HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2459 FILED ON: 1/17/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 109
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
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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 relative to preventing fraud in the Massachusetts EBT cash assistance program.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. | 20th Middlesex | 1/17/2013 |
George N. Peterson, Jr. | 9th Worcester | 1/29/2013 |
Bradford Hill | 4th Essex | 1/30/2013 |
Elizabeth A. Poirier | 14th Bristol | 1/18/2013 |
Viriato Manuel deMacedo | 1st Plymouth | 1/25/2013 |
Donald Humason |
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Angelo L. D'Emilia | 8th Plymouth |
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Leonard Mirra | 2nd Essex |
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F. Jay Barrows | 1st Bristol |
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Paul K. Frost | 7th Worcester |
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Randy Hunt | 5th Barnstable |
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Sheila C. Harrington | 1st Middlesex |
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Todd M. Smola | 1st Hampden |
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Ryan C. Fattman | 18th Worcester |
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Nicholas A. Boldyga | 3rd Hampden |
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Kimberly N. Ferguson | 1st Worcester |
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Donald H. Wong | 9th Essex |
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Steven S. Howitt | 4th Bristol |
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James J. Lyons, Jr. | 18th Essex |
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Peter J. Durant | 6th Worcester |
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Thomas J. Calter | 12th Plymouth |
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Keiko M. Orrall | 12th Bristol |
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Kevin J. Kuros | 8th Worcester |
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Geoff Diehl | 7th Plymouth |
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Matthew A. Beaton | 11th Worcester |
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Daniel B. Winslow | 9th Norfolk |
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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2459 FILED ON: 1/17/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 109
By Mr. Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 109) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others relative to the electronic benefits transfer (EBT) cash assistance program. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen
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An Act relative to preventing fraud in the Massachusetts EBT cash assistance program.
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. Subsection (D) of section 2 of chapter 18 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 161 of the acts of 2012, is hereby further amended by striking, at the end of subsection (e), the word "and".
SECTION 2. Subsection (D) of section 2 of chapter 18 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “section” in the second paragraph of subsection (f), the following:—
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(g) the immediate termination of benefits to any recipient, who has failed to notify the department of a change of address, and who the department has attempted to contact by mail, but whose mail communication has been returned to the department as undeliverable