Bill Text: MA S29 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Let child support come home
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
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
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��������������� 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.
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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.
