HM 27 — PARITY PAY TASK FORCE

HOUSE MEMORIAL 27 55TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEWMEXICO - FIRST SESSION 2021 INTRODUCED BY Rebecca Dow 6 8 10 A MEMORIAL REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO CONVENE A PARITY PAY TASK FORCE TO STUDY REIMBURSEMENTS TO NEW MEXICO PERSONAL CARE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND CHILD CARE PROVIDERS.

156 WHEREAS, on January 1, 2021, New Mexico's minimum wage increased to ten dollars fifty cents ($10.50) per hour;

and e t 17 WHEREAS, on January 1, 2022, New Mexico's minimum wage w l n d 18 will increase to eleven dollars fifty cents ($11.50) per hour;

= = 19 a l and i a e r 20 WHEREAS, on January 1, 2023, New Mexico's minimum wage a t m m 21 will increase to twelve dollars ($12.00) per hour;

and d r e 22 WHEREAS, in order for personal care service providers to c e s k 23 keep pace with regulations and rising minimum wages for e a n b 24 providing critical services, proportional increases to u [ reimbursement rates are needed;

and .220473.1 WHEREAS, New Mexico child care providers that accept the rate the state pays for child care are not allowed to charge families receiving child care assistance more than the state rate for the hours listed on the placement agreement;

and HM 27 Page 1 WHEREAS, state contractors provide valuable services, including health care services, child care services, sexual abuse and sexual violence prevention services, senior services, behavioral health services and other important services, to New Mexico's most vulnerable populations;

and WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the state and its residents that state contractors be provided payment increases e t 17 that recognize the increase in costs due to the minimum wage, w l n d 18 staffing costs, administrative costs, unemployment insurance = = 19 a l costs, workers' compensation costs and additional ancillary i a e r 20 costs;

a t m m 21 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF d r e 22 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the chair of c e s k 23 the legislative finance committee be requested to convene a e a n b 24 parity pay task force by May 1, 2021, to:

u [ A.

identify and quantify the impact of the .220473.1 - 2 - scheduled minimum wage increases on state contractors and subcontractors that primarily derive their revenue from the state, including personal care service providers and child care providers;

develop a plan and calculate new rates that HM 27 Page 2 would be needed to keep pace with the scheduled minimum wage increases affecting state contractors and subcontractors that primarily derive their revenue from the state, including personal care service providers and child care providers;

the secretary of human services or the e t 17 secretary's designee;

w l n d 18 B.

the secretary of early childhood education and = = 19 a l care or the secretary's designee;

i a e r 20 C.

the secretary of children, youth and families or a t m m 21 the secretary's designee;

d r e 22 D.

the executive director of the New Mexico c e s k 23 association for home and hospice care or the executive e a n b 24 director's designee;

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the executive director of the New Mexico child .220473.1 - 3 - care and education association or the executive director's designee;

one member appointed by the minority floor HM 27 Page 3 leader of the senate;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the parity pay task force be requested to present a report of its findings and recommendations to the legislative finance committee and the legislative health and human services committee by November 1, e t 17 2021;

and w l n d 18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be = = 19 a l transmitted to the governor, the speaker of the house of i a e r 20 representatives, the president pro tempore of the senate, the a t m m 21 secretary of human services, the secretary of early childhood d r e 22 education and care, the secretary of children, youth and c e s k 23 families, the executive director of the New Mexico association e a n b 24 for home and hospice care and the executive director of the New u [ Mexico child care and education association.

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