Amendment #13 to S2509

Veteran's Benefits

Mr. Smola of Warren moves to amend the bill by adding the following item:

“SECTION X. Section 5 of chapter 115 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

The commissioner of veterans’ services shall establish an earnings disregard of earned income provided to both exempt and nonexempt families, such that a recipient shall be eligible to have 100 per cent of the remaining gross earned income, before dependent care deductions, disregarded for 6 consecutive months immediately following the start of initial employment; provided, that said recipient’s total income shall not exceed 200 per cent of the federal poverty level for the household size. Said recipient shall be eligible to have 50 per cent of the remaining gross income disregarded following the initial 6 month period of earnings disregard; provided, that said recipient’s total income shall not exceed 200 per cent of the federal poverty level for the household size.”