HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4616

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, May 9, 2024.

The committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs, to whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3506) of James K. Hawkins and others relative to excluding certain health care cost payments to veterans from the gross household income calculation, reports recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 4616) ought to pass.

For the committee,

GERARD J. CASSIDY.

        FILED ON: 4/30/2024

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4616

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 to exclude Chapter 115 payments to veterans from gross household income calculations.

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

Section 32 of chapter 121B of the General Laws, is hereby amended by adding, after the sixth paragraph the following paragraph:

In determining the net income of the tenant family for the purpose of computing the rent and determining eligibility for admission and continued occupancy, payments received by veterans as reimbursement for out-of-pocket health care costs shall be excluded from income.