State legislation regarding wages and benefits of home care workers: Promising Practices
This report focuses on promising examples of state legislation seeking to specifically increase the hourly wages or benefits of home, direct or personal care workers.
The final list of promising practices consists of 11 bills and 2 legislative appropriations (LA and WY) from 2001-2007. Seven of the 13 bills or legislative appropriations considered promising practices (AK, DC, LA, MI, NH, NY 2001-02,WY) for increased wages for workers and six (ME, MA, MT, NY 2007-08, WA 2006, WA 2004) are related to collective bargaining agreements/insurance coverage.
http://www.pascenter.org/pas_workforce/promising_practices.php