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| 6 | 6 | | _________________________________ _________________________________ 1 |
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| 7 | 7 | | Councilmember Janeese Lewis George Councilmember Zachary Parker 2 |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL 7 |
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| 14 | 14 | | _________________________ 9 |
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| 16 | 16 | | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 11 |
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| 18 | 18 | | _________________________ 13 |
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| 21 | 21 | | To amend the program through which a grandparent or close relative of a child may be eligible 16 |
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| 22 | 22 | | to receive subsidy payments for the care and custody of a child. 17 |
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| 24 | 24 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this act may 19 |
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| 25 | 25 | | be cited as the “Grandparent and Caregiver Subsidy Eligibility Amendment Act of 2023”. 20 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Sec. 2. The Grandparent Caregivers Pilot Program Establishment Act of 2005, effective 21 |
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| 27 | 27 | | March 8, 2006 (D.C. Law 16-69; D.C. Official Code § 4-251.01 et seq.), is amended as follows: 22 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) Section 103(a)(5) is amended by striking the phrase “income (excluding Supplemental 23 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Security Income) is under 200%” and inserting “income (excluding Supplemental Security 24 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Income) is under 300%” in its place. 25 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Sec. 3. The Close Relative Caregiver Subsidy Pilot Program Establishment Amendment 26 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act of 2019, effective November 26, 2019 (D.C. Law 23.32; D.C. Official Code § 4-251.21 et 27 |
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| 33 | 33 | | seq.), is amended as follows: 28 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (a) Section 103(a)(5) (D.C. Official Code § 4-251.23(a)(5)) is amended by striking the 29 |
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| 35 | 35 | | phrase “income (excluding Supplemental Security Income) is under 200%” and inserting the 30 |
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| 36 | 36 | | phrase “income (excluding Supplemental Security Income) up to 300%” in its place. 31 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) Section 103 (D.C. Official Code § 4-251.23) is amended by adding a new section (j) 32 |
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| 42 | 42 | | to read as follows: 33 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (1) The Mayor shall choose State options and seek all necessary federal approvals 34 |
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| 44 | 44 | | or waivers to implement this section. 35 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Sec. 4. Fiscal impact statement. 36 |
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| 46 | 46 | | The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal 37 |
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| 47 | 47 | | impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, 38 |
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| 48 | 48 | | approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a). 39 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Sec. 5. Effective date. 40 |
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| 50 | 50 | | This act shall take effect after approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the 41 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30-day period of congressional review as 42 |
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| 52 | 52 | | provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 43 |
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| 53 | 53 | | 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the District of 44 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Columbia Register. 45 |
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