SENATE DOCKET, NO. 430        FILED ON: 1/29/2021

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 96

 

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 to lift kids out of deep poverty.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

 

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/4/2021

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

2/5/2021

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/5/2021

Sonia Chang-Diaz

Second Suffolk

2/8/2021

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

2/9/2021

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

2/12/2021

Paul R. Feeney

Bristol and Norfolk

2/12/2021

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

2/16/2021

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

2/22/2021

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

2/23/2021

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

2/25/2021

Jessica Ann Giannino

16th Suffolk

2/25/2021

Brendan P. Crighton

Third Essex

2/25/2021

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

2/25/2021

Joan B. Lovely

Second Essex

2/25/2021

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

2/26/2021

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

2/26/2021

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

3/2/2021

John F. Keenan

Norfolk and Plymouth

3/2/2021

Susan L. Moran

Plymouth and Barnstable

3/2/2021

Carol A. Doherty

3rd Bristol

3/2/2021

Adam J. Scanlon

14th Bristol

3/4/2021

Walter F. Timilty

Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth

3/4/2021

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

3/8/2021

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

3/8/2021

Nick Collins

First Suffolk

3/12/2021

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

3/26/2021

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

3/31/2021

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

3/31/2021

Adam Gomez

Hampden

3/31/2021

Harriette L. Chandler

First Worcester

4/9/2021

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

4/14/2021

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

4/14/2021

Adam G. Hinds

Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden

4/21/2021

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

5/7/2021

John J. Cronin

Worcester and Middlesex

5/17/2021

Eric P. Lesser

First Hampden and Hampshire

6/11/2021

Edward J. Kennedy

First Middlesex

9/14/2021

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

9/29/2021


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 430        FILED ON: 1/29/2021

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 96

By Mr. DiDomenico, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 96) of Sal N. DiDomenico, Jack Patrick Lewis, Thomas M. Stanley, James B. Eldridge and other members of the General Court for legislation to lift kids out of deep poverty.  Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 36 OF 2019-2020.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act to lift kids out of deep poverty.

 

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 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking the fourth paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following new paragraph:-

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the payment standards for monthly benefits for the program not including the rental allowance shall be increased effective July first of each year beginning with July 1, 2021 by 20 percent above the payment standard in effect in the previous fiscal year until the payment standard for the household size equals 50 percent of the federal poverty level for the household size; provided further, that once the payment standard for the household size equals 50 percent of the federal poverty level for the household size, the payment standard shall be increased effective July first of each year in order that the payment standard shall be no less than 50% of the poverty level for the household size as determined by the federal Department of Health and Human Services; provided further, that the need standard and the payment amounts shall be further increased by the amount of a clothing allowance in the month for which it is paid and by the rental allowance for households incurring a rent or mortgage expense and not residing in public or subsidized housing.

SECTION 2. Section 1 of chapter 117A of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the first paragraph the following new paragraph:-

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the payment standards for monthly benefits for the program shall be increased effective July first of each year beginning with July 1, 2021 by 20 percent above the payment standard in effect in the previous fiscal year until the payment standard for the household size equals 50 percent of the federal poverty level for the household size; provided further, that once the payment standard for the household size equals 50 percent of the federal poverty level for the household size, the payment standard shall be increased effective July first of each year in order that the payment standard shall be no less than 50% of the poverty level for the household size as determined by the federal Department of Health and Human Services.