Amendment #1301 to H4400

Emergency Assistance

Representatives Decker of Cambridge, Linsky of Natick, Crocker of Barnstable, DiZoglio of Methuen, Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, Higgins of Leominster, Lewis of Framingham, Rogers of Cambridge, O'Day of West Boylston, Connolly of Cambridge, Dykema of Holliston, Galvin of Canton, Khan of Newton, Garballey of Arlington and Ultrino of Malden move to amend the bill in section 2, in item 7004-0101, in line 31, by inserting after the word “situation;” the following:

“provided further, that not more than $300,000 shall be expended to establish and administer a pilot program to provide temporary emergency assistance to families who on the date of application for emergency assistance have no other feasible alternative housing, as defined in 760 CMR 67.06.1(b), and who, but for not having spent 1 night in a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings, including but not limited to a car, park, abandoned building, medical facility, bus or train station, airport or camping ground, would be eligible for emergency assistance under clauses (a), (b), (c) or (d);”;

and by striking out the figures “148,607,614” and inserting in place thereof the figures “$148,907,614”.

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #1301 to H4400

Emergency Assistance