Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05660 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5660
22 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 2025
33 Referred to Committee on Select Committee on Children
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55 REP. GONZALEZ, 3rd Dist.
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2121 AN ACT CONCERNING SAVINGS ACCOUNTS FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE.
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2323 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2525 That chapter 319a of the general statutes be amended to require a foster family, as defined in section 17a-93 of the general statutes, to place ten per cent of each payment received from the Department of Children and Families for the care of a foster child into a savings account under the name of the child for whom the payment is issued. If a foster family receives a single payment for the care of multiple foster children, the foster family shall place an amount equal to ten per cent of the payment that would have been issued for each foster child individually into separate savings accounts for each child.
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2929 To require foster parents to put 10% of each child care payment that they receive from the Department of Children and Families into a savings account for the foster child.