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CT HB05108

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

2/10/2010

Primary Sponsor

Edith Prague

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Origin

House of Representatives

2010 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Establishes a payment standard for temporary family assistance (TFA) families where the head of household is a nonparent caretaker relative and legal guardian of a child
  • Sets the payment amount at 75 percent of the prevailing foster care rate paid by the Department of Children and Families for the equivalent number of children in a thirty-day month
  • Maintains existing TFA program eligibility requirements and the twenty-one-month time limit for assistance benefits
  • Allows caretaker relatives (related by blood, marriage, adoption, or legal guardianship) to qualify as eligible heads of household
  • Takes effect July 1, 2010 and amends section 17b-112(a) of the general statutes

Legislative Description

An Act Increasing Temporary Family Assistance Benefits For Grandparents And Other Nonparent Caretaker Relatives.

Last Action

Favorable Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Appropriations

3/26/2010

Committee Referrals

Appropriations3/23/2010
Human Services3/11/2010
Select Committee on Aging2/10/2010

Full Bill Text

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