Bill Text: TX HB3307 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to establishing a minimum wage for state supported living center direct care employees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-19 - Referred to Human Services [HB3307 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3307-Introduced.html
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By: Hernandez | H.B. No. 3307 |
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relating to establishing a minimum wage for state supported living | ||
center direct care employees. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 62, Labor Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 62.058 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 62.058. MINIMUM WAGE FOR STATE SUPPORTED LIVING CENTER | ||
DIRECT CARE EMPLOYEES. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Direct care employee" means an employee of a | ||
state supported living center who is in direct contact with | ||
residents or clients of the center more than 50 percent of the time | ||
the employee performs assigned duties at the center. | ||
(2) "State supported living center" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 531.002, Health and Safety Code. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding Section 62.051 or 62.151 or any other | ||
law, a state supported living center shall pay to each direct care | ||
employee of the center not less than the greater of: | ||
(1) $15 an hour; or | ||
(2) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair | ||
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206). | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |