SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1452        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 37

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Sal N. DiDomenico

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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 well-being and care of a child.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

 

Harriette L. Chandler

First Worcester

1/25/2019

Joan B. Lovely

Second Essex

1/24/2019

William N. Brownsberger

Second Suffolk and Middlesex

1/24/2019

James T. Welch

Hampden

1/25/2019

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/24/2019

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

1/25/2019

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/24/2019

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

1/24/2019

Paul A. Schmid, III

8th Bristol

1/24/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/24/2019

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/25/2019

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Paul R. Feeney

Bristol and Norfolk

1/28/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

1/29/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/29/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/30/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Cynthia Stone Creem

First Middlesex and Norfolk

1/30/2019

Mark C. Montigny

Second Bristol and Plymouth

1/30/2019

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Adam G. Hinds

Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden

1/30/2019

Sonia Chang-Diaz

Second Suffolk

1/30/2019

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

1/30/2019

Cindy F. Friedman

Fourth Middlesex

1/30/2019

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Brendan P. Crighton

Third Essex

1/30/2019

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

1/31/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/31/2019

Diana DiZoglio

First Essex

1/31/2019

John F. Keenan

Norfolk and Plymouth

1/31/2019

Eric P. Lesser

First Hampden and Hampshire

2/1/2019

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

2/1/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

2/1/2019

Nick Collins

First Suffolk

2/5/2019

Edward J. Kennedy

First Middlesex

2/8/2019


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1452        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 37

By Mr. DiDomenico, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 37) of Sal N. DiDomenico, Harriette L. Chandler, Joan B.  Lovely, William N. Brownsberger and other members of the General Court for legislation to remove the welfare benefit cap for children conceived while a family is receiving assistance.  Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 34 OF 2017-2018.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act relative to well-being and care of a child.

 

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 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end of the first paragraph the following sentence:- Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, aid shall be provided for each such child or children without regard to whether the child was conceived or born after the parent began receiving aid under this chapter.

SECTION 2. Subsection (a) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 is hereby amended by striking out the definition of “Child of record”.

SECTION 3. Said section 110 of said chapter 5 is hereby further amended by striking out subsection (c).

SECTION 4. Clause (3) of subsection (e) of said section 110 of said chapter 5 is hereby further amended by striking out the words “of record under the age of two years or any child other than the child of record who is under the age of three months” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- under the age of 2 years.

SECTION 5. The first paragraph of subsection (j) of said section 110 of said chapter 5 is hereby further amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- The program shall require that the head of household in each such family, or both parents in a 2-parent family, participate in work-related activities for: (i) 20 hours each week if the youngest child in the family is between the age of 2 and the age at which full-time schooling becomes mandatory; or (ii) 30 hours each week if the youngest child in the family has reached the age at which full-time schooling is mandatory.

SECTION 6. Said subsection (j) of said section 110 of said chapter 5 is hereby further amended by striking out the last paragraph.

SECTION 7. Section 130 of said chapter 5 is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 5 and 6, the words “; the ineligibility of children born after the child of record for assistance”.

SECTION 8. Sections 1 through 7, inclusive, shall be effective on January 1, 2019.