(Salem, OR) -- A new study finds healthcare providers for people with disabilities and older adults in Oregon should be making more money. The legislature ordered the study, which was conducted by an outside firm. It recommends paying workers an average of $23.20 an hour, or 48-thousand-dollars a year along with comprehensive benefits. Self-employed workers should have their wages increased by 4-dollars and 50-cents an hour. The increase would cost one-point-three-billion-dollars a year, with Oregon paying 400-million-dollars. It would be a 30 percent increase from current reimbursement rates. The legislature would have to approve any changes.