Connecticut 2018 2018 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00146 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/15/2018

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 146
February Session, 2018  LCO No. 533
 *00533*
Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
SEN. HWANG, 28th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 146 

February Session, 2018

LCO No. 533

*00533*

Referred to Committee on AGING 

Introduced by:

SEN. HWANG, 28th Dist.

AN ACT INCREASING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR GRANDPARENTS AND OTHER NONPARENT RELATIVES RAISING NEEDY CHILDREN.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 17b-112 of the general statutes be amended to increase financial assistance to grandparents and other nonparent relatives raising children in poverty or those whose families have been affected by the opioid crisis.

Statement of Purpose: 

To provide financial assistance to grandparents and nonparent relatives raising children affected by poverty or the opioid crisis.