SJ49
Social workers; DHP to study need for additional, etc., workers.
Summary
As Introduced. Study; Department of Health Professions; need for additional micro-level, mezzo-level, and macro-level social workers and increased compensation; report.
Requests that the Department of Health Professions convene a work group, which shall include certain stakeholders listed in the bill, to (i) identify the number of social workers needed in the Commonwealth to adequately serve the population; (ii) identify opportunities for the Commonwealth's social work workforce to successfully serve and ... (More) respond to increasing biopsychosocial needs of individuals, groups, and communities in areas related to aging, child welfare, social services, military and veterans affairs, criminal justice, juvenile justice, corrections, mental health, substance abuse treatment, and other health and social determinants; (iii) gather information about current social workers in the Commonwealth related to level of education, school of social work attended, level of licensure, job title and classification, years of experience, gender, employer, and compensation; (iv) analyze the impact of compensation levels on social workers' job satisfaction and performance, as well as its impact on the likelihood of other persons entering the profession and any complications to such compensation levels caused by student debt; and (v) make recommendations for additional sources of funding to adequately compensate social workers and increase the number of social workers in the Commonwealth. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/07/2020 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105090D
- 01/07/2020 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 01/24/2020 - Senate: Reported from Rules
- 01/27/2020 - Senate: Reading waived (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/2020 - Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/29/2020 - Senate: Read third time and agreed to by Senate by voice vote
- 02/03/2020 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/03/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/27/2020 - House: Reported from Rules (17-Y 1-N)
- 03/03/2020 - House: Taken up
- 03/03/2020 - House: Agreed to by House (73-Y 23-N)
- 03/03/2020 - House: VOTE: Adoption (73-Y 23-N)
- 03/03/2020 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ49ER)
