Amendment ID: S16-4

Amendment 4

Financial Sponsor Fund Recovery

Messrs. Moore, Fattman, O'Connor, Tarr, Collins and Montigny move that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section __ the following section:-

“SECTION __. Section 30 of Chapter 23B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (H) the following subsection:-

(I) The executive office of housing and livable communities shall implement a policy to identify any families or individuals in the emergency housing assistance program, including those residing in overflow shelters, that have a financial sponsor under federal immigration law.

For any families or individuals identified as has having a financial sponsor, the executive office shall, in consultation with the office of the attorney general, seek reimbursement of any funds that should have been covered by the financial sponsor through legal action against the financial sponsor.”