Amendment ID: S2973-6-R1

Redraft Amendment 6

Maintaining Benefits

Ms. Rausch and Mr. Eldridge move that the proposed new draft be amended in section 13, by inserting after the word "working", in lines 227 and 228, each time they appear, the following words:- “or are engaged in an approved service need activity”; and

in said section 13, in proposed section 13A of chapter 15D, by striking out subsection (m) and inserting in place thereof the following 2 subsections:-

“(m) To the extent allowable under federal law and regulation, no subsidy provided under this section shall be counted as income or assets for the purpose of disqualifying any person from eligibility for any other government benefit for which the person is otherwise eligible, including, but not limited to, transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits. (n) The department shall, in accordance with chapter 30A, promulgate any regulations necessary to implement this section.”.