Word: bille
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...past year, Barrios was instrumental in a bill for interpreter services in hospital emergency rooms, an issue that affects many of Cambridge's immigrant residents. The bill was one of three health care bills to come out of the House this year...
...introduced a bill to increase the wage of human service workers to a "living wage" of $10.50, in order to maintain a high quality of service to people who need home health care...
However, at $60 million, this bill proved too expensive for this year's state budget...
Right now the bill is 'in study' in the Joint Committee on Commerce and Labor--which means it won't move without more research...
Looking to the future, Barrios is looking to push a bill that would require mortgage institutions to lend to low-income neighborhoods. The current law requires only banks to lend to low-income neighborhoods. The inclusion of mortgage institutions, which Barrios says direct 60 percent of lending resources, would help fortify these communities...