SECTION 1.:- Section 23 of Chapter 119 as appearing in the 2009 Official Edition shall be amended by striking part (h) in it’s entirety and inserting in place thereof the following new section.
(h) The department shall, provide assistance to foster care families which, within two years of the effective date of this act, shall include maintenance payments at or above the most recent estimated average daily expenditure for a child in the Urban Northeast in the middle income range as reported by the United States Department of Agriculture. The department shall periodically review the level of assistance including maintenance payments provided to adoptive and guardianship families and may, subject to appropriation, and consistent with federal law and policy, adjust such assistance as warranted by the financial circumstances of the family, the needs of the child or the rate of inflation.
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