SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . .   No. 2186

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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SENATE, Monday, March 25, 2019

The committee on Ways and Means to whom was referred the House Bill to lift the cap on kids (House, No. 3594),-- reports, that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day with an amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of Senate document numbered 2186 (also based on Senate, No. 37).

For the committee,
Michael J. Rodrigues

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2186

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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SECTION 1. The first paragraph of section 2 of chapter 118 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, aid shall be provided for each such child or children without regard to whether the child was conceived or born after the parent began receiving aid under this chapter.

SECTION 2. Subsection (a) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 is hereby amended by striking out the definition of “Child of record”.

SECTION 3. Said section 110 of said chapter 5 is hereby further amended by striking out subsection (c).

SECTION 4. Clause (3) of subsection (e) of said section 110 of said chapter 5, as amended by section 25 of chapter 158 of the acts of 2014, is hereby further amended by striking out the words “of record under the age of two years or any child other than the child of record who is under the age of three months” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- under the age of 2 years.

SECTION 5. The first paragraph of subsection (j) of said section 110 of said chapter 5, as most recently amended by section 27 of chapter 158 of the acts of 2014, is hereby further amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- The program shall require that the head of household in each such family, or both parents in a 2-parent family, shall participate in work-related activities for: (i) 20 hours each week if the youngest child in the family is between the age of 2 and the age at which full-time schooling becomes mandatory; or (ii) 30 hours each week if the youngest child in the family has reached the age at which full-time schooling is mandatory.

SECTION 6. Said subsection (j) of said section 110 of said chapter 5, is hereby further amended by striking out the last paragraph, as appearing in section 528 of chapter 26 of the acts of 2003.

SECTION 7. Section 130 of said chapter 5 is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 5 and 6, the words “; the ineligibility of children born after the child of record for assistance”.

SECTION 8. This act shall take effect as of January 1, 2019; provided, however, that the department of transitional assistance shall implement the act not later than September 1, 2019, with aid retroactive to January 1, 2019.