HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 998        FILED ON: 1/19/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 84

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Alice K. Wolf

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act to bring child support home.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

William N. Brownsberger

 

1/21/2011

Karen E. Spilka

 

2/4/2011

Kevin G. Honan

17th Suffolk

2/4/2011

Denise Andrews

2nd Franklin

2/2/2011

Thomas M. McGee

Third Essex

2/3/2011

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/24/2011

Joyce A. Spiliotis

12th Essex

1/26/2011

Tom Sannicandro

7th Middlesex

2/1/2011

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

2/3/2011

Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera

10th Hampden

2/1/2011

James B. Eldridge

 

2/2/2011

Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.

26th Middlesex

2/2/2011

Martha M. Walz

8th Suffolk

2/3/2011

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

2/3/2011

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

2/4/2011

Ellen Story

3rd Hampshire

2/4/2011

Ann-Margaret Ferrante

5th Essex

2/3/2011


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 998        FILED ON: 1/19/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 84

By Ms. Wolf of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 84) of William N. Brownsberger and others relative to child support paid on behalf of current or former recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits.  Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3423 OF 2009-2010.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act to bring child support home.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 2 of chapter 118 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end of the first paragraph the following:-

Child support collections shall be paid to a recipient of benefits under this chapter to the extent that the federal government will waive or not have a claim to a federal share of such collections pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 657. Any amounts paid to the family under this provision shall be disregarded in determining the amount of assistance provided to the family.

SECTION 2. Section 2 of chapter 119A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting at the end of subsection (b) the following:-

Pursuant to Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act, in the case of former recipients of assistance, the IV-D agency shall pay to the family all support payments collected, including payments on arrears assigned to the state and payments collected through federal tax refund offset. 

SECTION 3. Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on July 1, 2013.