Amendment 2023-1148s to SB241 (2023)

Relative to graduated public assistance programs.


Revision: March 21, 2023, 4:12 p.m.

Senate Finance

March 21, 2023

2023-1148s

05/07

 

 

Amendment to SB 241-FN

 

Amend section 2 of the bill by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:

 

IV.  The sum of $200,000 is hereby appropriated to the department for the purpose of conducting a continued review and economic analysis of the cliff effect as set forth in this section.  The funds shall be nonlapsing until June 30, 2025.  The department may accept and expend matching federal funds without prior approval of the fiscal committee.  The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

2023-1148s

AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill directs the department of health and human services, the housing finance authority, New Hampshire employment security, and the department of energy to study the creation, funding, and implementation of graduated public assistance programs to complement existing programs within the state.  The bill appropriates funds to the department of health and human services for the purpose of studying mitigation of the cliff effect in administration public assistance programs.