAR SESSION |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE BILL NO. 210 |
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| 4 | 4 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 5 | 5 | | INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MOSLEY. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 0054S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | To amend chapter 42, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to Missouri veterans' |
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| 9 | 9 | | homes. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Section A. Chapter 42, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1 |
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| 13 | 13 | | one new section, to be known as section 42.137, to read as 2 |
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| 14 | 14 | | follows:3 |
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| 15 | 15 | | 42.137. State employees in support care assistance 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | positions for Missouri veterans' homes shall receive a wage 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | in the amount of at least fifteen dollars per hour and no 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | more than twenty-two dollars per hour for services performed 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | for a Missouri veterans' home. Such wage shall be effective 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | on January 1, 2026. Any state employee in a support care 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | assistance position for Missouri veterans' homes that 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | receives a wage in an amount greater than twenty-two dollars 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | per hour before January 1, 2026, shall be entitled to that 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | wage on and after January 1, 2026. The wage established by 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | this section shall be adjusted annually on January 1, 2027, 11 |
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| 26 | 26 | | and on January first of successive years, by the same 12 |
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| 27 | 27 | | percentage as the increase or decrease in the general price 13 |
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| 28 | 28 | | level as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban 14 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Consumers (CPI-U) or successor index as published by the 15 |
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| 30 | 30 | | United States Department of Labor or its successor agency, 16 |
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| 31 | 31 | | with the amount of the wage increase or decrease rounded to 17 SB 210 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | the nearest five cents. Any change in the wage amount shall 18 |
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| 33 | 33 | | be calculated and published by the commission. 19 |
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