Short
Title: An Act amending the act of August 15, 1961 (P.L.987, No.442), known as
the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act, further providing for the definition of
"public work."
Prime
Sponsor: Representative BAKER
Last
Action: Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, Feb. 26, 2015
[House]
Memo:
Prevailing Wage
MEMORANDUM
Posted: January 9,
2015 10:54 AM
From: Representative
Matthew Baker
To: All House
members
Subject: Prevailing Wage
In the near future, I plan to introduce legislation
(former HB 590) to amend the Prevailing Wage Act to clarify that it does not
apply to public works involving projects by or on behalf of entities subject to
the Health Care Facilities Act as well as Articles IX and X of the Public
Welfare Code including, but not limited to, hospitals, cancer treatment
centers, nursing homes, and assisted living residences.
It is my experience that the aforementioned entities are
often the recipients of state funds (i.e., agency grants, RACP, etc.) for
various capital improvement projects. Unfortunately, due to the applicability
of our state prevailing wage requirements, the costs associated with paying
prevailing wage rates often inflate the costs of these projects to the extent
that financial benefit of the state grant award is often negated.
I have attached a copy of the legislation for your
review.
PREVIOUS COSPONSORS: MAJOR , BLOOM, GINGRICH , MOUL ,
CAUSER , TALLMAN, CUTLER , FLECK , COX , M. K. KELLER , HICKERNELL , AUMENT,
KAUFFMAN , RAPP , GROVE, R. MILLER , F. KELLER, LAWRENCE, TRUITT, CLYMER
SWANGER , DENLINGER , GABLER, PICKETT and MARSICO
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