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AL HB162
Bill
Status
1/14/2014
Primary Sponsor
Randall Shedd
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AI Summary
HB162 Summary
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Requires the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) to develop a uniform procedure giving senior citizens (age 60+) priority access to Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funds for heating and cooling assistance.
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Allows qualifying senior citizens to apply for LIHEAP funds at any officially recognized senior center in the state at least two weeks before general distribution of funds to the public.
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Defines senior citizen as any state resident age 60 or older with income not exceeding 150 percent of the federal poverty level.
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Permits ADECA to enter into memoranda of understanding with senior centers to process LIHEAP applications, but does not require senior centers to participate.
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and gubernatorial approval.
Legislative Description
Public utilities, grant moneys, Department of Economic and Community Affairs develop procedure to give priority access to grant moneys to senior citizens to provide heating and cooling assistance
Economic and Community Affairs Department
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Children and Senior Advocacy
1/14/2014