Amendment #1361 to H4400

Valuing Children Equally

Representatives Decker of Cambridge, Rushing of Boston, Ashe of Longmeadow, Balser of Newton, Barber of Somerville, Brodeur of Melrose, Cabral of New Bedford, Cahill of Lynn, Carvalho of Boston, Cassidy of Brockton, Chan of Quincy, Collins of Boston, Connolly of Cambridge, Cronin of Easton, Cutler of Duxbury, Donahue of Worcester, Driscoll of Milton, DuBois of Brockton, Dykema of Holliston, Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, Fernandes of Falmouth, Galvin of Canton, Garballey of Arlington, Garlick of Needham, Gentile of Sudbury, Goldstein-Rose of Amherst, González of Springfield, Gordon of Bedford, Hecht of Watertown, Higgins of Leominster, Honan of Boston, Kaufman of Lexington, Keefe of Worcester, Khan of Newton, Lawn of Watertown, Lewis of Framingham, Linsky of Natick, Livingstone of Boston, Madaro of Boston, Mahoney of Worcester, Malia of Boston, Markey of Dartmouth, Matias of Lawrence, Miceli of Wilmington, Moran of Lawrence, Moran of Boston, O'Day of West Boylston, Peake of Provincetown, Pignatelli of Lenox, Provost of Somerville, Puppolo of Springfield, Rogers of Cambridge, Rogers of Norwood, Ryan of Boston, Schmid of Westport, Smizik of Brookline, Stanley of Waltham, Tosado of Springfield, Tucker of Salem, Ultrino of Malden, Vargas of Haverhill, Vega of Holyoke, Walsh of Framingham and Williams of Springfield move to amend the bill in section 2, in item 4403-2000 by striking out the figures “$192,100,867” and inserting in place thereof the figures “$205,100,867”;

and further moves to amend the bill by adding the following new section:

“SECTION XX.

Section 2 of chapter 118 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting at the end of the first paragraph the following sentence: - Notwithstanding chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 as amended or any general or other special law to the contrary, aid shall be provided for each such child, and work requirements, the time limit, and exemption status shall be determined, without regard to whether a child was conceived or born after the parent began receiving aid under this chapter”.”

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #1361 to H4400

Valuing Children Equally