Amendment #429 to H4000

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Project

Representatives Donato of Medford, Peterson of Grafton, Fox of Boston, Roy of Franklin, Poirier of North Attleborough, Turner of Dennis, Smola of Warren, Hogan of Stow, Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, Howitt of Seekonk and Garry of Dracut move to amend the bill in line item 0330-0300, in line 12, by inserting after “commonwealth” the following:  “provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be spent for the “Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Project” to provide legal services to such grandparents in the areas of family law and public benefits and further requiring the chief justice of administration and management to make a report to the Legislature no later than (insert date) of all the above grandparents who requested legal  services and were denied because of insufficient resources, including the legal problem for which they sought assistance."