SB 525, passed by state Senate in June, heads to Assembly this month. It's supported by unions and opposed by health care providers.
When she moved from Ghana to Chula Vista to be with her husband, who was serving in the U.S. Navy, Amina Abdulai needed a new career.
Senate Bill 525, which the Senate passed in June, will head to the Assembly later this month when legislators return from summer recess.at acute care hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, medical offices, clinics, behavioral health centers and residential care centers would increase to $21 an hour as of June 1, 2024, with another raise to $25 the following year.
“Health care workers have been leaving the profession in high numbers,” she said. “A lot of this — in what we’re hearing directly from our members — is due to trauma from the pandemic, poor working conditions and what they’re saying is low pay that’s not keeping up with the cost of living.” The proposed increase is coming at a time when hospitals are already impacted financially following years spent addressing the pandemic.
But during its negotiations for a new Medi-Cal financial deal in 2022, the organization underscored how funding would need to be provided by the state. “Without money for this, it would be a major disaster,” Cornett said. “Facilities will go under, they will not be able to afford it.”
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