PRINTER'S NO. 3476

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

No. 450 Session of 1998

        INTRODUCED BY LEVDANSKY, FAIRCHILD, OLIVER, VANCE, BENNINGHOFF,
           FLEAGLE, HUTCHINSON, BROWNE, MARKOSEK, EACHUS AND TRICH,
           APRIL 28, 1998

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, APRIL 28, 1998

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Calling for the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to
     2     update that portion of a February 1989 Legislative Budget and
     3     Finance Committee Report On Salary Levels and Their Impact on
     4     Quality of Care for Client Contact Workers in Community-Based
     5     MH/MR and Child Day Care Programs pertaining to workers in
     6     mental retardation community living arrangements.

     7     WHEREAS, The Office of Mental Retardation in the Department
     8  of Public Welfare through its Planning Advisory Committee issued
     9  A Multi-Year Plan for Pennsylvania's mental retardation service
    10  system recommending reinvestment of savings into community
    11  services and recommending that individuals currently residing in
    12  State facilities who would prefer to live in the community be
    13  provided with opportunities to live in the community; and
    14     WHEREAS, During the five public hearings conducted by the HR
    15  187 Task Force under House Resolution 187, Printer's No. 1869
    16  (1997), members heard and expressed concerns about the quality
    17  of care provided in community living arrangements where the pay
    18  scale may be considerably below that of the State centers; and
    19     WHEREAS, The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee

     1  conducted a study in 1989 and issued a report on the salaries
     2  paid to direct-care workers in community-based mental health and
     3  mental retardation programs and the possible impact those
     4  salaries might have on the quality of care provided to persons
     5  in those programs; therefore be it
     6     RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives call for the
     7  Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to update that portion
     8  of the February 1989 Report on Salary Levels and Their Impact on
     9  Quality of Care for Client Contact Workers in Community-Based
    10  MH/MR and Child Day Care Programs pertaining to workers in
    11  mental retardation private intermediate care facilities and
    12  community living arrangements; and be it further
    13     RESOLVED, That the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee
    14  report its findings to the House of Representatives by January
    15  1, 1999.










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