Bill Text: MA S29 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Let child support come home
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-04 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Senate Committee On Ways and Means [S29 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S29-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Gale D. Candaras
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act to let child support come home
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Gale D. Candaras |
First Hampden and Hampshire |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S00067 OF .]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act to let child support come home.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 21 of chapter 18 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the first paragraph the following paragraph:—
Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, a recipient shall not be required to include a child in the assistance unit or to assign that child’s support to the department. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the department shall not count any child support collections paid on behalf of a child who is not receiving benefits paid by the department in determining the eligibility for benefits of other family members.
