Amendment ID: S2708-59-R1

Redraft Amendment 59

Program Efficiency

Messrs. Velis, Moore and Tarr move that the proposed new text be amended by adding the following new section:-

SECTION XXX. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the emergency housing assistance program established in section 30 of chapter 23B of the General Laws, as amended by section 120 of chapter 7 of the acts of 2023, shall be temporarily available only to needy families and pregnant women with no other children, of which at least one member has obtained a United States Social Security number, until the commonwealth receives compensation from the federal government commensurate with the expended costs to the commonwealth of operating the program.

The department shall require applicants to provide proof of possession of a United States Social Security number.

This section shall be effective beginning September 1, 2024.