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                                     LRB093 04370 DRJ 13626 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3446

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 3446 on page 2,  by
 3    replacing lines 6 through 10 with the following:
 4        "Each provider of community services for the mentally ill
 5    and  developmentally disabled shall increase the wages of its
 6    direct care workers by at least the same  percentage  as  the
 7    percentage  increase  in  funds  per hour of service that the
 8    provider receives from  the  State  for  the  cost  of  doing
 9    business in each of fiscal years 2004 and 2005. Each".