HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3416        FILED ON: 1/20/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3226

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Lindsay N. Sabadosa and Paul W. Mark

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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 LIHEAP eligibility.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/20/2023

Paul W. Mark

Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire

1/20/2023

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/25/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3416        FILED ON: 1/20/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3226

By Representative Sabadosa of Northampton and Senator Mark, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3226) of Lindsay N. Sabadosa, Paul W. Mark and David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf relative to eligibility for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.  Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relative to LIHEAP eligibility.

 

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

Section 1F of Chapter 164 is hereby amended by inserting in subsection 4(i) the following:-

The department is hereby directed to calculate low-income discount eligibility using only the adjusted gross income of a household if one or more of the applicants in the household additionally reports profits or losses from a business.