SB40
Foster care; DSS to establish task force to assess use of benefits.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Department of Social Services; task force; application for and use of foster care benefits; report.
Directs the Department of Social Services to establish a task force with relevant stakeholders to assess the feasibility of (i) requiring local departments of social services to apply for benefits administered by the U.S. Social Security Administration or the Department of Veterans Affairs on behalf of children in foster care, ... (More) (ii) prohibiting the use of federal benefits to pay for the care and support of children in foster care that the Commonwealth is otherwise obligated to pay for, and (iii) requiring local departments of social services that are representative payees for children in foster care to conserve such federal benefits in an appropriate trust instrument or protected account that is exempt from federal asset and resource limits. The bill requires the Department of Social Services to report its findings to the Chairmen of the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Rehabilitation and Social Services and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Health and Human Services by November 1, 2024. (Less)-
Bill History
- 12/18/2023 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101609D
- 12/18/2023 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 01/12/2024 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/12/2024 - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/12/2024 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/20/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB40)
- 02/08/2024 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107476D-S1
- 02/09/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/2024 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/12/2024 - Senate: Committee amendment rejected
- 02/12/2024 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/12/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24107476D-S1
- 02/12/2024 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB40S1
- 02/12/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/2024 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB40S1)
- 02/15/2024 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/15/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/15/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- 02/16/2024 - House: Assigned sub: Social Services
- 02/22/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/2024 - House: Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/28/2024 - House: Tabled in Appropriations (21-Y 1-N)
